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I now have the multi-lingual facilities built into the latest versions of Joomla working! (See the language switcher module, top right.) I still prefer Joomfish though...

Welcome to our new Joomla 2.5 Demo Web Site. Here you can find demos of versions of our products that are Joomla 1.6.n / 1.7.n / 2.5.n compatible.

I am still converting the various modules to be compatible...

Use the menu on the left to view the product you are interested in.

Access to the backend admin system will be made available as soon as I work out how the new permission management stuff works!

Things that needed changing

Below is a list of some of the things that need changing to do the conversions.

General:-

  • The installer XML manifest file needs numerous changes.
  • The frontend and backend language files need moving into a language folder. They also need placing in a language specific folder within that. (Eg:- language/en-GB/en-GB.com_whatever.ini.)
  • A special language file for use by the installer needs to be added to the same frontend folder. (Eg:- language/en-GB/en-GB.ini.)
  • The install, upgrade and uninstall scripts have been replaced by a single script called in all circumstances. It contains functions called before, after and during extension installation and removal.
  • global variables $mainframe and $option are no longer available.

Backend:-

  • A special language file for use by the admin system needs adding. (Eg:- admin/language/en-GB/com_whatever.sys.ini.) This is used for the installer script, the menu manager views and the admin menu headings.
  • Manual addition of a submenu to the backend admin pages using the JSubMenuHelper is now required. This used to be created automatically by Joomla from the admin entries in the installer XML manifest file.
  • The use of views to allow menu items to be created now appears to be mandatory. Only the tmpl/default.php file needs to be in each view folder.
  • ACL levels and all the other associated stuff!
  • Changes to the way global parameters are managed. (Eg:- The addition of tabs to group different parameter types.)
  • Spacers don't appear to work in the global parameters now.

Frontend:-

  • A change to the way the component parameters are accessed by the frontend scripts.
  • PDF generation doesn't work and so needs disabling.

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