More and more administrators are starting to use SEO URIs. This process is not
automatic, so to enable SEO URIs in our components we must build a router. We
should wait until the ending stages of development before creating a router. It is
common for us to change the way in which we handle data during the development
phase; creating the router too early may waste valuable time and effort.
Packaging a component is crucial to enable the distribution of the component. When we
create the XML manifest file, we should always remember to use UTF-8 encoding and
to include the DOCTYPE tag with a link to the Joomla! install component DTD schema.
The install and uninstall PHP scripts are very power tools. Using these to the full
potential enables us to create incredibly versatile installers. If there is anything that
we want to do during the install or uninstall phase, which we cannot achieve using
the XML manifest file, we should add it to the install and uninstall files. It can also
be a nice touch to add some generic 'getting started' tips for the administrator to the
install file.
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