Thanks so much for the link .. however, because it's not in english I can't work out which bits are which .. do you know of a site that is in english?

Sorry !

If possible I'd like to see a working copy of this so I can see if it does what I need

Can anyone post a link so that I can see it working?

Found it

https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=39255&forum=27

after making your groups see the above post and the info you need is posted by gtop00 - entry no 6

Hope it helps

Hiya

Yes it is because ive just done it with the help of some kind people here ...

First in admin .. users ... groups ... make up your groups eg .. riders and show organizers

Am just going off to find the post that helped me and I'll come back and put a link here

Quote:

Yep and that's how we learn - by asking questions and getting answers and trying stuff out.

I'll be asking for a long, long time yet

And a big thanks to everyone who has taken the time to answer my questions. I have to say that on the whole I looooooove XOOPS - you have an amazing community here too. The only thing I've found disappointing is the lack of documentation for modules and no or very few demo's.

When I was looking round for a system for my site I have to admit that if it hadn't been for a friend who uses XOOPS I would have gone elsewhere. Simply because when I was searching, other systems had more documentation of modules and demos.

So all you module developers need to 'showcase' your products so that we beginners can at least get an idea of what each module does and is capable of. The technical jargon is just no good to us beginners - we don't understand the stuff.

I will check out those modules jdseymour - thanks !!

Registration now working

erm... cant anyone answer my questions?

I wonder if anyone can advise me as to the best module for the following:-

About 10 different articles sections

One or two will be static articles that will be uploaded by myself and no comments etc can be added

about 8 will need to be where site members can upload articles and other members can comment

Any ideas?

Oh i also need to know which is the best chat rooms module to use .. need about 5 rooms

Annie

anonymous can now see everything but cant post

And yes new users can register

oh lord .. if you can see the forums read the post about not being able to register .. the answer is there

Rather than submit half a dozen posts I'll list my little problems in one post.

The site url if anyone wants to look and help is http://worldwidemediums.com/index.php

PROBLEM 1: I have installed a couple of modules and set them to appear in the right hand column (side block - right) and set them to appear on all frontside pages. However, none of the modules appear in the right hand column but appear as an option in the main menu in the left hand column.

What am I doing wrong?

PROBLEM 2: I have 6 groups one of which is webmaster of which I will be the only one. I don't want people joining this group. However, the webmaster group appears on the profile page and registration page and people can join the group. How do I prevent this?

PROBLEM 3: (will someone please sign up to check this one out) On the edit profile page I have somehow ended up with two fields that mean the same thing ... Group Select and Site Group. How do I get rid of the group select and keep the site group?

PROBLEM 4: On the profile's the site group appears as a number instead of the group name. How do I get it to display the group name?

PROBLEM 5: In the search options (profiles) how do I set it to search by group?

PROBLEM 6: On everyone else's profile except mine there is a PM button. This means people can only send me a reply to a private message - they cannot initiate a new private message. I am the only member of the webmasters group and all settings give me access. What is wrong?

Hope someone can help me with the above problems