I want to add a string (the date) in the header of the plugin screen and variable text (based upon the date) in the main part of the screen. What intro phrases, etc. do I need to add to the JSON code to get this to happen?

I've not done a plugin, so I'm not the guy to ask. But, here is some sample PHP code with which you can say (if it's 8am) good morning (if it's 8pm) good evening... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7294711/do-this-only-if-between-this-timeframe Good Luck! Cheers! -- Smug

Are you modifying an existing plugin or making a brand-new plugin?

I want to use the current plugin, if possible. The screen format that I'm going for is: Header -- Current Date Section One -- Variable text based upon the Current Date Section Two -- Variable text based upon the Current Date Footer -- Various "buttons" (I have the sections currently in a csv table formatted as follows: Date Section One Section Two

If you don't have many screens, can you use the WYSIWYG editor to get the job done? I would edit it in HTML mode and use an HTML <table>. If you insist on using JSON, then a custom plugin is a solution. On the Q&A Webinar from Jan 13, 2013, watch at the 45-minute mark on modifying the Menu-with-Header plugin to add in more "regions" onto the screen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfc5aBim0ZU -- Niraj

If I understand David's presentation correctly, all of these modification are made at the xCode and Eclipse levels not at the Buzztouch level. So the "coding"/modifications need to be done twice if I want the app to be on both platforms?

@CKP -- you understand correctly, for custom plugins, you will have to make a plugin in Xcode and in Eclipse. Some plugin developers choose to release their code for only one or the other platform. -- Niraj

Thanks Niraj. So to summarize. Buzztouch and plugins get one part of the way toward the finished app (especially if there is no customization) but if the app design is outside of the plugin specifications, xCode and Eclipse must be used to programmatically make this happen. Plugins cannot be modified at the Buzztouch level to accommodate these design changes.

You can modify an existing plugin, as I am currently doing. I am modifying as described in the Q&A Webinar from Jan 13, 2013. Watch at the 45-minute mark on modifying the Menu-with-Header plugin to add in more "regions" onto the screen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfc5aBim0ZU It was exciting, I got the two cells to show up on the iPhone with that customization! Next step is to make the corresponding changes on the PHP side, such that the two cells can be configured via the BuzzTouch Control Panel. Is this making sense? -- Niraj

Very helpful. Thanks for your help.