development

Hi,

Hopefully someone can help me out here.. Firstly I am not a coder but I have a problem that needs code to be resolved..

I am creating a feature using "features" and I need to create a static block where the content is a simple HTML table.. Features doesn't export blocks so my plan is to add it in code to the .module file of the exported feature..

I haven't been able to find any code examples for a simple block to start from so if anyone can give me a pointer and perhaps a sample that would be great!!

TIA

EDIT: I am using Drupal 7 if that makes any difference..

we have a LIVE website, with active (recurring) paid subscribers...
every month - they get charged on their credit card through paypal.

(so far - all good)

now - while creating the next version, updates, etc -
on DEV - we migrated all live user info and started working with it
(ouch)
and then - all our paid subscribers - got a false message - that their credit card cannot be charged!

my question is -
moving forward, as we are going to have automatic notification on content added, newsletters, recurring payment, etc.

is there any safe method / workflow -