Hmmm ... I am using FrontPage 2002. Is 2003 better ... as in "less bloat" ... than 2002?

Previous to the 2002 version I had the 97 and then 2000 versions. It seemed 2002 was a big improvement in bloat over 2000 ... so I hadn't planned on upgrading this time around. But if 2003 is dramatically better ... maybe I should

Peter

I just want to say "Thank You" to the XOOPS staff and developers and all the members here.

A year ago I conceived an idea for a website and after much reading felt using a CMS was the best program to use. Last February I tried XOOPS but at the time it did not offer everything I felt the site needed. Don't ask me specifics ... I just know that I started searching for and testing other available CMS's.

So ... 11 months later ... I think I have tried and tested EVERY CMS and webblog available ... and here I am back again. Seems I was just a year too soon ... because this year XOOPS seems to be everything and offer everything that I am looking to have and offer to members on my website.

Thank you for all your hard work and diligence in the continuing development of Xoops.

But just as importantly ... I wanted to thank everyone here. Admittedly, I have not been back here that long (just a few days) ... but I have read a LOT of the posts in the Forum ... and I have to tell you ... I am impressed by the membership here. Not only with the responses I have seen ... but also with the responses I have received to the few questions I have posted myself.

Rarely have I seen in the past 11 months a group of people so willing to be patient, tolerant and respectful to so many. I made a couple posts that I felt bordered on being "stupid" ... but the responses I received didn't make me feel the question was stupid.

During my perusal of the Forum, I noticed the same questions being asked ... and each time they were politely and accurately answered even when it was just a sentence and referenced a link to a previous post covering the same subject. I hope you realize how unique and refreshing this "attitude" or "common trait" is. Almost without exception, your "competitors" forums tend to be filled with responses that are telling people off for not searching better, answering as if the original poster was an idiot or just not being responded to at all.

I am disabled with a constellation of diagnoses that affect me not only physically but mentally as well ... which is why I have taken up establishing some websites as a hobby . Although I always have tried to search sites & forums for answers to my questions before posting in a forum about it ... on ALL the other sites of the other CMS's ... I was always hesitant in asking a question. I have beaten up my "self esteem" enough these past number of years ... I didn't feel too comfortable in potentially opening myself up for more ... and by a stranger

I guess what I have posted here so far falls more in the realm of asking for opinions. Luckily, any questions that have come up were already current posts in the forum But my experience here so far has been ... fantastic. There doesn't seem to be any hint of the "negative emotions" or "negative responses" that seem to flood the other forums. My experiences, so far, have been fantastic ... with XOOPS the program, XOOPS the site and everyone involved.

Thank you ...
Peter

Yeah ... I like the different views ... Normal, Html, Preview. Like I said ... its nice when you can see the result of something you do when you do it.

So far ... I have found designing in FrontPage and then taking a copy and editing it with Notepad is easiest for me. Easier to remember what doesn't need to be there than remember what has to be there ... if you know what I mean

Thanks for the input ... its appreciated
Peter

I appreciate the candid response Herko ...

To be honest ... I tried editing the theme in a text editor and found I was really good at screwing things up when I can't see exactly whats happening when I make a change. I know will have to edit out a lot of "excess baggage" that FrontPage arbitrarily throws in ... but I am used to that ahahaha.

Take care
Peter

I have a "testing" site up and running. I have found a theme I like ... but I would like to change things from tables being specifically assigned size to a percentage.

I find doing html modifications easier with FrontPage ... but from reading some of the posts there seems to be a lot of "anything but FrontPage" attitude.

So ... if I use Frontpage ... am I likely to really mess up Xoops? Or is the "abject horror" I sensed due to it just being from MS?

Thanks for your thoughts
Peter

Thank you ... from a guy who hadn't asked the question ... yet.

Have been trying to figure out why nothing was changing on my site when I was changing things in the theme.html file. Just came here to search for the answer ... and there it was right there. Went ... changed it to yes ... changes showed up on the page. Sanity is slowly returning.

Thanks again
Peter

While on the topic ... sort of ...

I would like the Real Name to show ALL the time in every module etc. But am concerned because some people don't complete that box in their info.

So could someone share a "common" line to use that might work everywhere that (except when logging in) their Real Name shows up ... except when that block is empty in their info in which case it would revert to their login name?

Did that make sense? Oh well ...

Thanks
Peter

Hmmm ... don't know what in my post that gave you the answer you were looking for. But hey ... you're welcome

Peter

Dang ... wish I had read this an hour ago I tried these instructions and they worked perfectly. Thank you ... from someone who hadn't asked the question hahaha.

An hour ago I removed a module ... the hard way Deleting the specific lines in the DB via phpMyAdmin ... editing the cache/adminmenu.php and then deleting the module.

Your way is definitely a lot easier hahaha.

Peter

Thanks everyone for your input ... and thanks "tl" for the link to the SourceForge download page. I should have thought of checking SourceForge before I posted. Guess the brain is not firing on all cylinders these days

I am still just checking out the program and the modules I think I will be interested in and then I will delete the installation from the temporary space I have it set up on ... and will use the 2.0.5.2 version for the "real" site.

Thanks again
Peter