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My 2 cents? phpNuke is 100 times harder to install and get up and running than most every other CMS i have installed. And i have been trying out quite a few lately. PostNuke, MDPro, eNvolution. Stopped in here to check this out before making my final decision. Each time i have tried to install phpNuke ive ended up having to manually replace several files after a SUCCESSFUL installation because of errors in the theming system.
Where as all the others i have tried at most i have had to chmod a couple of files that i missed.
Im assuming XOOPS will work the same as all the others i have tried.
Like most everyone here that has responded to you i learned all i needed to know just playing with the files to get stuff installed properly.
This may have been harder on me than most as i was doing this for a friends web hosting company and time was of the essence.
Go from a moderately web savvy Web page designer and try and set up DNS servers and get them registered, Install PHP, Install Mysql, get them talking to each other properly, Set up a cPanel for clients to use, Get frontpage extensions to work properly, add Bulletin Board systems of clients choice, etc. etc... All with a manual propped in front of you or with web help open in another window.
Its amazing how much you can learn reading help files of everything you are trying to do and then experimenting on your own.
My suggestion to you is get a good FTP program to deal with most of your stuff (CHMOD files and such) without having to use the often slow and sometimes confusing cPanel that alot of hosts use.
2nd Get to know that cPanel like you know your right (or left if you are a lefty) hand. By which i mean Intimately.
When you get to a certain point if you need help at least you can arm yourself with enough information so that you arent asking newbie questions and you may get a favorable response.
Where as all the others i have tried at most i have had to chmod a couple of files that i missed.
Im assuming XOOPS will work the same as all the others i have tried.
Like most everyone here that has responded to you i learned all i needed to know just playing with the files to get stuff installed properly.
This may have been harder on me than most as i was doing this for a friends web hosting company and time was of the essence.
Go from a moderately web savvy Web page designer and try and set up DNS servers and get them registered, Install PHP, Install Mysql, get them talking to each other properly, Set up a cPanel for clients to use, Get frontpage extensions to work properly, add Bulletin Board systems of clients choice, etc. etc... All with a manual propped in front of you or with web help open in another window.
Its amazing how much you can learn reading help files of everything you are trying to do and then experimenting on your own.
My suggestion to you is get a good FTP program to deal with most of your stuff (CHMOD files and such) without having to use the often slow and sometimes confusing cPanel that alot of hosts use.
2nd Get to know that cPanel like you know your right (or left if you are a lefty) hand. By which i mean Intimately.
When you get to a certain point if you need help at least you can arm yourself with enough information so that you arent asking newbie questions and you may get a favorable response.
