NYCPHP Meetup

NYPHP.org

[joomla] Converting a HTML/JavaScript page to be a module in Joomla

Christopher French contact at chrisfrench.me
Tue Jul 31 16:19:11 EDT 2012


Your probably best to just make your own module.

Make a module in joomla is very easy it is the easiest thing to make.

You could just copy a module xml from another folder or download a hello
world module.

At the most basic level you could just copy an xml file from any module
than,

Put in a folder name it mod_david_table.xml open it up and change the info
to yours

Create an empty file called mod_david_table.php in the same folder and just
copy all you html and javascript right into that file and just have no php.
As you learn you can update your module to use templates helpers and
caching if you want.

That is better than disabling js in your wysiwg editor.

Last sstep is you zip of your two files and install them

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Donna Marie Vincent <
donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 1.  You can set your editor to *not* filter out the javascript.
>
> 2.  It is very easy to create a simple module and put your code in it.  (I
> have a tutorial for it but it's not updated for 2.5.  The main difference
> is that you now need to register modules in the database in the
> #__extensions table.)  There are probably up-to-date tutorials on YouTube
> for doing this.  Once you see how easy it is, you won't both spending time
> looking for extensions that fit, you'll just make your own!
>
>
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com>
> *To:* NYPHP SIG: Joomla <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:54 AM
> *Subject:* [joomla] Converting a HTML/JavaScript page to be a module in
> Joomla
>
> I have a JavaScript program which does some simple calculations. It
> emulates what you would do in a spreadsheet. It isn't fancy, but it is
> functional and I want to make a Joomla module out of it. I didn't write a
> CSS for this because it was intended to be used in Joomla from the start
> and I want it to inherit the Joomla CSS that's resident.
>
> My first thought was, create a custom HTML module, go into HTML editing
> mode and paste the HTML page with it's JavaScript in there.
>
> The result is, it didn't work. It kept the HTML formatting of the page,
> but it filtered out all the JavaScript. There are no external files
> referencing the JavaScript and jQuery is not being used. Maybe it needs to
> be an actual mod_david_calc and that will do it? But I must be missing
> something else in order to do that. Can't imagine getting away from free in
> Joomla without having to call some Joomla function to make it work. :-)
>
> So then I spent time searching and it appears some sort of special
> treatment is needed for your own JavaScript to be available in Joomla.
>
> Why I'm posting about this, is that I would like to get some direction as
> to what is the best way to do this. Is there a favorite Joomla extension
> people use to help make all this happen? Also, should it be a module or
> can/should it be a Joomla Article for this JavaScript calc program? It only
> needs to appear on one page. Thanks!
>
> David Roth
>
> _______________________________________________
> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List
> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla
>
> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
> http://www.nyphpcon.com
>
> Show Your Participation in New York PHP
> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List
> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla
>
> NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
> http://www.nyphpcon.com
>
> Show Your Participation in New York PHP
> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.nyphp.org/pipermail/joomla/attachments/20120731/56a47e3d/attachment.html>


More information about the Joomla mailing list