oh yeah, i know that a lot of components automatically install their associate modules and plugins but what i want to know is how did they do or code it.
example, the artofuser component. when you look at its xml file, you can see that a plugin node was define there. so what i want to know how to do it with module
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- $Id: artofuser.xml 553 2011-01-18 23:15:07Z eddieajau $ -->
<install type="component" version="1.5.15" method="upgrade">
<name>ArtofUser</name>
<version>1.1.1</version>
<creationDate>2011-01-19</creationDate>
<author>Andrew Eddie</author>
<authorEmail>info@newlifeinit.com</authorEmail>
<authorUrl>http://www.theartofjoomla.com</authorUrl>
<copyright>Copyright 2005 - 2011 New Life in IT Pty Ltd. All rights reserved</copyright>
<license>GNU General Public License <http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html></license>
<description>COM_ARTOFUSER_DESC</description>
<installfile>install/install.php</installfile>
<administration>
<files folder="admin">
<folder>controllers</folder>
<folder>help</folder>
<folder>helpers</folder>
<folder>install</folder>
<folder>language</folder>
<folder>libraries</folder>
<folder>media</folder>
<folder>models</folder>
<folder>tables</folder>
<folder>views</folder>
<file>artofuser.php</file>
<file>config.xml</file>
<file>index.html</file>
<file>controller.php</file>
<file>version.php</file>
</files>
<menu img="components/com_artofuser/media/images/artofuser_16x16.png" link="option=com_artofuser&view=users">ArtofUser</menu>
<submenu>
<menu img="components/com_artofuser/media/images/artofuser_16x16.png" link="option=com_artofuser&view=users">Users</menu>
<menu img="components/com_artofuser/media/images/icon_16_groups.png" link="option=com_artofuser&view=groups">Groups</menu>
<menu img="components/com_artofuser/media/images/icon_16_notes.png" link="option=com_artofuser&view=notes">Notes</menu>
<menu img="js/ThemeOffice/categories.png" link="option=com_categories&section=com_artofuser_notes">Note Categories</menu>
<menu img="js/ThemeOffice/categories.png" link="option=com_categories&section=com_artofuser_blocked">Block Categories</menu>
<menu link="option=com_artofuser&view=loginhistory">Login History</menu>
</submenu>
<languages folder="admin/language">
<language tag="en-GB">en-GB/en-GB.com_artofuser.ini</language>
<language tag="en-GB">en-GB/en-GB.com_artofuser.menu.ini</language>
<language tag="fr-FR">fr-FR/fr-FR.com_artofuser.ini</language>
<language tag="fr-FR">fr-FR/fr-FR.com_artofuser.menu.ini</language>
</languages>
</administration>
<plugins>
<plugin plugin="artofuser" group="user" title="User - Artof User" state="0">
<files folder="plg_user_artofuser">
<filename plugin="artofuser">artofuser.php</filename>
<filename>artofuser.xml</filename>
</files>
<languages folder="plg_user_artofuser/artofuser/language">
<language tag="en-GB">en-GB/en-GB.plg_user_artofuser.ini</language>
</languages>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</install>
