Hi there
here are your sources to help you as someone new to xoops:
New users should always checkout the following:
1. Documentation - linked on the left. Specifically the administration manual
2. The FAQ section - linked on the left - specifically the sections on gloassry, beginners first steps, modules, blocks and themes. There are links to visual tutorials here.
3. The search function on the top right.
Please check also the read B4U post link below if you have problems.
For Visual tutorials please go
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Still lame that the module upload is not standard.
Not sure exactly what you mean by this but just so you know XOOPS took a change of direction this year as it is so pliable, so customisable that what used to be considered key modules are no longer in the core download. This means that as a webmaster(site owner) you are encouraged to do some predesign work and consider exactly what modules you want.
Ever since I started using XOOPS 2 years ago this was the 'standard procedure'. Find the module you want, unzip it to your hard drive, upload it via ftp to your website, go to site admin/modules and press the install button, set the preferences and permissions, go to admin/blosk and set block access. The process has not differed in anyway except that we now do this for all modules since there are none in the core download.So IMO and experience there is nothing 'not standard' about it because this is how it has always been with xoops.
So the next question is where are the modules? Well XOOPS community is in the process of designing a new updated module repository which is not yet open. In the mean time you, and your client can both go and check out:
here for latest modules and
here for the module playground. You can use the search function and look for news releases to also find recently released modules.
The other page to look at is the news pages on this site where module developers have announced latest releases of their own modules and host them themselves.
Finally 'search' is the best tool, or search google with 'xoops module' included in the terms of reference if you are looking to track something the is proving to be hard to find.
Hope this helps in your journey as you get used to the ways of doing things in xoops.