This module is designed to help with Development and Configuration.
This module will display in the Admin Header and indicate the status of your site. It lets you know if your settings are correct for Development.

The module is configurable so that it can be report on 3 sections

Development
Checks that your site is consistent with a good Development environment. This makes sure that you are developing in a common development environment using full PHP tags and full error reporting with the default 8M of memory. If you develop in a environment that does not meet these requirements then some people may have issues when using your components.

Security
Checks that your setting are correct for optimal security. This makes sure that you have magic_quotes and register_globals set correctly as well as indicating if allow_url_fopen is disabled. These security setting cover some of the most commonly used exploits that attempt to hack Joomla sites. If you build your component with these setting set correctly your components should be less vulnerable to hacking.

CMS
Checks that your default setting are correct for a CMS Installation including file_uploads and the necessary extensions such as xml and zlib.

The module uses a simple colour coding to indicate the status of your environment.

* Black indicates that a critical issue has been found. Only some security checks rate Critical
* Red indicates that a warning has been found. Most development checks rate as warnings.
* Yellow indicates that a notice has been found. The CMS checks all rate as notices.
* Green indicates that your environment is healthy for either Usage or Development.

The module can be configured to turn of any or all of these checks so it can be used on any site that wishes to be sure their environment is correct.

Installation is easy. Simply install as you would any other module. Then edit the module in the Admin Modules and place the module in the header position and publish it. At the same time you can choose which options it should check.

SM2 provides no guarentee that development with, or use of the SM2 Admin Development module will mean that a site is invulnerable to hacking or any other problems.