How to make a module in Magento Part 1

So here is our file and folder structure for module.

A)     app\etc\modules\Summer_Spring.xml (Create a file for Module Configuration file).

B)     \app\code\local\Summer (Create a namespace folder).C)     \app\code\local\Summer\Spring (Create a module folder).D)     \app\code\local\Summer\Spring\controllers (Create a controller folder).E)      \app\code\local\Summer\Spring\etc (Create a Configuration folder).F)      \app\code\local\Summer\Spring\etc\config.xml (Create a Configuration file).G)    \app\code\local\Summer\Spring\controllers\IndexController.php (Create a Controller file).

Step 1:- Create a module configuration file to tell Magento about your module. So create a file in app\etc\modules\Summer_Spring.xml in this file write following code:-

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<config>

  <modules>

    <Summer_Spring>

      <active>true</active>

      <codePool>local</codePool>

      <version>0.1.0</version>

    </Summer_Spring>

  </modules>

</config>

Save “Summer_Spring.xml” there is no any rule for file naming you can put any name for your file. I have to explain some above used code: -

A)     “<Summer_Spring>” where “Summer” is namespace for our Module folder and “Spring” is our Module.

B)     “<active>true</active>” this code will activate your module. For disable  module replace true by “false” .

C)     <version>0.1.0</version> this code used to set version for our module.

Ok now let’s create Configuration file in our module:-

Step 2:- \app\code\local\Summer\Spring\etc\config.xml open the file and add the following code:-

<?xml version="1.0"?>

  <config>

     <modules>

        <Summer_Spring>

         <version>0.1.0</version>

        </Summer_Spring>

     </modules>

   <frontend>

       <routers>

 <Spring>

              <use>standard</use>

              <args>

                 <module>Summer_Spring</module>

                 <frontName>spring</frontName>

              </args>

   </Spring>

             </routers>

    </frontend>

</config>

Save “config.xml”. I have to explain some above used code: -

A)      “<frontend></frontend>” in this section we put the control from frontend.

B)     “<Spring ></Spring >” Allows you to declare a router « Spring » which is actually the road used by magneto to access your controller. In our example, the router is « standard » (it means that it is a module that will be displayed on the frontend)

C)    The module name is “Summer_Spring” and the shortcut to access it via the url is “spring” and when you will type “magentosite.com/spring/index”, this will call to index method from our module controller IndexController.php.

So let’s create a controller for our module:-  

Step 3:- \app\code\local\Summer\Spring\controllers\IndexController.php open this file and add following code:- 

<?php

class Summer_Spring_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action

{

   public function indexAction()

   {

                        echo “Hello this is test index”;                              

   }

}

Save “IndexController.php” .Ok now I have to explain some above used code: -

A)   “Summer_Spring_IndexController” this class name contain actual path to the file.

B)      “ public function indexAction()” this is our method which we will access it from front end.

So go to your site and type: - yourmagentosite.com/spring/index

That’s it thank You for reading.