If you want to test XOOPS on PHP 8, I just made an "unofficial" Beta 2 version of the upcoming XOOPS 2.5.11

You can download it from: https://github.com/mambax7/XoopsCore25/releases/tag/2.5.11_Beta-2

This is an unofficial release of XOOPS 2.5.11 Beta 2, just to give you a chance to test it on PHP 8

This is a beta release for testing only. Please don't use it in production.

You can always download the latest code for testing from from the current master .

Please download from the current master!

Please help make XOOPS better by testing and reporting any issues!

Any bugs that have been found and fixed will be included in your testing that way, so we all won't keep finding and reporting the same bug over and over.

You can always grab the current master here: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/archive/master.zip

From the announcement at: https://www.php.net/archive/2020.php#2020-11-26-3 

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 8.0.0. This release marks the latest major release of the PHP language.

PHP 8.0 comes with numerous improvements and new features such as:

• Union Types
• Named Arguments
• Match Expressions
• Attributes
• Constructor Property Promotion
• Nullsafe Operator
• Weak Maps
• Just In Time Compilation
• And much much more...

Take a look at the PHP 8.0 Announcement Addendum for more information.

For source downloads of PHP 8.0.0 please visit our downloads page, Windows source and binaries can be found on windows.php.net/download/. The list of changes is recorded in the ChangeLog.

The migration guide is available in the PHP Manual. Please consult it for the detailed list of new features and backward incompatible changes.

Many thanks to all the contributors and supporters!

NOTE:

If you want to test XOOPS on PHP 8.0, please use the current code of the upcoming XOOPS 2.5.11 on GitHub: https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25

Demo:
https://xoops.org/index.php?xoops_theme_select=xoops2020

In the meantime, please test it and provide feedback and improvement ideas.

@goffy , @alain01 , @mamba , @ZySpec
Thank you very much for your help

Screenshots

Nice That´s more important for shure.

And it´s a long way. In 2009 I was involved for the new official theme for xoops.org.

Sorry i couldn't look yet.

Spend all my time on the new theme of xoops.org

I'm sorry if I'm a little impatient, I really like to use the SEO hack.

Do you already have an idea how that can be solved with the xlanguage module?

Check your PM

Hi Mamba;

default and xswatch templates are virgin, no mods

change theme to (from xbootstrap, modified) to default or xswatch, result:
- no forum in article that should have one

clean cache:
xbootstrap - no forum
xswatch - no forum
default - no forum

Update system module: no forum

Forum for publisher per article is interim step. An alternative way to view other articles is using custom TreeList.php, example:

https://www.rossco.dynu.com/modules/TreeList/wrap.php?url=/SecureOffice_Files/VPN_Overview_And_Selection.htm

Ideally, what I would like is some footer code that would display a forum (name, ... extracted from article URL) specific to the article. If I fail at this, may port all articles to publisher, assuming I can get forum per publisher article working.

Total fail: look for 3rd party comment system...

Want me to PM you login creds so U can poke around?

Regards;
Bill

An easy test is to switch to the Default and to Xbootstrap themes to see if the comments are there.
If they are, then there might be an issue with your theme.

I would also update the System module, which will then clear the cache, as this could be also an issue.

Once you do it, please let us know if it helped...

Hi;

Xoops-2.5.9
Publisher 1.05 Final
Forum 4.33 Final
Site: http://www.rossco.org

I have configured Publisher for:
(module preferences): “Allow comments” set to TRUE
(module preferences): Control comments at the article level? YES
(article preferences, others): Can article be commented? YES

and no comment block on page...

What am I missing?

Thanks;
Bill