What is the difference between module and plugin

The optional Facile Forms mambot must be installed and published for this method. I hope that helps, at least a bit! My reply, part 2 Well, after this, I got a very nice thank you note from the person who asked the question. I replied: Well, I'm glad it helped you.

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Community Blog. What is a Plugin? A real life example A Joomla 2. A component on most sites occupies the main area of the website layout and is the primary focus of the page. Others feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on any point. Again, these are just generalizations and there are exceptions to every rule, but this should give you a good starting point.

Hope it helps! David Hurley. David Hurley Joomla! Community Development Manager Twitter: dbhurley Skype: davidbhurley. I'm really impressed with ur reply Really impressive that is!!!! Re: Difference between Module, Component, Plugin Post by sebari » Wed Mar 20, am I see this explanation of the basic concepts was posted in It has helped me a lot.

I am however still not clear on the difference between a 'module' and a 'component'. Once again, thanks. There used to be a blank module in CVS contrib, but I'm not sure if its up to date. You could have a poke about Hi, I've managed to start developing a new module, and I already found howto do some nice things. But, now I face another question that at least looks simples, but I can't solve it.

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