Working on a basic free module built off of the "LINKS" block

[Lindsayanng]

I am REALLY new to prestashop and figured I would learn a lot about it by making a simple and quick block module.

I am using the BLOCKLINKS module as a base and basically copied all of the blocklinks module files over to a new one with a new name called blocktext and created new db tables and functions with the blocktext instead of blocklinks name.

I am basically working on making what would be considered a "text widget" in wordpress. A plan block that you can add text to plus a WYSIWYG editor or/ HTML.

So I have a pretty solid start. I started to remove the code that references URL's because I will not be using a separate input to list links. Then I removed a few other functions that aren't necessary and turned the basic text field into a text area.

I have attached a screen shot of my admin and what the front end output is.

Here is a link to a pastebin version of my functions file (it was too long to paste here)
LINK TO BLOCKTEXT.PHP

The output is VERY simple:

   {if $url}
{$title}
   {else}
       {$title}
   {/if}


   {foreach from=$blocklink_links item=blocklink_link}
{$blocklink_link.$lang}
   {/foreach}

The issues:
1.) I know I haven't cleared out all unnecessary code but it is kind of spaghetti code in there so any help with cleaning it is greatly appreciated
2.) I really want the ability to use a WYSIWYG editor. I have successfully been able to call the TINYMCE script but it will not save the formatting to the DB
3.) I would also like the ability to just insert raw HTML if the WYSIWYG doesnt work.
4.) The update/delete buttons are not stable and sometimes will not fire

If you would like to test the entire module I have also attached the full package that I am currently using.

Again.. this is one part learning experience and one part attempt at making a free module for people to use.

THANKS!

blocktext.zip