You dont have to leave any reference to xoops... you can modify any part to show anything you want.

Leaving in a link to xoops.org would just be courteous.


You can mention that you are using a web portal called XOOPS, you do not have to mention "Open Source" if its just going to confuse them.

As long as they dont think they are buying the code that runs XOOPS, you are OK.

You can charge for installation and customization (configuring is part of customization).

What you cannot do is sell the code itself. The client should realize that they are not buying software from you.


Hope that helps,

Hello XOOPS developers,

I am working on a new module and am trying to integrate the XOOPS comments system into it. (xoops 2.0.13)

After following the Dev Wiki and getting the comments hooked into the module, i noticed a major problem.


The page im trying to attach comments to uses a alphanumeric ID.

The comments section wouldnt show up at all when they were supposed to.


Upon further investigation, I noticed in /include/comments_view.php that com_itemid can only be an integer. all alphanumeric are changed to value zero. :(

I really wanted to get it working so i proceeded to hack the comments code, even though I dont like to do this.

I took out the intval part so that it took the alphanumeric ID anyway. Then I also changed the database field com_itemid from mediumint(8) to varchar(25)

Still no joy :(

Does anyone know what else I might need to do to make comments take alphanumeric IDs ??

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Well, I think you are almost on the right track.

afaik, the only way to accomplish what you need is to duplicate the block for the left side.

So you should dupe the block and did you copy/rename the block template??

Also, you would need to add another instance of the block in xoops_version.php

and of course after all this is done, you would need to 'Update' the module through the module admin.


Let us know how it goes or if you have any questions.


Best Regards,

well, in preferences, instead of selecting a module as the start, you need to select none.

Then you might ask, how to have a front page?

Well, this is the tricky part, but really, its easy.


Just turn on the appropriate blocks on the front page.

sounds weird? this is how every XOOPS site does it without setting a particular module as the home/start.


I could show you some details if you needed.
But trust us, you need to use blocks on front page with no module set in prefs.


Hope that helps,

_Dan

no

I'm seriously planning to develop this.

Its a mighty big project actually. Its actually like 9 modules in one, all integrated together around the gDB.


Basic database structure which would also need and admin and several display views for each seaction.

> Genre Database
>> RTS, RPG, Adventure, Action, [exactly what else? (hard to define)]

> Publisher Database
> Developer Database

> Game Database
>> ID, Release Date, Title, Genre, Platform, Developer, Publisher, Desc

> Reviews
>> gdbID, UserID, title, review, ratings

> Screenshots
>> gdbID, Caption, ImgURL

> Cheats
>> gdbID, title, cheat_text

> Downloads
>> gdbID, title, filename, desc

> Links (sites related to game title)
>> gdbID, title, desc, URL


> Many different blocks to pull data from these DBs.


The admin will be able to choose the platforms he wants to build a database for. for example, only PSP games, etc...

Also, I thought it would be cool to create some sort of shared database where any XOOPS site that installs this module can share its database with all other sites using this module system... not sure if thres a need, but could be efficient to build a master video games database.


This is a huge project even without some of the features mentioned above. The screenshots manager is a complete gallery script, and using an existing module is not feasible in this case, imho, unless an easy hack can be found, but most of the gallery scripts i think have to many features than needed in this case.


Like I mentioned, Im seriously planning this, but still need to find time beyond work to spend on this project.

Maybe if we could get a pool together from all the videogame sites that want this, I could start development on it.

We also need a complete design requirements list commonly agreed upon by the investors, which will affect the total time it takes.


Just some ideas, lets brainstorm!

Best Regards,

Sounds interesting...

I code XOOPS modules in PHP.

What did you have in mind?


Best Regards,

I do beleive you need to not include the < ?php and ? > tags.

And of course set content type to PHP.

Only PHP code can be put into this, since you cannot use the open and close PHP tags.


Hope that helps,

I beleive you are almost there!

You simply need to Update the module in the Admin to refresh the template edit you just made.

Hope that works.

Best Regards,