Modules provide added functionality and extend the usefulness of your website. XOOPS ensures that these mini applications, or modules, have a coherent feel. The default installation of XOOPS includes only the System module, with the idea being that you have a more compact and faster website with only the modules that you need.
The System module provides the functionality needed to manage your website, such as changing the theme, managing modules, finding and managing users, among others.
There is a Private Messaging module called MP Manager that you may wish to install. The MP Manager module allows XOOPS to set up a mailbox for each registered user on your website, which in turn lets users send private messages to each other if they know the Displayname the other person used when they registered on your website. Displaynames are shown in other modules such as Forums when a user posts messages. The MP Manager module can be downloaded from www.exode-fr...