I think that the XOOPS core is of very high quality and even though I am using 2.0.9 beta am I quite satisfied with stability and speed.

I have been evaluating more than 50 different modules for my new site. The plans were to open it in the beginning of January..... but I am beginning to despair.

I must say that too many of those modules out there are not in the same class as XOOPS itself and I have spent to much time trying to find the right mix of them. What someone considers a Beta someone else is labeling as version 2... it is very annoying to find that you have to edit the db manually to get it rolling again after some odd module behavior. The most important module type, content management, is maybe also the most problematic. I have not yet found any of them that are up to the XOOPS standard.

Yes, I know I should do it myself instead of complaining..... and I might but that will take some time and I need a decent module for my new site now.

So I have a small suggestion
Why not introduce some kind of quality label if a module comply to XOOPS standards (db, variables, naming and so on) and behaves like expected. It should also be a label that certifies that debugging has reached a certain level.

Maybe we can put together a virtual team that goes through the most common modules rather rapidly so that we can have a list of recommended modules or something... If a new module occurs, it is up to the developers if they would like the labeling team to have a go at it to be able to ger the label.

I think that this will make it easier for newcomers, will eliminate some of the frustration and certainly give XOOPS an even better reputation.

Now.... flame me

regards/falke

Jason, English is obviously not my native language......

Can you please explain this line:

[i]edited: typo and far to slow

Do you mean there are lots of typing errors and that the site are to slow for you?

regards/falke

Brash, can you explain this a bit further?
regards/falke

Yesssssss, that worked!!! Thanks mates!

I do not really understand the difference between border, margin and padding.

Do yo mind explaining it to me or maybe point me to a webpage where I can read about it.

Thanks a lot!
regards/falke

This is what the xoops.css looks like:
Where do I add "padding: 3px; to the img class"
regards/falke

img {border: 10;}

#xoopsHiddenText {visibility: hidden; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;}

.pagneutral {font-size: 10px; width: 16px; height: 19px;text-align: center; background-image: url(./images/pagneutral.gif);}
.pagact {font-size: 10px; width: 16px; height: 19px;text-align: center; background-image: url(./images/pagact.gif);}
.paginact {font-size: 10px; width: 16px; height: 19px;text-align: center; background-image: url(./images/paginact.gif);}


#mainmenu a {text-align:left; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 4px;}
#mainmenu a.menuTop {padding-left: 3px;}
#mainmenu a.menuMain {padding-left: 3px;}
#mainmenu a.menuSub {padding-left: 9px;}

#usermenu a {text-align:left; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 4px;}
#usermenu a.menuTop {}
#usermenu a.highlight {color: #0000ff; background-color: #fcc;

Thank you Jason for this tip, but it does not seem to work

Take a look at this page


cykeltur.se

and look at the first image of Marathon tires and how the text touches the image.

regards/falke

Hervé, I made a block only visible and accessible for the webmaster, containing a link to the image manager. That seems to work.

Was that what you were referring to?

Thanks for your help!
regards/falke

I have been evaluating a couple of article oriented modules lately. I need to be able to upload text and images from a PocketPc with just GSM GPRS on a bicycle trip trough europe, so I cant do a lot of image editing on the PocketPc.

Now my problems is that all of these modules wrap the text to close to the images, so that it looks very amateurish.....

Over at the AMS forum I was told that this is best solved with CSS and themes. I have checked lots of themes but none of them seems to solve this problem.

Can someone please direct me to a theme (CSS) that gives you some kind of borders around images or give me some kind of hint where to find a way to solve this.

regards/falke

Hervé, can you explain that in more detail, please.

I am the webmaster and then I am as default allowed to use the image manager. Sorry but I do not understand what you are refering to?

regards/falke

Hmmmm, as I said in my first post:
I do not want to go via the administration menu

Why? Because I need to be able to upload images only with a PocketPc on a upcoming project.

regards/falke