Packaging
Overview
Packaging a component for distribution is relatively easy. All front-end files are places within a directory called /site
and all administration files are placed within a directory called /admin
. Here's what a typical package will look like:
/com_{componentname} {componentname}.xml /site {componentname}.php controller.php /views /{viewname} /tmpl default.php /models {modelname}.php /controllers {controllername}.php /admin {componentname}.php controller.php /views /{viewname} /tmpl default.php /models {modelname}.php /controllers {controllername}.php
Just "zip" up the primary directory into a compressed archive file.
When the ZIP file is installed, the language file is copied to /language/{LanguageName}/{LanguageName}.{ComponentName}.ini
and
is loaded each time the module is loaded. All of the other files are copied to the /components/{ComponentName}
and /administrator/components/{ComponentName}
directories
of the Joomla! installation.