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lakeccrunner · Mar 17, 2007

I'm going to attempt to write my first MOD. I think it would be good for me since I'm going to be writing most of my site scripts in PHP.

But I was wondering if there is anywhere on the internet where there are tutorials for writing MOD's?

The MOD I want to write is for the members Coaster Count. I want the there to be a Coaster Count option in the users profile settings and when they register they can input it.

And, I want it to show up where it displays the user word count and posts etc.

I think I can write the MOD, I think I know enough about PHP to write the MOD, but I just need to know what files to create...and how to get it to work with EasyMOD..

Thanks in advance for any help I recieve.

lakeccrunner · Mar 17, 2007

Ok, I think I've found a few of the files I need to edit...

root/templates/*/viewtopic_body.tpl
root/templates/*/profile_viewbody.tpl
root/viewtopic.php
root/includes/usercp_viewprofile.php
root/includes/usercp_register
root/profile.php
root/language/lang_english/lang_main.php

Are there any others that I may need to edit? And which files should I edit first, or does it matter?

And are there any files that I need to create to pull this MOD off?

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

Yes, you will also need to modify the profile_add_body.tpl and profile.php files if you want to give them an option to adjust the settings in their Profile. I see no reason to create totally new files for this since it will probably be a fairly small MOD...

headbang

lakeccrunner · Mar 17, 2007

Writing a MOD is harder than I thought...

I know a little bit about PHP, but I don't know how to go about doing this...

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

If you know what changes you want to make to the code, I can help you to write the MOD script if that is the problem...

munky2

lakeccrunner · Mar 17, 2007

I think I might know what changes I need to make, but I'm not sure where to make them...

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

What did you have in mind???

dontknow

lakeccrunner · Mar 17, 2007

Actually, I was messing around with some of the files today, and I came to the conclusion that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing...

hysterical2

Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

LOL The only way to figure out what you are doing is to jump in with both feet and get your hands dirty...

Dancing

lakeccrunner · Mar 17, 2007

^ I haven't given up yet...I'm determined to do this!

One thing though, do you know where I can find anything that will help tell me what some of the coding is for? I think I need a file telling me a little bit about what it does...