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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)

E-commerce


E-commerce modules allow you to do online business by allowing you to create a store, collect money, and process orders. We will install the following module as an example:

  • Name: Kshop

  • Version: 2.03

  • URL: http://www.kaotik.biz

  • Description: This module will allow you to add a store to your website. Kshop is an e-commerce module based on Freznoshop, a small but highly customizable shop.

We will set the following preferences using System Admin | Modules | Preferences (pop-up menu):

  • Debug set to No. This is used to provide extra information about kshop in case of operational problems with the software.

  • Kshop Name set to the name of your website or a meaningful name of your shop, e.g. "Fresh Grocery".

  • Email for Orders, Email for Contact set to a valid email address for your website.

  • Currency set to the name of the currency in your country, e.g. CDN for Canada.

Before you can start selling products on your website, you will need to create categories and also add products into those...