What have you changed in your installation?

These things don't happen out of nothing

XOOPS Version XOOPS 2.5.7
PHP Version 5.5.19
mySQL Version 5.5.40-36.1


when I go to login this is what comes up
Selected module does not exist!
any suggestions?

I'm probably not the guy, but what version were you trying to upgrade from, and what version were you trying to upgrade to?
There are minimal requirements for many things.
State your system specs and maybe they can help.

No.

Lets start with versions...

I see you are using 2.5.6 Xoops.

What version of PHP are you using?

I believe the spam happens due to someone writing a "bot" that bypasses the software and tries to post the information directly. So the best way in those cases to prevent spammers from registering in the first place. Protector is a very important module to install on all systems.

But lets start with your versions so we know how to best help you.

If you can also list any modules you have installed with there versions that would be helpful as well.

Rodney

xortify (verb)

BrE Pronounced As: ˈfɔːtɪfaɪ
NaME Pronounced As: ˈfɔːrtɪfaɪ
Definable language scopes: xortifies, xortifying, xortified, xortifious, xorticity

XOOPS Module Downloads

2.6.x - xoops2.6_xortify_4.16.zip - 4.3Mb
2.5.x - xoops2.5_xortify_4.99.1.zip - 400Kb :: (- 7z -) (- tar.gz -) (- rar -) (- iso -)

Songs Supporting API Plugins or Module

* Xortify - xortify.mp3 - 4Mb - Download Binary Corpse Xortify Song

Is it Ready?

Yes; the Xortify client for XOOPS 2.5 and XOOPS 2.6 is ready for download and installation, remember to put all the files across including the patches for erroneous code in protector; otherwise you will get a WSOD; also don't forget once you have installed to fill out the signup form; you can re-use the username between sites or have one individually for each it is up to you!

A bit about Xortify!

Xortify was developed in response to attacks on websites from rouge malicious bots, spam and captcha sweatshop, spam slavery as well as other forms of abuse of our clients systems. We have been able to stop close to 99% of spam and captcha attacks with the Xortify client. Believe it or not Xoritfy is also in response to human rights abuse on the web, such as captcha and spam sweat shops where individuals are paid less than 1 USD a day to set up accounts for bots to spam website by typing past captcha puzzles as well as sometimes they are even slaves.

Originally Xortify started out as a demo of the API X-JSON, X-CURL and X-SOAP for XOOPS 2 series and became a revolution in security for the XOOPS Platform. XOOPS comes with an application called Protector which prevents hacks and attacks to users of XOOPS and maintains a local ban list. This ban list is known as a bad IP that is an IP Address which has attacked by trying to cause for example a DOS (Denial of Service/F5 Attack), ingested unions and other forms of attack which protector by GIJOE from PEAK XOOPS - Support&Experiment in japan works on to prevent mal-users and would be hackers from exploiting the people that love xoops and other platforms. Xortify will syndicate your BadIP list with other peoples using Xortify so this cloud of protection forms in your system.

Xortify is an application or process which first started as a practial application to cloud computing for the XOOPS Community which shares protectors bad IPs with a contingent of end users of the Xortify application and one you have signed up ensures that members share their bad ips in IPv4 or IPv6 for the host or proxy with each other so that we are protected from each others website forensically with protector. Here at http://xortify.com the main Node in the Xortify Cloud we host the current Bad IP List for the community so your website with the Xortify client running is pre-aware of a bad user and announces to them on all pages that they are banned unless the ban is cleared with one of our forms.

To be a contributor to the Xortify cloud you will need a username and password which you can sign up for in the software, you only need really one username and password per website or even per webmaster, it it really upto you. We also contribute to Stop Forum Spam as well as using Project Honeypot as a resource and are recieving their ban list as well. A ban is kept for 3 months then automatically removed from the system to ensure truency is in check we also only list a ban really only once not multiple times, sometimes a ban is listed twice when it is causing multiple intrusions on the network but this is a rarity.

Anyone can join Xortify and you don't need to use xortify's software to maintain, or put additional bans on the framework. If you happen to be a webmaster then you are welcome to view our API Documentation to see how we can intergrate with your environment. We offer wGET, CURL and SOAP api for you use. All you need is a username!!

I saw this: https://xoops.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=83
But it hasn't been updated since 2006.
The Visual Guide doesn't match the current structure of the Xoops installation package.
http://www.warpigw2.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=17

I started my FTP client and dragged the contents of htdocs to the level-of-consciousness.org folder
I can't log into the site now.
When I enter my username and password, I'm redirected to user.php which is a completely blank page.

I'm getting about 100 spam submissions everyday but the form doesn't even render.
http://www.level-of-consciousness.org/modules/profile/register.php

I tried setting up Protector.
I also attempted to update to Xoops 2.5.7.1, but my installation failed somehow.

try the addresses module
http://sourceforge.net/p/xoops/svn/HEAD/tree/XoopsModules/addresses/trunk/

or the yellow pages modul mxdirectory
http://sourceforge.net/p/xoops/svn/HEAD/tree/XoopsModules/mxDirectory/

I want make a phone book functionality on my website , is there a phone book module or something similar ?