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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)

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These modules allow you to display images in an organized way on your website. We will install the following module as an example:

  • Name: myAlbum-P

  • Version: 2.90 Beta (2.87)

  • URL:http://www.peak.ne.jp/xoops/modules/mydownloads/

  • Description: This is a photo album module that integrates well with XOOPS. The developer slogan for this software is "easy to use for even the beginners".

We will install this module on our xoopsbook.steveatwal.com website and allow everyone to view the photos and rename the module to Albums using System Admin | Modules. We will go through the steps needed to set up a category of photos, add a few photos, and then display this album on our demo website.

The first step is to create a category using System Admin | Modules | Albums | Add/Edit Categories. Navigate to this page and click on the link to add a new category, and enter Family Trip as the Name. If we have lots of categories, we can create a hierarchy of them using the Parent field, which lets...