Broadcast Messages and User Monitor Module

I initially got sold on PHP when I found PHP-Nuke v4.4. Then I found that upgrading caused headaches with the customizations I had done so I looked at writing modules for PostNuke. I know that I am only am amateur coder but creating a module should not be that painful. Thankfully, just in time, I found drupal. With the documentation the drupal folks provided I was able to create a semi-simple module in a day.

Now I am limping forward with converting my old PHP-Nuke v4.4 site customizations to drupal modules.

Please have a look at my module bcastmsgs.tar.gz . I need constructive criticism; maybe I strayed too far from the drupal way of doing things. You can see the module functioning at www.sociallocals.com, its the scrolling applet; of course how it works under drupal is much more slick.

I like the more traditional threaded forums and I only need to write one more module before I can switch my site to drupal. My next project will be to port over the forums I created. You can see what I currently have at http://www.sociallocals.com/viewforum.php?forum_id=1. Any suggestions would be appreciated!