How to create a "Hello World" mod
 

Is there a "hello word" tutorial anywhere suitable for me to learn the basics of creating a mod and the necessary install scripts.

Although I've been away from coding for a while I'm reasonably comfortable and just looking for pointers on how it should be done with vBulletin.

TIA
Dave

The best thing to do is to find a similar type mod - or one that at least ends up using the same pages or templates and see what they did. Also, take a look through the articles forums.

The vBulletin Manual and vBulletin API Documentation are both good sources of information as well. You can find the link to those under the "Quick Links" drop-down.

Thanks both. I was kind of hoping for an article but I've gone through and searched and haven't found anything.

The vB API doc seems to be a reference manual rather than a "here's how to get started".
The frustrating thing is I'm sure I saw a good article somewhere when I first moved across to vB some time ago.

BTW what's the difference between a product and a plug-in?

I've seen a tutorial for a plug-in but everything I install is a product.

Products can contain plugins, templates, install/uninstall code, phrases, help text, etc. In other words, products are the superset of plugins.