Legacy mode

Article: Converting Old Extensions to Joomla 1.5 and 1.6

Jump to converting 1.5 to 1.6, 1.0 to 1.5 {loadposition reference} Joomla 1.5 to 1.6 Joomla 1.6 was released on 10 January 2011. There are several changes that are required to allow extension to install on Joomla 1.6, and also other...

Article: Joomla 1.0 End-of-Life - It's time to upgrade your extensions

Joomla 1.0 end-of-life is approaching and it's time for developers who sitll use Joomla 1.5's legacy mode to switch over to the native API.  I've prepared a detailed cheat sheet for what is required to convert your Joomla 1.0 based extensions to...

Article: Removing a Legacy: Part 1

Joomla 1.5 provides a "Legacy Mode" to allow most developers a way to get up-and-running easily. However, you really want to get off the dependence on Legacy Mode as soon as you can. The new Joomla framework in version 1.5 provides a far...

Article: Removing a Legacy: Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of my series on converting an existing component to work natively in Joomla version 1.5 without using legacy mode. Last time we looked at Legacy Mode, fixing the constant that prevents direct access to files and solved some database...

Article: Removing a Legacy: Part 3

Welcome to Part 3 of my series for converting an existing component to work natively in version 1.5 without using legacy mode.  Last time we looked at configuration variables, dug into JRequest and also had a look at a few other things. ...