Hello Ralf N.

Thanks for bringing up the issue. Yes, the process seems like obsolete now for Joomla 4. We will upgrade the blog and publish a new one.

Best regards

One detail is confusing: the example you provide is working if i do no changes and just installing it- but as soon i change only the names - without touching the real ouput code it won't render the frontend. Thats the point i get in struggle...

I have checked the process. Changed the name and details. It works on Joomla 3 but does not work on Joomla 4. I have forwarded the issue to the team. They will update it.

Any News on this? I need a solution asap please..

Sorry for the unwanted delay. It will take time. We have not looked out on this while Joomla 4 arrives. We will check the issue with Joomla 4 and update the documentation. We might publish a article on it too. Please stay tuned.

Again - any News on this topic?

Sorry, it is still not fixed. It is on the developer's table.

Hi Ralf,

I haven't created a custom addon for PageBuilder, but since it requires a Joomla plugin, you will need to update a number of the files/classes to match J4 conventions.

Checking some of Pagebuilder's J4 addons will help with this.

There's a distinct likelihood that the addons now use namespacing too, if following J4 conventions.

A quick look at the tutorial, I see some obvious changes that will be required:

REF: step 2 of the JoomShaper guide

1. Re-write the PHP plugin class to match the Joomla 4 plugin signatures. N.B. [PlgSppagebuilderDemo] extends JPlugin will need to be replaced with PlgSppagebuilderDemo extends CMSPlugin. Naturally, if namespacing is used, instead of include/require statements, you'll replace these with the appropriate use statements.
2. The XML manifest file will require updating to match J4. Again, looking at any existing addons will help with this, but your extension version="3.8" will of course need updating.

This should get you most of the way, I hope.

Finally, there's an example plugin for Joomla 4 on the Joomla Wiki here, that I hope will provide additional context for #1 above.

Hope it helps,

Gez

@Geraint Brown: No this is not the solution - but i have found the big failure on Joomshapers tutorial!

@Ofi Khan: On Step4 of the Turtorial - changing site.php file is written:

"The important thing to do here is to change the class name from “SppagebuilderAddonSample_addon” to “SampleBuilderAddonYour_addon” and whenever you are going to name a div, use this format “sppb-addon-sample-addon”."

But this is wrong and needs to be changed to:

"The important thing to do here is to change the class name from “SppagebuilderAddonSample_addon” to “SppagebuilderAddonYour_addon” ".... so the class SampleBuilderAddon wording is complete wrong!!!!

This costs me hours / the whole night :( - please slap the editor of this tutorial as it ruined it totaly ;-P

Ralf,

Firstly and to be clear, I didn't state that what I offered was a "solution". In fact, I stated emphatically, that I had not developed an addon of my own, and therefore, what I proposed were changes to the part of the tutorial that referenced creating a Joomla plugin.

N.B. The JPlugin class does not exist in J4, and therefore, should be updated per my example.

Secondly, whether one provides the solution or not, its curtious to at least thank the respondent, not berate them. As frustrating as it can be when things don't work, getting angry about it, very rarely yields the desired outcome.

Regards,

Geraint

Sorry Geraint that i forgot to say thanks for your answer - it was just pretty late in the morning! Of course every answer and way how to solve problems is appreciated.

Appreciated. Thanks,

Geraint