rabideau wrote:
Also why do you want to use the admin area footer for your main theme??
Herko
rabideau wrote:
Also why do you want to use the admin area footer for your main theme??
comflash2 wrote:
Agree with you. now, even Drupal can outperform XOOPS in Googgle Trend (user search frequency, reflects to popularity). XOOPS looks dying slowly. I wanna contribute something, but XOOPS seriously lack of documentation. Last time, i already said (SEE HERE), better hold all development and concentrate the documentation, so more people can contribute instead of rely on a few talented people (they may be busy with real life).
p/s: Why XOOPS even not involve Google Summer of Code (SEE HERE)? Thats FREE talented programmer will help XOOPS. There is a lot of other Open Source project involve, including Drupal and Joomla.
I am no longer on the Management Team, so I cannot claim to be an "Official" representative of XOOPS other than my Moderator role entitles me to. However, I still am in contact with the people who are developing this CMS and I can say a few things to help shed some light as to what is going on...
Server Migration
I'm currently working with the Foundation Chairman (Herko) and the Lead Developer (Skalpa) on migrating XOOPS.org's websites to more powerful servers that will better handle the load these sites receive. This is an enormous task that requires a significant amount of planning and background work before the first site can be moved. Herko is involved because he has the contacts and manages the finances that will be covering this expense. Skalpa is involved because the server needs certain configuration changes that he will have to specify.
Core Development
There are a few developers who are actively working on coding the core. This includes, but is not limited to Skalpa, phppp, and Rowd. I'm sure there are others, but I can only say those 3 for sure. Each one is working on a seperate aspect of the development of XOOPS. However, each of these people has had to take on numerous other tasks as well, which has slowed development down some. Development has not stopped. It's just that there isn't much going on publically.
Site Restructuring
There is a team of members and developers working on this, but each is also responsible for other tasks as well, so progrees is moving, but is a bit slow. A lot will also depend on the server migration we are working on, so they have other people they have to wait on.
Why "Key" people have not been posting
Simply put... There are only 24 hours in a day and I know for a fact that Skalpa has been working 18-20hrs a day for quite some time. He simply doesn't have time to post on this site. He and others who would normally update the community have been so busy working on development, site restructuring, server migration, and all the other tasks necessary to keep this project going that they barely have enough time for rest.
I'm not making excuses for them. I'm stating the facts as I have observed them for over 2 years of knowing these people on a personal level.
Again, I must emphasize that the above is not the "Official" word of XOOPS. It is only my observations based on my conversations with the people who are doing the work. Please take it for what it is worth.
Thanks,
JM
toddherrold wrote:
I think it's about time for the XOOPS community to get an update on the development of the next version of Xoops, whatever that may be called at this point - 2.3, 2.4, 3.0 or 4.0. . . whether it is ever to be released and whether development continues or not.
It's been over 1 year since 2.3 alpha was released with many promises of official versions shortly thereafter . . . and then there was nothing. I see in the SVN that the last 2.3 update was 3 months ago by Skalpa.
http://xoops.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xoops/XoopsCore/trunk/?sortdir=down
What happened over the last year at Xoops? Why no communication? It seems like XOOPS is dying a slow and painful death.
dpbohr wrote:
Has anyone had any experience in moving a XOOPS site to another host provider? I need help in locating the information needed to do so. I would like to be able to maintain the information in the forums, as well as all the gallery pics and such. If anyone could help out with this, or point me to some documentation, that would be GREAT!!! Thanks in advance for your help!
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