Put it in your theme,html file, just below the <{$xoops_content}> module content smarty varable. That'll get it executen on every single page.

Herko

James is correct. Use of the XOOPS logo is allowed as long as it is used to positively promote XOOPS. If you can make money doing that, that's also good.

Herko

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for community involvement and all for good ideas that will help get more community involvement, and applaud your initiative. But (of course, there's a but) basically you're suggesting that

- people with a little bit of skill and a lot of good ideas
- from anywhere and everywhere
- work together to create a new core feature/module
- without anything material in return

I think it's an awesome idea! And after carefull consideration I've found a name that will fit perfectly for this: open source XOOPS development!

You will have to excuse my sarcasm, it isn't meant to offend anyone, least of all you Bandit-x. But you described the ideal way open source software gets developed, including XOOPS.

The QA team and core developers already are judges for the quality of the result of the work done, but alas the work done is mostly by them (I say alas, because ideally the work should be done by lots and lots of people).
The main problem seems to be access to the pool of high quality skills to be able to realise the complex and advanced architecture and implement all the ideas in a coherent and efficient whole. And in my humble opinion, holding a contest the way you propose will not activate the pool of professional-level skills that the XOOPS development needs at the moment.
We need people who can show by example how things should be coded, who can analyse the boatloads of great ideas and wishes for features and create from that a generic, efficient and advanced set of features that will be scalable, extensible, object oriented and up-to-date, as well as easy to use for both developers and end-users.

Having said all this, I want to point out that your idea certainly has a lot of merit. If not for core development (and the quality of modules needs to be at the same level if we want to advance to the next level), then perhaps we should focus on what the majority is good at: being end-users and webmasters.
XOOPS is more then development and design, it's being *used* extensively too. I'd like a community contest to focus on that part:
- webmaster and end-user documentation
- how-to's, tutorials
- usability testing
- accessibility tests and proposals
- w3c standards compliance proposals
- module packs
- theme packs
- Language files (spelling, wording)

Every little bit we can add to this field will help XOOPS get the first place next year in any number of awards and elections. Propose changes in code or guidelines on how to implement certain features based on all our experience as users. Write documentation you yourself sorely missed when you got started with XOOPS. (one thing that I am really ashamed of is that after 4 years, the XOOPS installler still ends the installation process with 'How to use: [not yet]').

It's these areas more then development that the community can provide a huge contribution IMHO, as it calls for our skills as users of the software. It will elevate the quality of the out-of-the-box use of XOOPS.

I think that about sums it up: using the modules and core we have now, how can we as an active community make an out-of-the-box version of XOOPS that we can be really proud of and want to show to the whole world?

Herko

Which version of XOOPS did you install?
What version of PHP, Apache, MySQL are you running?
Do you use a php accelerator like turkmmcache, eaccelerator?
What XOOPS modules have you installed?
What are the permission settings for the registered users group?

I cannot reproduce this problem in any of my installs, so you will have to provide more detailed information.

Herko

I think the winners deserved to win. Lets make sure XOOPS will win next year! We're ont the right track: we're building a documentation library, a more user friendly system, we are getting more and more professional themes... We're next years favorites already!

Herko

2006 Open Source Content Management System Award Winner Announced

Following a nomination round and eight weeks of voting, Packt are pleased to announce Joomla! as the winner of the 2006 Open Source Content Management System Award. Joomla! collects a first prize of $5,000 and the title of Packt Open Source CMS Award Winner for 2006.

The final result, as voted for by judges from The Open Source Collective, MySQL, the Eclipse Foundation, and 16,000 users on www.PacktPub.com saw a tie for first place between Joomla! and Drupal. In the event of a tie, a fourth independent judge would be brought in. This was Apoorv Durga who is a member of CM Pros and runs his own blog [http://apoorv.info/] on portals and content management. This crucial vote ended up with Joomla! triumphing over Drupal by one point.

The final result was as follows:

1. Joomla!- $5,000
2. Drupal - $3,000
3. Plone - $2,000

Please note that in deciding the final positions judges were asked to give their top three, with their first choice receiving 3 points, second receiving two points and third place one point.

Choosing the top three proved to be a difficult experience for the judges, due to the quality of the finalists and their ability to suit different tasks depending on the objective of the user. "All the CMS’s that made the top 5 are very good" declared Scott Goodwin, representing The Open Source Collective, "and I wouldn't hesitate to use any of them depending on what I'm trying to accomplish."

The judges had strong compliments for all five finalists, with some of the highlights listed below:

Drupal

* Has been around for quite some time and is stable and actively developed
* Well coded and has an available granular permissions system and a strong eye for security
* Configuration was a breeze
* Lightweight installation
* Plethora of modules and themes
* Exceptional documentation and has an active and friendly community
* The node concept is very good


e107

* Easy to setup and install
* Wide selection of themes and modules
* Provides lots of flexibility
* Backend seems well put together
* Drop down menu is a nice touch and is organized well


Joomla!

* Very easy to install and use with lots of extensions and modules
* The documentation is exhaustive and concise
* Admin user interface is intuitive and powerful
* The backend of Joomla! is very usable and the WYSIWYG editor the content was nice
* Seems like it would scale well and provides a lot of customization options
* Large and active community


Plone

* Very flexible and powerful
* Great user interface
* Very clean default installation
* Lots of addon modules
* Worth taking the steep learning curve
* Impressed with the customization it offers
* Integration with LDAP or other login systems is a plus

And last but not least:

XOOPS

* Minimalist initial install
* Great community support
* Provides lots of addon modules and themes
* Lots of functionality
* Mature and has a very good permissions system

You can remove the copyright in the footer page free of charge. Make sure you also remove the 'generator' meta tag in the theme.html head as that is a reference as well.

I don't like this, as it doesn't credit the work of the XOOPS community, but legally, you're allowed to do this.

A small donation to the project is always appreciated, of course

Herko

Congrats Kaotik! And Mrs. KLaotik, of course Have a great honeymoon!

Herko

Quote:

Most definately not! We're not going to support illegal trade of code! This is EXACTLY what we're against, and now you're asking us to do the same!?

Some people...

Herko

A1/A2: create two custom blocks containing the HTML for the text you want to show, and set to be visible on the start page only. In system admin -> groups you give the corresponding groups the rights to view the block for them.

A3: header logo: themes/currentthemename/theme.html. Copyright footer is either in the same file, or in the system admin -> preferences -> meta and footer settings.

Herko