Skeleton Module for Joomla! 2.5+

This repository is just a simple template to get you started creating a Joomla Module.

It includes all the base files and a languages folder with easily replaced "skeleton" placeholders to insert your own unique details and module name.

Getting started

Download the files (zip) or fork the repository.

####Replace Module Name#### Make a copy of the files and using your favourite editor search and replace on the following to turn it into a starting point for your module. (NB. these are case sensitive search and replaces, also if you do it in the order listed it will make life easier)

• MOD_SKELETON should be replaced by your modules prefix
  (usually based on the name e.g. MOD_NEWTWEETS)
• skeleton should be replaced by your modules name
  (usually something indicative of the functionality e.g. newtweets)
• Skeleton should be replaced by your modules name
  (e.g. New Tweets)
• SKELETON should also be replaced by your modules name
• © YYYY My Name or My Company should be replaced by the appropriate information e.g. © 2015 Craig Phillips Pty Ltd
• My Name should be replaced by the appropriate information e.g. Craig Phillips
• dd-MMM-YYYY should be replaced with the current date e.g. 25-May-2015
• dd-mm-YYYY should be replaced with the current date e.g. 25-05-2015

Modules are discussed on the Joomla Doc's website.

####Change File & Folder names#### For a module the top-level folder, and each of the files must follow a naming convention shown in the current file and folder structure:

/mod_skeleton/
	helper.php
	mod_skeleton.php
	mod_skeleton.xml
	languages/en-GB/en-GB.mod_skeleton.ini
	languages/en-GB/en-GB.mod_skeleton.sys.ini
	tmpl/default.php

Specifically, they must all match the name of the module in the XML file.

So, for example if you have a module with this name element in the XML <name>mod_newtweets</name> the module file folder should be named:

/mod_newtweets/
	helper.php
	mod_newtweets.php
	mod_newtweets.xml
	languages/en-GB/en-GB.mod_newtweets.ini
	languages/en-GB/en-GB.mod_newtweets.sys.ini
	tmpl/default.php

####Build Number Finally if you use a build process that generates a build number, as a part of your build process you can replace the token #buildno# in the modules XML file VERSION attribute.