Maybe this thread can be of help too? I never really got a reply to my original request, but I think that Massimo's video about components is enough to get me started.
http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/14be20af41a07889/676eae90b8641b76?lnk=gst&q=stefaan.himpe#676eae90b8641b76
