Add-on dev blog/question mess - Usergroup Ranks

[tyteen4a03]

So I want to try my luck in developing an addon, and this is my first try - Usergroup Ranks.

My new forum's staff base come from vBulletin, and they're looking for a usergroup ranks system similar to the one found in vBulletin. I eventually stumbled upon User Ribbon Ranks, but it's not what I am really looking for... so I'm trying to make my own.

I am an addon dev that came from vBulletin. I know classes, objects and stuff but XenForo's MVC Structure looks really confusing, I'm still trying to understand what goes where. I'm learning from a lot of mods, specifically from Waindigo's.

My repo is at https://github.com/tyteen4a03/3ps_usergrouprank if anybody wants to look at my mess..

My first question is... how do you make template edits in the code?

 

[Chris D]

Template edits are done using Template Hooks.

Here's an excellent guide from the man himself: http://xenforo.com/community/threads/how-to-use-template-hooks.13167/

 

[tyteen4a03]

Edit: Nevermind, extended the wrong class.

I'm getting a 'Cannot load class using XFCP. Load the class using the correct loader first.' error when my code accesses a custom-written DataWriter. I have already set up the listener and everything else.

How do I fix this?