Thanks for all the replies.

I have upgraded my system from 2.0.13.2 to 2.2.3 , which have solved many things , esp those related to welcome message, blocks and customised feilds

Also, I have disabled forum notification throuh module preferneces section ;)

The alternative admin theme in 2.2.3 is fab (y)

So there is only one pending issue and that is of chat directory

I just save myself 500 quids

I recently installed XOOPS and am loving it. I am running the XOOPS 2.0.13.2 with 2.2 Framework. I got a few questions and hope that you people would answer them and help me out:

First of all, it is about the index page? how can I customise it and add a custom welcome contents and site introduction in between right and left block and once the user logs in to the site, the introduction disappears? Also, how can I add a custom image to the left/right block block which disappears once the user logs in?

Secondly, i have installed falsh chat but how can i make the chat directory inaccessible from browser so that it's contents, i.e, sub-drirectories and file are not shown to visitors in browser if they try to browse the directory?

Thirdly, I have installed CBB 3.0 and it's fantastic but is there any way to disable notifications appearing underneath the forum and make the latest topic to get dispalyed on main forum page once the user reply or starts a new post instead of static forum title?

Fourthly, I have installed protector, it seems to add security to your site; i have edited the mainfile.php as per the readme.txt but I am still getting the message, I need to modify the mainfile.php? What I am doing wrong, could you please advise me, how can i resolve the issue?

Finally, is it possible to customise user profile fields? I want to disbale ICQ, MSNM, AIM etc fields and want to stop users to be able to display their email IDs in thier profiles and also want to add a custom field about every user gender; is that possible?


Thanks in advance.