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1.2. Users manual

To use the extension you need to follow these steps:

  1. Install the extension.

  2. Reload the Backend to access the backend module (e.g. press F5 to reload the page or logout & login again).

  3. Enter the Backend module “Mootools Setup” (last entry in the section “Tools”).

  4. Use one of the 3 entries in the dropdown menu at the top right corner. (If the “Extension Development Evaluator” [extkey: extdeveval] extension is installed, a 4th entry will be added to the drowdown, which gives you quick access to displaying the t3mootools API docs)

  5. Follow the steps below.

Analyze the .js of a Mootools extension

  1. Choose this entry in the dropdown menu at the top right corner to create a custom Mootools library out of existing javascript files.You can either enter

  • the remote file which is the path to the file on the server. An example would be EXT:rgsmoothgallery/res/scripts/jd.gallery1010.jsThis depends completely on the checked extension!

  • a local file. Just upload the javascript file.

You will get a list of all needed components as result.

  1. Click now “Use” or “Use & Merge” if you already did this step for another extension.

  2. You are now forwarded to the 1st view of the extension and all needed components are checked.

  3. Follow the steps below

Process and Analyze t3mootools.txt in extensions

  1. Choose this entry in the dropdown menu at the top right corner to create a custom Mootools library out of information stored in t3mootools.txt files available in installed extensions.

  2. Select the extensions you want processed and analyzed, and click the “Check” button.

  3. Click now “Use” or “Use & Merge” if you already did this step for another extension.

  1. You are now forwarded to the 1st view of the extension and all needed components are checked.

  2. Follow the steps below

Create a custom Mootools JS Libraray

You will get an overview over all needed components and if you used the previous steps, some components will be already selected.

  1. Choose at the bottom the compression type you wanna use. The best one is already selected.

  2. Click on the button “Create Mootools Library”.

  3. You are done. If the extension which used Mootools is cached, you need to clear the cache manually.