This guide should help you build a functioning component, with a complete backend. After reading through this site, you should understand how some of the core classes in Mambo function so that you can employ the best methods for building your own component. A finished, fully installable version of the Daily Message component is available at http://www.jlleblanc.com/comtutor/com_dailymessage.zip. This component tutorial is valid as of Mambo 4.5 1.0.7.
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