I just clicked Submit and it double posted, sorry.

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One very good thing about the XOOPS boards...

The XOOPS core developers are conspicuosly present on the boards.

Personally, I think they have been too agreeable to third party mod builders, because there are too many issues with the downloadable mods.

I'm not sure I have the answer, but I think a criteria for checking out mods would be in order. It might even be that we could have a thread for new mod discussion, a special download section for mods under consideration. This way everyone that had the time or wanted to could download new mods, and really give them a workover before acceptance of XOOPS mods selection group.

If such a thing was available, new mods could be turned inside out and the majority of issues and problems would be exposed and dealt with post-haste. Final versions of mods would go up quickly as a result, and everyone would be advantaged.

It is a huge nuisance to download a mod, and have issues. After posting on the boards and working with the mod for several days you find the same issues you are having...someone else had two months ago. LOL

I too, hesitatingly apply new mods to my sites. I apply some because I need the functionality right now.I frequently remove the troublesome mod after searching forum threads and posting several times for information and help.

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Stewdio

Something like this has to be handled carefully. I do respect the efforts made by the Open-Source module builders. It is great having a community of people that have varying interests, which provide us all with a variety of mods.

Sure many of us see mods we really need on out sites and we download them. Often these downloaded mods are buggy or just unfinished. The documentation on most modules is poor to non-existent on many modules as well. Open-Source developers can sometimes be a little arrogant about docs. After-all the person using these Open-Source mods should just be grateful as heck they're putting the mod at all. That maybe be correct, but it's not in the spirit of Open-Source community.

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I've downloaded many high sounding add-ons to find they're buggy as heck. What we really need is a good sticky thread at the top of one of these forums that describes the modules that are viable and work well.

I just removed another 1/2 dozen buggy add-ons. I'm not ragging on anyone. I do appreciate the fact that developers are putting their hard work into the mods they put up for free.

It is discouraging to install mods that are just not finished. Maybe, it's too much to ask for Open-SOurce, but I don't think it should be that way.

I think most of us would be glad to accept modules that are beta, if the developers definitely intend to finish their mods. I've just seen so much stuff go up beta...months ago and it's still beta.

Maybe the issue should be...Xoops admin removes any mod from download if it's beta more than 30 days, or something like that.

Buggy mods will just drive potential Xoopers away, like they did me a year ago. I can honestly say that there are better mods now than then, but many of the mods that were beta a year ago are still beta. That's stinkin' thinkin'

If you polled these forums you'll probably find that buggy mods are the cause of 75% of the postings on the boards. In fact, several of the buggy mods have been a huge part of the issues constantly discussed on these boards. Give us a break. I often think some of these developers are constantly on the boards dealing with issues on their beta mod issues just to get attention.

I constantly read threads where mod users have issues with a buggy mod, The mod's developer answer the threads and gives a fix or tweak. This is fine, but why doesn't the developer just put up a new file for download with the fix included. It is just nightmarish trying to finding all the threads with the tweaks and fixes scattered all over these boards for a buggy mod. It's just not a competent way to run a site, especially for a development package like Xoops.

I'm not trying to step on anyone's toes. We just need more consistent quality in the mods, and betas should be time framed and removed if they're not final within a reasonable time period. Also, if a module is consistently causing problems it should not be put up for download and discussions about the buggy mods should be on the individual developers own forums.

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I'd like to change and add some lines of code to the footer.

I tried doing through the footer.php file, but it didn't work.

I tried through the theme.html, but it didn't do the trick either. THis is probably a quick and easy, but it escapes me.

Thanks

I just came from the Mambo Portal site. Just perceived a little trivia I thought might be of interest to people on this XOOPS site.

Click to Mambo Portal Site

I just thought...what kinda fools do they take people/us for.

Right now I see 5 member and 51 guests on this site. Everytime I go to the mambo site it shows over 100+ members and 300+ guests. Do you believe it? I counted 14 new postings for today's date and 26 replies total on the mambo forums. That sure as heck wouldn't corroborate that number of guests and users on the site. I thought I should probably study the site awhile and I can probably pick up the number of extra guests and members they've got programmed in above the actual count. LOL

All you'd have to do is watch the site over a couple days and make a note of the counts. Then just determine what was the lowest number of members and guests at any one time and you'd probably be pretty close to the add-on number. LOL

I just don't have time for that today.

Why do people have to exaggerate. That kind of thing really makes you wonder whether Mambo is what it is presented to be. LOL

Regardless, I'm still an Xooper...

DeeDee

I've got the FP2002, but haven't used it. Do you know if it has the tools to "clean code" and can be set to not add or change code on existing pages brought into Frontpage for editing.

I'm not real anxious to buy FP2003, since I've not used 2002. LOL

DeeDee

I've got the FP2002, but haven't used it. Do you know if it has the tools to "clean code" and can be set to not add or change code on existing pages brought into Frontpage for editing.

I'm not real anxious to buy FP2003, since I've not used 2002. LOL

I'd like to have theme continuity throughout my XOOPS site.

Has anyone done a hack that carries the style/theme throughout the site?

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Look in the downloads...

DynaMenu...it does what you're asking