Quote: What exactly do I do to enhance performance? It sounds like I should change the cache times (in module-wide cache) from maybe 30 seconds to one minute, then back again? Why does changing the cache time help? Or do I have the wrong understanding?

Quote: If they don't shut you down, they'll limit throughput so your site will be exceedingly slow. Find an honest host that will work with you, so you're only paying for what you need.

I suggest that you verify your panel (I use CPanel) gives you the capability to quickly backup and restore your MySQL files.
There are some MySQL utilities for backing up and restoring, but having it pushbutton-simple & as part of the CPanel package just saved my bacon tonight. I backed up XOOPS before modifications, then installed FreeContent, which somehow replaced the Administration module. A few minutes of troubleshooting & cursing, then a couple minutes restoring the backup, and all is well!

I'm switching hosts because of the better CPanel themes & support onhttp://VSHosting.net. If $15/month is too much, PM me.

I just installed a test XOOPS site using CPanel 8.5.3-STABLE-3. It installs a modified version of 2.05A, so I thought "Wonderful!", and things seemed to work, until I tried to "View Account" or "Edit Account" from the User Menu. I got

Error [Xoops]: Smarty: [in db:system_userinfo.html line 112]: syntax error: expecting '=' after attribute name 'ts' (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 1375) in file class/smarty/Smarty_Compiler.class.php line 1824

"Edit User" from the System Admin menu worked fine. I modified & saved stuff, continued working, didn't fix anything regarding the User Menu.

Userinfo.php as installed by Cpanel is definitely not the same file as downloaded from xoops.org. But, copying the "correct" versions of files in class, include, kernel, language, and all except mainfile.php in root didn't help. So I deleted all except the index file in templates_c, no help. I just gave up and installed by hand. There are no problems with hand-installed versions of XOOPS on my system, so I don't think there's a problem with software versions, etc.

It's a shame that CPanel comes so close, but misses the mark. I'll send them a copy of this mail.

If any XOOPS developers want to test & debug, I can make a test site with Cpanel 8.5.3 available.

Looks very nice!

What product did you use for the ecommerce section?

Site name and slogan changed, seems to work. The new values were retained, and displayed properly on the beautiful Imago06 theme!

Perhaps you can infer what Fantastico does by examining some screenshots Here

Sorry, you have to register first.

This xoopstest site will probably disappear in a few days...

I've had good results with my host's Fantastico installer, it installs XOOPS 2.02. I think it's Fantastico v7.1, but I don't know how to check.

Before Fantastico was upgraded to install XOOPS 2.02, I installed XOOPS manually a couple of times. There are no differences that I'm aware of.

What are the symptoms of the problems and broken tables?