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I do and don't agree with this at the same time, lol if one module did everything, but with options to turn on and off the feature then yeah, but this won't happen, so if each different module offered different features and benefits this is not a bad thing.

After all would you be happy with only being able to do your shopping with one company, perhaps for a computer, nahh a little competition is good.

Also at least with more than one option, it means when a developer drops out, at least you have the option to move to the other version.

Wow, I've just realised that phpizabi has a feature, that's been asked for many times in xoops.

Virtual hosts, which as they put it:

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They also have a wap feature.

All in the core.

It's definately got some great core features. It's not really a CMS at all, so if you need CMS functionality it's currently got ZERO. I havent checked out how good the forums are, but its got a great little chat applet for psuedo IRC like experience.

We need VERY strong BB(forums) and something that can talk to IRC servers as we have 5000 simultaneous users on chat during most of the day.

PHPIzabi (I have butchered the spelling of this many times today) really has some great foundation tools for the mysapce and social networking. I'm wondering if adding CMS features to it will produce a better site and user experience then trying to add social networking to a CMS.

Jeff,

check out:

http://phpizabi.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3

Looks like there is a dispute going on. Very sad...

You might check this out to see if you can get mileage out of this microformat:

XHTML Friends Network

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I have been looking for software like this. That post did make me think twice about jumping on board :( Does anyone know of any other software that does the same or similar thing?

I read through all the discussions here...so did anything come out of it? Will we be seeing a new module soon?

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What about creating one core module for each functional area, but with the flexibility to add additional functionality through module plugins/addons? For example, instead of having 5 or 6 different article management systems, there could be one core article management module, which could be expanded through third party plugin development.

My biggest struggle with XOOPS modules is trying to find the modules that accomplish what I need. Recently, I've been debating whether to use News, SmartSection, or AMS for the article management system of my site. The problem is that each module has specific features that I need, but there isn't one module that includes all those features. So, my choices are limited to either forgoing some features or spending weeks trying to make modifications with my very limited PHP knowledge.

I believe that XOOPS modules would become much more functional and advanced if the focus was on adding features or plugins to core module frameworks, instead of having several different modules for each category of module, each with varying features. Also, the support would improve too, since everyone would be focusing on a set of core modules. There is also less risk of development and support of a specific module stopping, since there is only one version of the module. The worst case scenario would be that the development or support of a particular plugin would stop. However, that isn't as bad as development/support of an entire module stopping, especially if your site has been depending on it.

Anyway, I hope that I'm making some sense here. I'm not a CMS developer and I don't know the complexities involved with what I'm suggesting. Thus, it may or may not be feasible. It is just an idea though.

Dave