sorry for the dumb question, and trust me, i wouldn't have asked if i haven't already spent a couple hours of trail and error here.
i'm new, obviously, and can't even get the first "hello world" channel to install. keeps telling me no manifest. of course, in the excellent developer's guide, it says to create a manifest file......... no extension type. i'm sure this is where i'm going wrong. i've saved it as many different file types and have came up with no success. using notepad++ as my editor if that matters.