Hello,
I have been a hardcore PHPNuke user for two years and just installed XOOPS 2.0.5 this weekend. I will be switching mainsite to XOOPS as soon as I learn a bit more of the coding.
IMHO XOOPS leaves Nuke standing at the start line.
Anyways I am not here to bash Nuke.

I am changing a theme to look like my customized nuke theme.
See Nuke theme here: http://archangelartifacts.com

See developing Xoop theme here: http://xoops.archangelartifacts.com

My question is How do I call XOOPS database through theme.html.
More specific:
At my nuke site when you go there you will see a link on the navbar that says "create an account". When logged in it says "Welcome username"
How do I code that in the theme.html to do similar in Xoops.

I have tried adding <{$uname}> and a couple others to no avail.
Go easy on me guys, this is only the second day I started looking at the code.
Does anyone have a XOOPS website that shows the different XOOPS code.

Oh yeah how do I code the banners so that they show if activated and do not show when not activated. Currently on the theme I am modifying it shows the banner area if activated or not, if not activated it shows empty block. I have currently moved the banner block to bottom of XOOPS theme til I figure it out. You can see it at my XOOPS site.

the XOOPS developers have done a terrific job on this CMS, I hope in the future to be able to contribute to the developement. (have already converted my Nuke Ebay Block to work with xoops).

PEACE ALL
Archangel Artifacts, Inc.

I'd suggest downloading my karate_redux_blue theme, or Ackbarr's karate redux theme and have a look at the theme.html file. I think you'll find what you're looking for there .

While developing a theme, I find it helpful to enable Smarty Debugging in "System" -> "Preferences" -> "General Settings".
When enabled, every page will add a popup window detailing the smarty templates utilized in creating the current page, and a list of smarty variables available.

Variables defined by XOOPS are listed as <{$xoops_}>. In your case, try using the <{$xoops_isuser}> to determine if the viewer is logged in and <{$xoops_username}> to retrieve their login name.

From all of the community, welcome to Xoops. Your contributions will be welcomed!

Hello,
Brash<<<
Thats exactly what I was looking for, Thank You.

ackbarr<<<
Smarty Debugging....Sweet
A very positive impression with XOOPS since installation.
Very user and admin friendly.
It will take a bit to adjust to new XOOPS code.
Currently minimal knowledge of xml coding.
Thats why I started with theme conversion, something simply.
Thank You ackbarr and a gracious welcome.

PEACE ALL
Archangel Artifacts, Inc.

Hello,
The theme is about 85% done and coming along nicely.
I have noticed that when you add on modules you have to go through and redo their css files.
Once I am done with the theme I shall make css for IPB and zenTrack to match theme, maybe others..
I have made an Ebay Block and a simple EBay Module, both are currently not working quite right but you can see a demo of the eBay block working at http://archangelartifacts.com.

I have gotten google.com adsense ads working, again sorta, and will work on them more at a later date.

PEACE ALL
Archangel

Please email me your browser version if you have any problems viewing the theme at http://archangelartifacts.com
Thanks

archangel at archangelartifacts.com