Section 03
The directory is the product, in practice
Extensions, templates, and the one-click era.
A listing rule is a governance instrument: what a user can find is what the directory decided to hold.
3 pieces in this section
- A directory is a distribution channel with a policyThe Joomla Extensions Directory decided what users could find, which made its listing rules a form of governance.
- Overrides let a designer change output without forking coreThe template override system is the feature that made Joomla workable for agencies, because it separated presentation from the code being updated.
- Shared hosting installers put it everywhereOne-click installers on shared hosting drove adoption enormously, and they also produced a large population of installations nobody maintained.
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