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Building Websites with XOOPS : A step-by-step tutorial

By : Steve Atwal
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Building Websites with XOOPS : A step-by-step tutorial

By: Steve Atwal

Overview of this book

<p class="MsoNormal">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.<br /><o:p><br /></o:p>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.<o:p></o:p><br />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.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">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 off the book.<o:p></o:p></p>
Table of Contents (12 chapters)

Chapter 2. Installing XOOPS

Every software program requires installation, and XOOPS is no different. We will cover what is required before you can install XOOPS for both a local and hosted installation, and then show you how to set up a fully functional website with a default XOOPS configuration. To install XOOPS, you need four components:

  • Apache, the web server that will serve the HTML and PHP web pages

  • PHP, the programming language that XOOPS requires

  • MySQL, a SQL database to store the XOOPS data, user IDs, passwords, etc.

  • XOOPS, a suite of programs/web framework written in PHP that we shall use to build and manage our website

Creating the Local Development Environment

You may want to play with XOOPS or test new functionality on your own PC before installing or updating your live website. To accomplish this, you need to know what software is required on your PC to get XOOPS up and running successfully.

If you are running Windows on your PC, like most people, then you should install XAMPP...