Joomla Custom Component

Question

I have successfully built my own custom joomla component from scratch, but I am stuck on a presumably relatively simple problem.

For the purpose of this example lets say that:

A equals Home page

B equals Player(Multiple) list page

C equals Player(Individual) page

I have so far got part A and C working. I can get to my individual player page by entering in their id into the url.

Example of part C

What I am unsure about now is creating a view before this when you click on the players menu button that it directs you to a view which displays a list of all players. I have already created a function within the model which returns all players in the database for the purpose of this view. I can upload my component or paste any of my code into this post if needed.

I did follow Joomla component on how to create a component so I presume I have the default settings for my component.

just create another view, i am not sure where is the problem? — Marko D
Like Marco D said, create another view, then link to your detail view in the actual page. That's generally how listings/detail pages work. — seavers

Teun Ouwehand Teun Ouwehand · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-04T15:29:43

You can at an extra public function in your controller this one get available as "task" and can be accessed like this:

/index.php?option=com_name-of-component&view=view-to-load&format=raw&task=name-of-function

If this function get's to big you can create a multi controller component. I can not explain better than this:

Using Multiple Controllers in Joomla Component Development

Joomla Custom Component

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