Hello World Plugin for Joomla!

This is a ready to go Joomla Plugin Boilerplate that you can use to build your own plugins. I have added all the settings, elements and things I could find.

What does it do?

This is a content plugin that replaces a user defined shortcode with a language sensitive Hello World statement. You can set the language in the plugin.

How to use this module

• Install the plugin.
• Configure the plugin how you want it, including making sure to publish it.
• Insert the shortcode into an article.
• Load the newly saved article, with the shortcode, and you should see the shortcode has been replaced with the Hello World message..

Notes

• When the install mechanism is used, the title for the plugin comes from en-GB.plg_qwrealurl.sys.ini / PLG_QWREALURL_NAME="Hello World"
• The plugin name is helloworld
  • Can be called by $this->_name
  • Is made from the filename helloworld.php, the .php file extension is removed.
• You can restrict this plugin to work only on certain components using $context.

Compatibility

plg_helloworld is fully compatible with Joomla versions 3.x (possibly only 3.8+) and 4.x. A few alterations and the plugin will work on earlier versions of Joomla.

License

plg_helloworld is a Joomla module developed by QuantumWarp and released under the GNU General Public License.

Learn More

Visit the extension's software page at: https://quantumwarp.com/

References

I used the following links and resources to build this plugin.

• https://quantumwarp.com/kb/articles/106-extension-development/671-creating-a-joomla-plugin
• https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Creating_a_Plugin_for_Joomla
• https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Creating_a_content_plugin - This describes plugin events and their functions related to content.
• https://docs.joomla.org/Plugin/Events/System - This describes plugin events and their functions related to the system.
• https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Developing_an_MVC_Component/Adding_an_install-uninstall-update_script_file
• https://docs.joomla.org/Manifest_files
• https://docs.joomla.org/Standard_form_field_types
• https://docs.joomla.org/Using_own_library_in_your_extensions
• https://joomla.stackexchange.com/questions/24685/joomla-4-how-to-set-namespace-for-custom-field-addfieldprefix
• https://joomla.digital-peak.com/images/blog/JWC17_Prepare_you_extension_for_Joomla_4.pdf
• https://docs.joomla.org/Plugin/Events/Content
• https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:OnContentPrepare_called_with_JCategoryNode - Example of $context. This can be used to specify to only rung this plugin for a certain component.
• https://docs.joomla.org/Triggering_content_plugins_in_your_extension
• https://www.vishalon.net/blog/create-joomla-extension-to-show-hello-world-on-every-page

QWRealURL Module for Joomla!

What does it do?

Shows you the non-SEF URL when using Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEF) in Joomla.

This allows for easy creation of internal Joomla links that can be dynamically routed.

How to use this module

• Install the module.
• Configure the module how you want it, including making sure to publish it and enabling it on a page of your choosing.
• Load a page that has the module configured to display on it.
• You will now see the non-SEF version of your URL.

Notes

• None yet

Compatibility

QWRealURL is fully compatible with Joomla versions 3.x and 4.x.

License

QWRealURL is a Joomla module developed by QuantumWarp and released under the GNU General Public License.

Learn More

Visit the extension's software page at: https://quantumwarp.com/software/joomla/qwrealcrm

References

I used the following links and resources to build this module.

Joomla Routing

Real Joomla SEF

• https://gruz.ml/en/tech-blog/joomla-tips-and-tricks/13-how-to-get-real-joomla-url-from-a-sef-url.html - Very useful and had several methods for getting the non-SEF URL.
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/990202/how-to-find-the-non-sef-url-whilst-sef-is-enabled-joomla-1-5

Joomla Router Ref:

• https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Supporting_SEF_URLs_in_your_component
• https://api.joomla.org/cms-3/classes/Joomla.CMS.Uri.Uri.html (JUri) - loaded/extended in order below
  • /libraries/vendor/jooml/uri/src/AbstractUri.php
  • /libraries/vendor/joomla/uri/src/Uri.php (New)
  • /libraries/src/Uri/Uri.php
• https://api.joomla.org/cms-3/classes/Joomla.CMS.Router.SiteRouter.html (JRouter)
  • /libraries/src/Router/Router.php (New)

Javascript - Copy to clipboard

With Javascript you cannot directly copy anything you want. The **select()*- function on works on items the user can select normally.

The workarounds on the internet work by creating an element that can be selected like a textarea, copy the required data into it, select and copy that data now in the <textarea> and then <textarea> is deleted.

I rendered the non-SEF URL directly into a hidden which i can unhide, select and copy to the clipboard and of course re-hide the element.

Input/Textarea direct

• https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_js_copy_clipboard.asp
• https://makitweb.com/how-to-copying-content-to-the-clipboard-with-javascript/
• https://www.w3docs.com/snippets/javascript/how-to-copy-the-text-to-the-clipboard-with-javascript.html (nice tutorial)

Workaround method for innerHTML etc..

• https://www.google.com/search?q=copy+inerhtml+to+clipboard+javascript&oq=copy+inerhtml+to+clipboard+javascript&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.7433j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
• https://davidwalsh.name/clipboard (this has both methods but using a third party library)
• https://hackernoon.com/copying-text-to-clipboard-with-javascript-df4d4988697f
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44908329/copy-text-innerhtml-of-element-to-clipboard
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23048550/how-to-copy-a-divs-content-to-clipboard-without-flash
• https://jsfiddle.net/alvaroAV/a2pt16yq/
• https://techoverflow.net/2018/03/30/copying-strings-to-the-clipboard-using-pure-javascript/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/7xx8y9/copy_to_clipboard_without_displaying_the_textarea/

Javascript References

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/execCommand
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20518143/hiding-an-element-difference-between-javascript-attribute-and-css-style
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/hidden