Building websites with Xoops

Steve Atwal1904811280, 9781904811282

XOOPS is an open source web content management system, written in PHP. It allows administrators to easily create dynamic websites with great content and many outstanding features. It is an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more. It has a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users. If you want to create a powerful, fully-featured website in no time, this book is for you. This book will help you explore XOOPS, putting you in the picture of what it offers, and how to go about building a site with the system. You will be introduced to the main components of XOOPS, and learn how to manage them. You will develop the skills and confidence to manage all types of content on the site, and also understand how users interact with the site. As you find your way round, your own ideas for what you need in your new website begin to crystallize around what you can see of the capabilities and flexibility of XOOPS. To make sure that you create the site that looks the way you want, the book covers working with themes to help define your look for your pages. A case study of developing an example Intranet rounds of the book. This book covers: Installing and configuring XOOPS on a local development machine or a web hosting service Managing blocks and modules Working with news stories Managing users Working with other modules for handling content in XOOPS Manage themes to control the page layout

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Table of contents :
Building Websites with Xoops……Page 1
Table of Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 12
What is XOOPS?……Page 16
Why XOOPS?……Page 18
Past and Future of XOOPS……Page 22
Summary……Page 23
Creating the Local Development Environment……Page 24
Preparing the Hosted Server for your Live Site……Page 28
Installing XOOPS……Page 32
Summary……Page 42
General Settings……Page 44
User Info Settings……Page 51
Meta Tags and Footer……Page 53
Word Censoring Options……Page 54
Mail Setup……Page 55
Authentication Options……Page 56
Summary……Page 57
Managing Users and Groups……Page 58
User Registration……Page 59
User Groups……Page 60
User Ranks……Page 62
Mailing Users……Page 63
Adding and Activating Site Modules……Page 64
Installing Modules……Page 66
Uninstalling Modules……Page 68
Hiding Modules……Page 69
Setting the Default Module……Page 70
Blocks and Content Positioning……Page 71
Miscellaneous Tools: Banners, Images, Smilies, Avatars, Templates, Comments……Page 75
Managing Images……Page 78
Managing Smilies……Page 79
Managing User Avatars……Page 80
Managing Templates and Themes……Page 81
Managing Comments……Page 82
Summary……Page 83
What is a Theme?……Page 84
Installing a New Theme……Page 89
Customizing an Existing Theme……Page 93
Changing the Site Logo……Page 94
Changing the Font……Page 95
Changing the Layout……Page 97
Creating a New Theme……Page 98
Header……Page 100
Content……Page 102
Summary……Page 105
Communication……Page 106
Creating Topics……Page 111
Posting News Items……Page 113
Setting View Permissions……Page 114
Removing Old News Items……Page 116
Date and Time……Page 117
Image Galleries……Page 120
Entertainment……Page 124
Navigation……Page 126
Community……Page 127
E-commerce……Page 132
Summary……Page 133
Using the IntranetPack……Page 134
Configuring the CBB Module……Page 135
Configuring the DokuWiki Module……Page 139
Configuring the MultiMenu Module……Page 142
Configuring the piCal Module……Page 144
Configuring the WF-Downloads Module……Page 147
Configuring the XoopsPoll Module……Page 148
Using a Company LDAP Server for Authentication……Page 150
Summary……Page 153
Index……Page 154