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Parameters are a mechanism in Joomla! 1.5 {{JVer|1.5}} that enables administrators to configure Joomla! itself or its [[Extension|extensions]]. Parameters allow many aspects of the behaviour of Joomla or its extensions to be customised without requiring the user to know how to change the underlying code. | Parameters are a mechanism in Joomla! 1.5 {{JVer|1.5}} that enables administrators to configure Joomla! itself or its [[Extension|extensions]]. Parameters allow many aspects of the behaviour of Joomla or its extensions to be customised without requiring the user to know how to change the underlying code. | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 29 April 2013
This tutorial is for Joomla! CMS Version(s) 
This page's content makes references relevant only for Joomla! CMS Version(s) and earlier →The use of "Parameters" has been deprecated from
and later Versions, please use: Form fields.Parameters are a mechanism in Joomla! 1.5 that enables administrators to configure Joomla! itself or its extensions. Parameters allow many aspects of the behaviour of Joomla or its extensions to be customised without requiring the user to know how to change the underlying code.
Parameters are handled by the JParameter class, and each parameter type is a subclass of JElement.
Standard parameter types
Custom parameter types
It is possible to add support for additional parameter types beyond the standard parameter types. This page lists resources for adding custom parameter types and gives a list of example custom parameter types.
List of custom parameter types
If you are a developer and you have created an interesting or useful custom parameter type, then please feel free to add it this list.