Its the other way round I think. The "Top" page in blocks is the module your site defaults to load on startup i.e. "News"

If you go to preferences and choose "None" as your start module, all your Top page blocks will appear on load. News will only appear when you click on the News Link, and you can select which blocks appear with "News"

If choosing no module at start up you of course can have blocks showing links to news articles i.e. Recent News, Top News etc. Html blocks set up say as centre blocks allows you to do anything you wish, and have links to news articles or news topics if you desire.

But if you choose "News" as you startup, you get "News" and whatever blocks you have setup to appear with News

Also, in a block admin if you click on "Edit" to the right of the block--then check if the block is set to apppear on "all pages". Deselect this if you don't want the block to appear on all pages. Using Shift or Ctrl on your keyboard allows you to be selective by highlighting the blocks you want to appear in each module. (you may know this already)

These are definitions in the language file of the News module.

the file the definitions should be in is:

modules/news/language/english/admin.php (assuming your site is english)

I would check the file exists ok, and these entries exist. If no language definitions exist, you get this kind of googbldygook

If they dont, then you need this:

<?php
// $Id: admin.php,v 1.8 2003/04/01 09:07:28 mvandam Exp $
//%%%%%% Admin Module Name Articles %%%%%
define("_AM_DBUPDATED","Database Updated Successfully!");
define("_AM_CONFIG","News Configuration");
define("_AM_AUTOARTICLES","Automated Articles");
define("_AM_STORYID","Story ID");
define("_AM_TITLE","Title");
define("_AM_TOPIC","Topic");
define("_AM_POSTER","Poster");
define("_AM_PROGRAMMED","Programmed Date/Time");
define("_AM_ACTION","Action");
define("_AM_EDIT","Edit");
define("_AM_DELETE","Delete");
define("_AM_LAST10ARTS","Last 10 Articles");
define("_AM_PUBLISHED","Published"); // Published Date
define("_AM_GO","Go!");
define("_AM_EDITARTICLE","Edit Article");
define("_AM_POSTNEWARTICLE","Post New Article");
define("_AM_ARTPUBLISHED","Your article has been published!");
define("_AM_HELLO","Hello %s,");
define("_AM_YOURARTPUB","Your article submitted to our site has been published.");
define("_AM_TITLEC","Title: ");
define("_AM_URLC","URL: ");
define("_AM_PUBLISHEDC","Published: ");
define("_AM_RUSUREDEL","Are you sure you want to delete this article and all its comments?");
define("_AM_YES","Yes");
define("_AM_NO","No");
define("_AM_INTROTEXT","Intro Text");
define("_AM_EXTEXT","Extended Text");
define("_AM_ALLOWEDHTML","Allowed HTML:");
define("_AM_DISAMILEY","Disable Smiley");
define("_AM_DISHTML","Disable HTML");
define("_AM_APPROVE","Approve");
define("_AM_MOVETOTOP","Move this story to top");
define("_AM_CHANGEDATETIME","Change the date/time of publication");
define("_AM_NOWSETTIME","It is now set at: %s"); // %s is datetime of publish
define("_AM_CURRENTTIME","Current time is: %s"); // %s is the current datetime
define("_AM_SETDATETIME","Set the date/time of publish");
define("_AM_MONTHC","Month:");
define("_AM_DAYC","Day:");
define("_AM_YEARC","Year:");
define("_AM_TIMEC","Time:");
define("_AM_PREVIEW","Preview");
define("_AM_SAVE","Save");
define("_AM_PUBINHOME","Publish in Home?");
define("_AM_ADD","Add");

//%%%%%% Admin Module Name Topics %%%%%

define("_AM_ADDMTOPIC","Add a MAIN Topic");
define("_AM_TOPICNAME","Topic Name");
define("_AM_MAX40CHAR","(max: 40 characters)");
define("_AM_TOPICIMG","Topic Image");
define("_AM_IMGNAEXLOC","image name + extension located in %s");
define("_AM_FEXAMPLE","for example: games.gif");
define("_AM_ADDSUBTOPIC","Add a SUB-Topic");
define("_AM_IN","in");
define("_AM_MODIFYTOPIC","Modify Topic");
define("_AM_MODIFY","Modify");
define("_AM_PARENTTOPIC","Parent Topic");
define("_AM_SAVECHANGE","Save Changes");
define("_AM_DEL","Delete");
define("_AM_CANCEL","Cancel");
define("_AM_WAYSYWTDTTAL","WARNING: Are you sure you want to delete this Topic and ALL its Stories and Comments?");


// Added in Beta6
define("_AM_TOPICSMNGR","Topics Manager");
define("_AM_PEARTICLES","Post/Edit Articles");
define("_AM_NEWSUB","New Submissions");
define("_AM_POSTED","Posted");
define("_AM_GENERALCONF","General Configuration");

// Added in RC2
define("_AM_TOPICDISPLAY","Display Topic Image?");
define("_AM_TOPICALIGN","Position");
define("_AM_RIGHT","Right");
define("_AM_LEFT","Left");

define("_AM_EXPARTS","Expired Articles");
define("_AM_EXPIRED","Expired");
define("_AM_CHANGEEXPDATETIME","Change the date/time of expiration");
define("_AM_SETEXPDATETIME","Set the date/time of expiration");
define("_AM_NOWSETEXPTIME","It is now set at: %s");

// Added in RC3
define("_AM_ERRORTOPICNAME", "You must enter a topic name!");
define("_AM_EMPTYNODELETE", "Nothing to delete!");
?>

call this admin.php and put it here:


modules/news/language/english/admin.php

You can just go to the user "login block", in blocks admin and change it from "visible" to invisible.

remember the path to the login i.e.

http://www.yoursite.com/user.php

you need to login yourself to get to admin. If user's dont login they will not see the user menu


wfsections is the content module you need , it also comes with a set of menu blocks, and you can define titles yourself. You can also paste or include existing HTML code in to pages you create. You are also able to set up as many sections and sub sections as you wish.

I am currently building a new site, XOOPS is happy to help new folk, but if I can assist, I have recently set up a forum for basic xoops. I intend to add documentation quite soon. I am not a coder, but happy to assist if I can.

macambridge.com

yes, in blocks admin go to "edit" to the right of each block you wish to appear in each page, and choose "all pages". You can be selective by holding down "Ctrl" or "Shift" on your keyboard

I tried this, working ok on mine, I have 2.04


macambridge.com

There is some documentation about the control panel on the wiki Here

Sparse at the moment. I would do a search through the forums using the search box, try words like "Help Block", which will give you a working idea of how the system works. Remember to click "Show All" for the complete list if using the search box at the top right of the XOOPS default page.

Quick General overview:

Site preferences are accessed from the Administration Menu. Select the "System Admin" icon, and go to "Preferences" then choose "General Settings". Here you set up your site name, default theme etc. You can download other themes later but I would play with the default at the moment till you get used to it.

Then go to System Admin and "Modules", in there you will see existing modules which need to be installed like "News" for example. Then in the "Action" column click the "install" icon. Repeat this for each module you want.

After you have installed your modules, you may want the "News" module to be your default startup module. To do this go back to your General Settings again, and go to the field where it says "Module for your start page--select "News" as your startup module. Remember to click "Go" at the bottom of the page to update your changes.

You then go back to System Admin and "Blocks", from there you choose which blocks related to your installed modules you wish to appear. This is quite intuitive, but if you need help post again, or do a search using the search facility.

A bit about blocks Here

You need also to set up group permissions. Go to System Admin and "Groups", then go to the Anonymous Users group, and put check marks in the relevant "Module Access rights" which allows guests to access the module. Then put relevant checkmarks in the "Block Access Rights", this allows guests to "see" the block.

Also try going through all the Admin facilities and getting a feel for things, it is intuitive once you find your way around.

For specific problems first try a search through the forums using key words, if you can't find the answer just ask

Templates and Themes (from some documentation I am working on)

To replace the XOOPS logo with your own, right click on the logo and go to "Properties". This will show you the path to the logo and the name of the file i.e.

yoursite.com/themes/yourthemename/logo.gif

Replacing this file on your server with another pic of the same name will do the job, be careful of sizes though to keep proportions. The size or name of the pic can be changed in the theme.html file in your theme folder.

The look of your theme is controlled by the style.css files in your theme folder. In "System Admin" and "Templates" you can also make changes which affect your theme. The default "template" is chosen from general settings. On installation this defaults to the existing "default" template.

You can't edit the default template, but you can "clone" the default template, edit it, and make your "clone" the default template in general settings. At the moment it might confuse you to get involved in this, but handy to know for later advanced theme editing or creation.

The difference between Themes and Templates can be a bit confusing for a new user, so:

A bit about templates and themes Here

If you wish to learn about templates, you will find an "extras" folder in your XOOPS download. In there is a theme called "x2t". This comes with a template set, which is in an included "Tar" file.

(Templates must be a tar.gz/.tar file with a valid XOOPS template set structure)

This can be uploaded directly--go to "System Admin" and then "Templates". Using the "upload" facility browse to the x2t tar file in the extras folder. You then need to FTP the "x2t" theme in the extras folder to your themes folder. After this go to "general settings" and make x2t your default theme and also default template. Use the "generate files" facility for individual modules you install. The files that need generated are coloured "red". Handy to practice with.

I found some advantages in using this x2t template. For example in "News" I can put in topics images of any size I wish. But if I use the XOOPS default template, the large image overlaps the space, and looks awful unless I put in hard returns to match the size of the image.

Most third party themes are just designed to make use of the XOOPS default template. To install another theme you have downloaded, first upload the theme to your "Themes" folder on your server by FTP, the system automatically sees the uploaded theme there--then go to general settings again and choose your new theme as default if you desire.

If you wish to create html pages, I would have a look at modules like wfsections, their is other content modules which make it easy to create or include HTML pages within xoops.

see this thread Here

This is a bug, and has been fixed in later versions or cvs

see this thread Here

regards

see this thread Here

go to modules/system/language/english/blocks.php

look for this line:

define("_MB_SYSTEM_HOME","Home"); // link to home page in main menu block

Change "Home" to whatever you wish