This section explains the basic concepts behind Pageflakes by going through an example. It demonstrates the creation of a flake that displays the current weather for a zip code entered by the user. (Apologies to users outside the United States – the intent is to present a simple example).

In this guide, we’ll demonstrate the following concepts:

• Basic flake structure
• Uploading and testing a flake
• Managing flake instances
• Storing flake data
• Creating a settings page
• Using the content proxy