First off I'd like to offer a fond "Hello!" to those in the WoW Interface community. I've enjoyed the UI's posted to this site and admire the work of those skilled enough to create them. I have recently started dabbling in some custom UI workings and have thus far managed to slam into a brick wall, I'll pretend it's not from my own ignorance though I fear it may be.
Whether exallon is having the same issue or not I don't know, but mine falls under the same description.
Following the advice of Cairenn to exallon's post under the Interface Help section, I took the time to read through the FAQ. I found no immediate answer to my issue, but did find the posting guidelines! Here's an attempt at explaining my problem.
1. What is the name of the mod, provide a link to where its located on our site. If its your own home made dont worry about it.
- It's home made, for educational purposes. Mod's name is MyMod.
2. What steps did you take to install the mod? Post your complete install path.
- Followed the tutorial found in and through the Docs.html file located in the
C:\Program Files(x86)\World of Warcraft\Interface. I created the mod in the
C:\Program Files(x86)\World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons\MyMod directory.
3. Be as descriptive as you can. Just posting you cant get xyz mod to work will result in no responce to your help request. The more information you can provide the faster some one will respond.
- The issue I'm having is a serious lack of proper tutorials, at least that I've been able to find. Most tutorials on WoW UI creation are fairly vague. They work well enough as a first step introduction, however they fail at explaining some of the more basic steps in interface design and coding. Specifically proper implementation of a button. I've tried to copy the XML and LUA code from other mods to create a dummy button just as a test of concept but have failed at producing visible results. The WoW Wikki was of some help, but I was unable to find the XML syntax for creating a button.
Alas the problem boils down to this:
Can someone provide an example of XML code for the implementation of a button? I have experience in several programming languages from VB to C++ to PHP and more. The LUA code and even the WoW API hasn't proven difficult to follow as of yet. I'm at a loss for proper button creation.
If I have left out any information, I will post it upon request.
**Edit**
My apologies for posting under the wrong section, and thank you to whomever moved my wayward post to this section. After reading through
oreth's post in this same section it would seem we have a similar problem. I'll be sure to check both of these posts for any advice.
Thank you for your time!
Sarlac
Troll Shaman
Detheroc
Linear Mode
