Joomla is open source software under the GPL license. One of the benefits of open source software is that you can (and are allowed to) read and change the source code.
Therefore it's very easy to make small changes in Joomla's core code. But loosing those changes by just upgrading is even easier!
In this presentation Peter Martin will show you how you can make changes in Joomla and 3rd party extensions without using core hacks:
- what's a core hack
- why you should not use core hacks
- an example of a core hack
- eight alternatives to change Joomla without using core hacks
- how to fix (core) hacks (e.g. done by other people).
Presentation given at
- October 5th 2013 - Joomladay UK 2013, Ascot, United Kingdom
http://www.scribd.com/doc/173649105/Core-hacks-are-evil-How-to-change-Joomla-without-core-hacks-Joomladay-UK-2013-odp - December 18th 2012 - Joomla User Group Rotterdam, Netherlands
How to change Joomla without core hacks? - November 18th 2012 - Joomla World Conference 2012, San Jose, CA, USA
website: http://conference.joomla.org/
Peter Martin's session "How to change Joomla without core hacks?"
Video of presentation (at YouTube.com)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/113714850/How-to-Change-Joomla-Without-Corehacks-joomla-world-conference-2012 - October 2nd 2012 - Joomla User Group Den Bosch, Netherlands
How to change Joomla without core hacks? - August 18th 2012 - Joomladay Cape Town 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.scribd.com/doc/103234726/How-to-change-the-Joomla-core-without-hacks
- September 27th 2012 - Joomla User Group Zwolle, Netherlands
How to change Joomla without core hacks?
http://www.joomlacommunity.eu/joomla-gebruikersgroepen/details/238-qjoomla-veranderen-zonder-core-hacksq.html
- April 21th 2012 - Joomladay Netherlands 2012, Zeist, Netherlands
In Dutch: Joomla Aanpassen Zonder Corehacks
http://www.scribd.com/doc/90368258/Joomla-Aanpassen-Zonder-Corehacks
