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You should update the XML to suit the component you intend to build. We
will discuss the role of the XML manifest file in more detail at the end of this chapter.
The component name is used to uniquely identify your component. When you select
a name for your component, it is advisable to ensure that the name is not being used
by an existing component. The name will also be used in the form com_parsedname;
this is done automatically by Joomla!. For example, the name 'My Extension' will also
be used in the format com_myextension.
Once you have built your XML manifest file, create a new archive, which can be ZIP,
TAR, GZ, TGZ, GZIP, BZ2, TBZ2, or BZIP2, and add the XML manifest file to it. If you
install the archive as a component, you should get a blank component, which you
can begin to develop.
To get you started, the frontend for the component will be located at
components/com_myextension. In this folder, you need to create the root
component file called myextension.php; this file is executed when the component
is invoked from the frontend.


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