As you all know, once you have installed an extension in the Joomla backend, the description shows. You can either have a plain description from the XML or have a language based one. I have never had problems in the past with language based descriptions however this time I do. The extension is a admin component and has no frontend folder and is for Joomla 2.5.
When I install the component, the description appears as COM_PROJECTS_DESC
The language folder and files are in the correct location and the XML shows as
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension type="component" version="2.5.0" method="upgrade">
<name>Projects</name>
<author>JoomJunk</author>
<creationDate>15th Jul 2012</creationDate>
<copyright>Copyright (C) 2012 JoomJunk</copyright>
<license>http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html</license>
<authorEmail>admin@joomjunk.co.uk</authorEmail>
<authorUrl>http://www.joomjunk.co.uk</authorUrl>
<version>1.0.0</version>
<description>COM_PROJECTS_DESC</description>
<administration>
<menu img="components/com_projects/assets/images/cpanel_16.png">COM_PROJECT_TO_DO</menu>
<files folder="admin">
<filename>index.html</filename>
<filename>controller.php</filename>
<filename>helper.php</filename>
<filename>projects.php</filename>
<folder>views</folder>
<folder>tables</folder>
<folder>models</folder>
<folder>controllers</folder>
<folder>assets</folder>
</files>
<languages folder="admin">
<language tag="en-GB">languages/en-GB/en-GB.com_projects.ini</language>
<language tag="en-GB">languages/en-GB/en-GB.com_projects.sys.ini</language>
</languages>
</administration>
</extension>
The odd thing is, the description doesnt work when installing for the first time, but if I install the coomponent over it (upgrade) then it does work.
I have used the language debug tool the the language file seems to be loading so Im not sure what the problem is. I has only ever happend to me with extensions specifically for the admin backend and that have no frontend referrence.
Any help would be much apreciated.
Regards