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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)

Community


There are modules listed in both the Community and Communication categories that allow you to build a community of users that can interact with each other online. One such module, which is actually listed under Communication, is the newBB module. We will install this module as an example explaining how it can be used to build a community that communicates online:

We will install this module on our xoopsbook.steveatwal.com website with access given to all visitors and administration limited to Webmasters. Once this module is installed in the same manner as outlined earlier and renamed to Forums, then under System Admin | Modules | Forums there are three main options that you will use: Categories, Forums, and Permissions.

Click on System Admin | Modules | Forums | Categories to create a new high-level category into which...