comment out the $modversion['sub'] lines in xoops_version.php of the module.
putting // before the line is commenting the line out.


BTW: USE the search function it has been asked before!


Good luck.

Another advertisement for the multimenu

But multimenu cannot do this, right? I mean a menu with dynamic (sub)menuitems like mainmenu? I still have to add the menuitems by hand...

That is not really what I want. I think I want to cross a xoops-boundary here....

As far as I know all those editors are all the same. Every editor claims to be cross-browser compatible. In the XOOPS land wysiwyg editors are new things. Samuels created a XOOPS port of the koivi editor. Phpp has recently made a draft how to implement different editors using one frame in xoops. If they decide to add this to the core, more of those editors can be hooked into xoops.
Currently you have to do it with the draft from phpp, spaw and koivi.
I don't know which one is 'widely acceptable' nowadays. I think in the near future you can choose which editor will suit your taste; they are all the same.
There aren't that much docs around because you cannot easily connect them to different modules. This should be something build in the xoopscore. So you'd better wait till the next version of XOOPS and hope they added phpp's draft to the core.

And btw, do a forum search on editors. You'll be amazed what has been discussed about this topic.

I have already managed to add some submenu items in my custom module, using
in xoops_version.php

It generates submenus like a charm. But I dont want those items to be a subitem. I need them to be added to the mainmenu as 'main'-items (if you understand me... )

Could someone push me in the right direction? Or isn't this possible? In other words: can a module have more then one mainmenu entries?

I like rajanurs idea!
The ultimate place for help would be right in front of your nose when you have a fresh install. Maybe including in the next major release the complete faq database from the time of release would really help a lot of new users.
It should be visible on the first page when XOOPS is installed out of the box. We could make it a big centerblock or something. And ofcourse we can direct them to the online XOOPS faq for the most recent questions and answers.
Also the operation guide should have a place there.

The negative side on this would be a bigger size downloading and uploading a XOOPS website. If the XOOPS system is growing too much, users will stop using it because its too big for their little amount of webspace.
Maybe a live rss-feed or something to xoops.org would solve this. But then we have the traffic coming towards xoops.org.

About the community menu:
putting the newbie links on top is a great idea! If we can clean up those newbie sections a little it would make things easier for newbies I think.

You should deactive the news 1.1 module in system admin. Then click uninstall. Then everything from the module gets deleted from your database and site. Now you can delete the news 1.1 module files using ftp and upload news 1.21. Then install the module and everything should work!

Carnuke, I'm glad you agree with me.

For the FAQ page as it is now I think it is too overwhelming.
If you want your question answered fast, you have to get a fast overview of all the categories in the FAQ. It should give the newbies a idea where there answer can be found. There should be some balance between 'information' and 'overview'. I think its very difficult to find the balance. The names of the categories should be chosen in a way that you don't need to give an extra discription. And categorising the information can give the user the overview.
Maybe consider even one level of categories more. (I don't know if it is possible in smartFAQ) As long as the users can have a overview of the questions they will find their answers.
And I know this is easier said than done I tried to give an example of FAQ categories in this post, but I decided to erase it because I can't think of a logical index myself

I really hope we can give newbies more overview in the xoops.org website. And some time from now we notice that there are no more newbie questions posted in the forums...

The experienced developers will have the forums to their own then

I'd like to give my opinion about this.

First of all I think XOOPS is great, so don't misunderstand me.

I think the amount of newbie questions isn't because new users are too lazy to search in the available information on this site. If I have a question I want a answer as fast as possible. I don't want to post my question and wait an hour to see if someone replied. You want you answer fast and correct. So you use documentation, manuals, faq, etc.

But all pages on xoops.org are so overwhelming. I think we don't realise that. They contain too much information. As a newbie I can imagine you don't have the time to take a look at every corner on the XOOPS site. When I visit the XOOPS site I check for the news, latest comments, latest posts. For me the XOOPS site is good. But for newbies not. They want an answer as fast as possible, not latest posts, top posters, powered by, development, etc.

Xoops is finally getting some good documentation, but newbies probably don't use it. You have to scroll down to see the link. The search function is put on the bottom of the forums page. That is just asking for not using it.
But what can you find on top?
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very interesting for newbies. XOOPS has a lot of options but they don't make it more userfriendly. Who is useing the pdf function under this post? The print function? Top button? I think very few people use it. Those are nice functions but unnecessary.

So my advice: get rid of things we don't need and make the newbie information accessable as fast as possible. I don't want to scroll using the FAQ. Get rid of the category descriptions on the FAQ 'start-page. I can read the description if I'm viewing a category. What is the use of Last Q&A published? Where is the search field for FAQ? That list on the bottom of FAQ: Do I have to browse all these questions. What is the purpose?
I think if we review the entire xoops.org website like this, we might eventually get rid of the newbie questions. Putting more information on the main site 'please search forums first' isn't going to work. The message wil drown in all the other information.

By the way, take all this as positive criticisms. Everybody is doing a great job over here. Especially FAQ and documentation are much more improved then for a year ago. I wander how xoops.org will look in december 2005

I smell a FAQ question here

I'd also like to know the answer!

Well,

there exists a classroom module created by Mithrandir. It allows teachers to create their own classrooms. It's a very specific module, but I think it is written in a very well thought code.
I'm experimenting with this module to modify it to suit my needs. I also need a kind of user-webpages. I need to give a group of users (apart from the xoops-usersgroup) the right to create and modify pages in a certain categorie.
This is practically the same as your families pages.
Maybe you can take a look at the classroom module. Perhaps it suits your needs by modifying the language files.