This is what I have worked through thus far...

"I would copy one of the mojoportal.sln files and rename it, then you can add your  custom projects to this solution. Create a Web Application Project for the UI, a  Class library for the business logic and a class library for the data layer."

copied C:\mojoPortalCode\mojoportal.sln to C:\mojoPortalCode\mojoportal-alt1.sln

opened C:\mojoPortalCode\mojoportal-alt1.sln with vs 2010

created new web application (WebApplication1)

right click on solution at top of Solution Explorer list, then select "Add",           then select "New Project",           then selected Visual C# / Web / ASP.NET Web Application (.NET Framework 4)           Name:  WebApplication1           Location:  C:\mojoPortalCode

created new C# class library for business logic (ClassLibrary1_businessLogic)

right click on solution at top of Solution Explorer list,           then select "Add",           then select "New Project",           then selected Visual C# / Class Library (.NET Framework 4)           Name:  ClassLibrary1_businessLogic           Location:  C:\mojoPortalCode

created new C# class libary for the data layer (ClassLibrary2_dataLayer)

right click on solution at top of Solution Explorer list,           then select "Add",           then select "New Project",           then selected Visual C# / Class Library (.NET Framework 4)           Name:  ClassLibrary2_dataLayer           Location:  C:\mojoPortalCode

"Copy the Blog folder from the mojoPortal.Features.UI project up beneath your     web UI project and then rename the folder, then include it in your project.     ??? Change the namespace and review the code for any links where the path needs to be     modified to reflect your custom folder."

copied C:\mojoPortalCode\mojoPortal.Features.UI\ContactForm to C:\mojoPortalCode\WebApplication1\ContactForm_alt1

included files in the project

opened Windows Explorer and navigated to C:\mojoPortalCode\WebApplication1,      then, while holding down the right mouse button, dragged the directory      ContactForm_alt1 over to the WebApplication1 item within Visual Studio 2010 "Solution Explorer"

(see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/57776/how-to-add-existing-item-an-entire-directory-structure-in-visual-studio)

then, right clicked on References, and added a number of references, including:           ClassLibrary1_businessLogic           ClassLibrary2_dataLayer           mojoPortal.Business           mojoPortal.Business.WebHelpers           mojoPortal.Data.MSSQL           mojoPortal.Features.Business           mojoPortal.Features.Data.MSSQL           mojoPortal.Features.UI           mojoPortal.Net           mojoPortal.Web           mojoPortal.Web.Controls           mojoPortal.Web.Editor           mojoPortal.Web.Framework

"Copy the BlogResoures.*.resx files from mojPortal.Features.UI/App_GlobalResources to the App_GlobalResources folder in your wbe project, then rename them to somecustomname.*.resx. You don't need to copy the .designer.cs files. After you rename the .resx files include them in your project and VS will autmatically create the .designer.cs files."

right clicked on App_GlobalResources in mojoPortal.Features.UI within Visual Studio 2010, and selected "Copy"      then, right clicked on the WebApplication1 project within Visual Studio 2010 and selected "paste"      to copy all of the resources over into the new web application project

deleted all but the ContactFormResources.*.resx files, including the designer files

appended "alt1" to the beginning of all remaining ContactFormResources.*.resx files, which then automatically      generated the related designer files

"Create a folder in your Web prject named Setup, then a folder beneath it names applications."

right clicked on the WebApplication1 project within Visual Studio 2010 and selected "Add...", then "New Folder",      creating the new "Setup" folder, then      right clicked on the "Setup" folder and selected "Add...", then "New Folder",      creating the new "Applications" folder

"Copy the mojoPortal.Features.UI/Setup/applications/blog folder and put it beneath your applications folder and rename it."

copied C:\mojoPortalCode\mojoPortal.Features.UI\Setup\applications\contactform directory over to      C:\mojoPortalCode\WebApplication1\Setup\Applications and renamed it to contactform_alt1

"Look in the FeatureDefinitions folder beneath that folder and rename the file 2000_BlogModule.config to somecustomname.config."

within C:\mojoPortalCode\WebApplication1\Setup\Applications\contactform_alt1\FeatureDefinitions,      renamed 30000_ContactFormModule.config to alt130000_ContactFormModule.config

Thanks for your response - I did find an alternate online GUID generator site and used that to generate one for that particular step.

I have to disagree that these are "extremely broad" questions however.  These are specific questions about specific steps of the process in extending this specific application:  mojoPortal.  Many of the changes required are specific to getting an extension working in mojoPortal, not necessarily .net programming in general.  I am attempting to follow through these steps to replicate an existing extension within this particular application and I am trying to find information that might not only assist me in working through a step along the way, but might also help others in documenting what I did along the way to try to get something working.

I would like to utilize this forum to collaborate with other users of mojoPortal in regard to replicating an existing feature for potential modification and discuss the steps and experience in attempting to get something functional up and running.  As time permits, if there is anything that you would like to contribute to some questions on getting this setup, that would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks again! : )

Without reading the entire thread, why not just roll a Form Wizard Pro form and custom form submission handler?