>> When i wrote a PRCase subclass, I referred extensively to the PBBlog and
>> its associated classes for direction.
>
> So, (Pier-)widget implementation is the correct way?

There are different possibilities, but using a widget is probably the
most strait forward. Have a look at the Blog plugin, it makes use of
various views and widgets. Also the Citezen plugin uses the same
approach: <http://scg.unibe.ch/wiki/howtos/howToLinkToScgBib>.