Having trouble creating a new module

[brianjwagner]

When I activate the module I just created and navigate to the page its on, the page is completely blank, no errors (even in debug mode). Its doing it right away at the line:

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defined('_JEXEC') or die('Direct Access to this location is not allowed.');

I've removed that for testing purposes and it then dies at the next line:

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require_once(dirname(__FILE__).DS.'helper.php');

I've included the helper file and checked the paths in my module XML config and everything looks good. I've even used the require_once with a direct path map and still have come up empty.

part of the XML:

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<files>
          <filename module="mod_stocks_data">mod_stocks_data.php</filename>
          ...
          <filename>helper.php</filename>
          <filename>tmpl/default.php</filename>
          <filename>tmpl/index.html</filename>

What am I missing?

Thanks.

[triman101]

Try looking at some simple module that comes with joomla installation like mod_stats and see how its done properly. I think you are going to need at least 6 files.

Regards

[simonaardpress]

You only need 2 files for a very simple component.

Could you point me to the page you are having trouble with?

[brianjwagner]

Thank you both for your time in reading this question, but I have already corrected the matter. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what it was that I did to make it work, but I believe I was missing a few files that were to "come first" before I got to the point in my initial post.

@simanaardpress: this is a module in question, not a component.

Thanks for your time.

[simonaardpress]

Sorry, I was thinking module but wrote component :S