When installing custom component on a Joomla 2.5 everything works well. If I just copy and paste the content of the component in the appropriate folder /components/com_mycomponent without installing it the directory structure becomes the same but the component doesn't get found when requested.
I assume that installation is needed for a component to work. My question is how can I simulate this installation without actually installing the component. So how can I tell Joomla that there is a component copied in the components directory.
I need that to be able to create test components and develop them without actually installing them on the platform until they are ready.
Thanks in advance.
Select Extensions → Extension Manager from the drop-down menu of the Joomla! Administrator Panel. Then select the Discover menu item in the Extension manager screen that appears.
As it says in the Joomla docs manual: Discover searches the Joomla! installation directories for uninstalled extensions. Any uninstalled extensions found will be displayed in the extension listing. Caches the search results so they continue to be displayed on subsequent visits to this screen."
Here is the link to the actual manual page.
Hope this helps.
Stoyan