Mastering Joomla! 1.5 Extension and Framework Development

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Plugin language files are always located in the
backend. If we do not use this, the language file will only be loaded when we are
accessing the backend.
Plugin Design
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We need to consider where we should include such a piece of code. Adding it at
the beginning of a plugin file, although logical, might be loading it unnecessarily
because it may not be required. A more appropriate approach might be to load it
when a handler method or function is executed.
Dealing with Plugin Settings (Parameters)
To deal with plugin settings we can use the, ever handy, params tag in our
XML manifest file. This example shows how we can add some simple parameters
to a plugin:

install.dtd">

Foobar - My Extension
Author's Name
Author's Email
Author's Website
MonthName Year
Copyright Notice
Plugin License Agreement
Plugin Version
Plugin Description

myextension.

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