Can you explain a little what this one actually does??

it replaces the dashboard with an empty page that you can customise yourself.

You mean we will be able to put what ever we want on this page but something "static" and it will be the same thing for all members, am I right?

no it doesn't have to be static, you can use the elgg framework in the same way as you can with any other plugin.

can i use this plugin to place a default set of widgets on the page?  i recall seeing another plugin called "default-widgets."  are they different plugins for different reasons?

Yes, could you answer that question of rhnorment? That would be very interesting.

Sorry I dont know about the default-widgets plugin. This plugin gives you a blank
dashboard page in which you can place whatever you want. If you wanna place widgets you
have to make that code yourself.  Also I have only been using elgg for 1 week so I'm definiteley not
an expert in this =)

I upgraded to elgg 1.1 today, now the custom dashboard plugin doesn't work anymore. There is no error, It's simply ignored.
any other experiences?

This is a great plugin!  next question - in addition to building a custom dashboard, how do I hardcode widgets into the page?  (so on the custom dashboard, I can still show who my contacts are, etc...)

Hi,

does anyone have example custom dashboard code, just to get started with for all the elgg newbies like me?

I think You are a very buzy man , havent much time to explain about your own plugin! ;-)

Worked perfect... Thanks!

I do have a question that is not directly related to your plugin. I am trying to add a link to the users messageboard on the Custom Dashboard. I can't figure out what url to use. It needs to link to the message board of the user (general not one specific user).

nice plugin!  how can i add friends on this?  I cant seem to figure it out.

@Fusion

Friends widget ? like on profile page ?

yes..   trying to hardcode a friends list on the custom dashboard. everything that i try, i break the page so i know im missing something.  Would be easier if i knew more php but learning as i go.

you can see the page at thefloridacircle.com/community (of course you would have to make an account)

Why don't you look at /mod/friends code to see how it is done there ?

ive looked at it played with it but i continue to break the page

Sorry that I haven't replied to your questions. It's because I stopped using this platform long ago.
The platform is very bad and I would never recommend anyone to use elgg for any purpose.
Everything is half complete and even the basic features of the community are poorly written.
I have lost countless hours of my time trying to fix this platform, but the problems never end.

Anyone knows how to add friends widget to custom dashboard???

how to write "Hello world" into the customized dashboard for example, so that every user see that... just a newbie question :)

Just write  hello world in the content.php file :)

how to display a widget in content.php?