This is my first thread as I am a beginner and ignorant of cms matters. I would like to create a community website for chemical students called ORBITAL. There will be 15 groups (mini-societies) located in 15 different cities around the country and each group will have the its own President.

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE WITH WOOSH?

1.To create different groups, ie Orbital A, Orbital B, etc.?

2.To customise the Login section with specific questions relevant to membership? If this is possible, could we customise the login section according to each group as some of them will have specific requirements?

3.To grant administrative permission to the President of each group in such a way that the webmaster of the site will NOT be able to access the list of members of the group and their contact details? (This means that even the webmaster will not be able to access any activities of the group).

4.To allow Presidents of each group to send private messages and newsletters that will be accessed ONLY by the members of their groups?

5.To allow Presidents of each group to publish information online that could be seen ONLY by their members?

6.To create HTML pages within a website powered by xoops? [this is very important as some people will be submitting pages using Frontpage, Dreamweaver and probably GoLive].

In short....yes. You can do all of that. The XOOPS Groups admin is flexible and powerful. You can create an unlimited number of groups, and assign specific permissions to all of them.

Adding static HTML is possible via 3rd party Modules (like Tiny Content) as well, but static pages don't register in the database, so you lose many of the features provided by using dynamic content. For example, it will not show up in search results.

If users will contribute articles, they could use an article module like WfSections, or AMS to subit said article, using HTML (if you allow them), or XOOPS code (just like BBcode) to format, hyperlink, and insert images. That way, you can still have all article register with the database, yet still be very simple to write.

You can even use one of the menu modules (like Content) to add links to specific articles or pages within xoops, or anywhere on the net really, within the main menu, or you can even add additional menu blocks with the article link.

Really, you can do ANYTHING with XOOPS you need. But in some cases, (usually in depth, very unusual stuff) it may take some hacking. The whole core is very intuitive, so if you take the time to REALLY learn Xoops, the sky is the limit.

And lastly, you will find the XOOPS community to be one of the largest, most helpful and friendly communities out there. If you ever have a question/issue, come to the XOOPS site here, and generally, you will find your issue/problem has already been addressed, and if not, a simple post here will help you figure it out 99% of the time from my experience.

Hope you get started using XOOPS soon, it truly is the best CMS out there, hands down.