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[joomla] Modifying a Joomla module, does it have to be re-installed?

David Roth davidalanroth at gmail.com
Fri Sep 14 19:31:56 EDT 2012


You know, it would help if I was reloading the page from the same
installation of Joomla I was making the changes. This means, it's time for
dinner! :-)

But my other questions I'm still curious about. Thanks!

David Roth

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 7:21 PM, David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm modifying a Joomla module's .xml file so it's Description has some
> additional information. But I noticed this doesn't get updated in the
> Module Manager. Does the module have to be re-installed for this change to
> take effect?
>
> Does anyone know how/where the contents of a Joomla module is stored after
> installation? Does it grab the .xml file and store it's contents in a MySQL
> table? I wondered about this, because I have changed the .xml file before
> to add something to the back-end and it's effect was immediately after I
> saved the .xml file and doesn't require it be re-installed. I do remember
> reading that if you added a file required to the .xml file that you do need
> to re-install the module. Thanks!
>
> David Roth
>
>
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