Simplest plugin won't work

[Pirs01]

Hello,

So in my 3.1.1 version I am trying to develop a plugin in accordance to this tutorial: http://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Creating_a_ ... for_Joomla

I created my xml and php file. Plugin installs fine and I have activated it from Extension Manager. All I am trying to do for now is to echo hello world on onAfterRoute event since it is "global system event triggered on every page load" according to: http://docs.joomla.org/Plugin/Events/System

So now I should see hello world in source for any page on my website right? I don't...
My code:

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<?php
// no direct access
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );

class plgOffSiteRef extends JPlugin
{
    function onAfterRoute()
    {
        echo 'HELLO WORLD!';
    }
}
?>

Am I missing something?

[toivo]

Am I missing something?

The name of the class has to follow the convention, as shown in the tutorial, and include the type of the plugin, for example plgSystemOffSiteRef would work.

The OnAfterRoute event is a bit too early to modify the page, which is usually done in content plugin events. If you use echo, you need an exit statement or something after it, otherwise you will not see the output from echo.

[Pirs01]

Thank you.