[Carnage]

Creating a new widget requires creating a lot of code which is repeated for every widget, to assist in this process i've created the widget wizard.

Using this wizard skips a lot of the steps above. It creates:

• A product file including the minimum required template, phrase and install code
• The directory structure required
• The widget item file
• The widget controler file.

All you need to do to create a widget now is:

1. Fill out the form here: http://vb4.giveupalready.com/ww/wizard.php

2. Install the product and upload the files provided.

3. Fill in the code logic for your widget display (packages/yourpackage/widget/yourwidget.php) you'll need to add some logic to the getViewData() function to fill out the information you want in your widget; basic information is already filled out for you.

4. Edit the provided template (yourpackage_widget_yourwidget_page) again, it contains basic markup, you just need to replace the <vb:comment></vb:comment> tags i've left in there with your own content.

4. Optional extra if you wish to release your widget on vborg: write some uninstallation code; essentially needs to do the opposite of the installation code. (I left it out on purpose as if someone decided to play around with this and was uncreative with their package name they could end up trashing their board by removing default vb widgets)

When I finish the tutorial on widgets to include adding widget configs; I will update the wizard to generate those functions as well.