How to create a "Hello World" mod

[DaveS]

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

[Lynne]

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.

[Dismounted]

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.

[DaveS]

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.

[Dismounted]

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