adding characteristic to a service

Question

I'm sorry but i don't know where else to turn. The tutorial on adding a characteristic to a service (the nordic tutorial i am basing this off) isn't finished and I have no one to ask but the internet. I have tried copying code and applying it myself but there's always some problem that never gets it working.

I can make a service just fine because of [this] (devzone.nordicsemi.com/.../) tutorial and I understand all the steps for making a characteristic, at least i am pretty sure I do, but I can't seem to figure out how to put the code in the right place. I have my main, service_maker.c, and service_maker.h

I really need help. I've been at this for too long and its driving me insane. I tried comparing to to other code but the functions are either return uint32_t or lead to other functions that involve things I simply don't have the time to learn. Please help.

main service init()

static void services_init(void)
{
    our_service_init(&main_ble_oss_char_type);
{

service_maker.c

void our_service_init2(ble_oss_char_type * p_our_service)
{
    uint32_t   err_code; // Variable to hold return codes from library and softdevice functions
    ble_uuid_t        service_uuid;
	ble_uuid128_t     base_uuid = BLE_UUID_OUR_BASE_UUID;
	service_uuid.uuid = BLE_UUID_OUR_SERVICE;
	err_code = sd_ble_uuid_vs_add(&base_uuid, &service_uuid.type);
	APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

    // OUR_JOB: Declare 16 bit service and 128 bit base UUIDs and add them to BLE stack table     

																 
    // OUR_JOB: Add our service

	err_code = sd_ble_gatts_service_add(BLE_GATTS_SRVC_TYPE_PRIMARY,
                                &service_uuid,
                                &p_our_service->service_handle);
}


void our_char_add(ble_oss_char_type * p_our_service){
    uint32_t							err_code;

	ble_uuid_t          char_uuid;
	ble_uuid128_t       base_uuid = BLE_UUID_OUR_BASE_UUID;
	char_uuid.uuid      = BLE_UUID_OUR_CHARACTERISTC_UUID;
	sd_ble_uuid_vs_add(&base_uuid, &char_uuid.type);
	APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

	ble_gatts_attr_md_t attr_md;
	memset(&attr_md, 0, sizeof(attr_md));
	attr_md.vloc        = BLE_GATTS_VLOC_STACK;

	ble_gatts_attr_t    attr_char_value;
	memset(&attr_char_value, 0, sizeof(attr_char_value));    
	attr_char_value.p_uuid      = &char_uuid;
	attr_char_value.p_attr_md   = &attr_md;
	ble_gatts_char_md_t char_md;


	err_code = sd_ble_gatts_characteristic_add(p_our_service->service_handle,
                               &char_md,
                               &attr_char_value,
                               &p_our_service->char_handles);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(err_code);

}

and then service_maker.h

typedef struct ble_oss ble_oss_char_type;

struct ble_oss
{
    uint16_t                    conn_handle;    //< Handle of the current connection (as provided by the BLE stack, is BLE_CONN_HANDLE_INVALID if not in a connection).
    uint16_t                    service_handle; //< Handle of Our Service (as provided by the BLE         stack).
    // OUR_JOB: Add handles for our characteristic
    ble_gatts_char_handles_t    char_handles;
};
    void our_service_init(ble_oss_char_type * p_our_service);

    void our_char_add(ble_oss_char_type * p_our_service);

I know I can't be the only one out there who could benefit from a good answer here. Thank you so much and i really appreciate any help you offer