Ronildo Costa says:
The link to download the example is not working, it might need be added http:// before www.
View ArticlePoornima Alexander says:
Thank you very much for this post. It is really advantageous. Thanks a Lot!
View ArticleJosh says:
Great article! My favourite among all about joomla 2.5 module coding i've read.
View ArticleMindi says:
Very nice tutorials! Only thing I don't understand is 'How you passed $userCount parameter to database query'. I don't see this in your code. Thanks! Mindi
View ArticleJohannes says:
Thanks a lot for this great straight-forwar d introduction to Joomla 2.5 development. Exactly what I need to get my feet wet; having to do some Joomla stuff for a client right now. There are two things...
View ArticleBrad Traversy says:
Mindi, you are correct, I didnt have the user count in the query. I changed the query in helper.php to use it. Please see above
View ArticleBehRang says:
nice tutorial that's worked for me, just can you help if I want to add a drop-down list field to XML file, retrieve data from database? now I created it but the options is manual not from DB !
View Articledarshan says:
i tried it....its showing a error in default.php file in foreach loop,like this: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
View Articlexalibeut says:
Hi Brad, very good introduction for joomla module creation. How would you go with an AJAX Database Module. I am trying to create a module that will fetch information from a database with ajax. The main...
View ArticleRaul says:
I have the same question as BehRang I want to add a drop-down list field to XML file, retrieve data from database? for example table names and display all the tables in the database? Thanks
View Articlesandro says:
Hey, very cool tutorial! It worked fine with me, but I got one question.. How come if I simply change $row->name into $row->email I get an error and nothing works anymore? Even if I have that...
View Articlesandro says:
Hi Brad, it's me again! I got it, sorry.. I have to change the $query too: $query = "SELECT email FROM #__users LIMIT {$userCount}"; but how can I retrieve more than one field? (and.. I know this is...
View ArticleVipul says:
1. How can I make some fields mandatory in the basic options that are defined in the xml file? 2. How can I apply some checks over the entered fields in the options(I want the user to enter URLs only)?
View ArticleBrad Traversy says:
To select more than one field just add them to your query after "email" or use an asterisk(*) to select ALL fields on that table SELECT email,field2,fi eld3 FROM #__users LIMIT.... OR SELECT * FROM...
View ArticleBrad Traversy says:
I will be making a tutorial on this.. Basically, you need to define a custom field type in order to display database fields. You need to define a class that extends JFormFieldList. See this forum post...
View ArticleArmando Quinones says:
Hey there.. what about this scenario... I have a module installed that I edited to change what it does .. I now want to install the original module and keep both .. Should I.. change the values of the...
View ArticleBrad Traversy says:
Hi Armando, You should never edit anything in the "modules" folder. If possible, create an html folder in your template folder and use an override. Please see this article on how to do that...
View Articlechieflujja says:
How does these files communicate to each other i have not seen you including or requiring other files from the folder.
View Articleregie says:
hi i have followed all your instructions but it the list of user did not appear on the front-end. the only error i encountered was the language was not found. but the message was successful...
View ArticleIvan Rutter says:
Found it very helpful. Just needed to add en-GB.mod_siteu sers.ini to the mod_siteusers folder to avoid an installation error message. Got required file by downloading sample code and copying across....
View ArticleBen says:
Haven't typed in all of the code yet, but was wondering what you've made some of the code copy/pastable and others a .png. It would be super helpful if I din't have to type it all in and worry about...
View ArticlePhil says:
Big thanks to you Brad. I was look for a "how to do" site. Found your article in the first google results and 30 min after my first 'homemade' module was online. Just a further question. How do I...
View ArticlePatrick says:
Super!. Thanks Brad. I want to use the same module twice on same page with different params. I can't get it to work.
View Articleajaysinghrana says:
I am new to joomla and you made it so easy for me to learn how to create a module..but i had a problem in this line to display in default.php.. JText::sprintf( 'USER_LABEL', $row->name) but when i...
View Articlekins says:
thanks mister Brad usefull. i have a question, you know how i can include the editor (tinymce) in the backend of module? for write some html? i did a copy of default "custom Html" module of joomla, and...
View Articlemoses bwalya says:
Hai there brad my module requires me to display values from the DB in a text box and the module has got two combo boxes which the user selects their destination1 and destination2 to retrieve their...
View ArticleFuturos7 says:
I read one of your helpful information regarding the error message "error uploading this file to the server". I am a beginner in the Joomla world and was trying to upload a 2.5 template. I tried your...
View ArticleWampamba David says:
The tutorial is actually nice and very helpful. Do you mind helping add 3 more form fields, 2 upload fields and 1 textarea. However I don't want to form to be displayed at the front-end of the website....
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