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ADDING SOME CONTENT
In System Admin | Preference, activate modules you may want to use, like News, Poll, etc.
For creating content, you have a couple options.
You can create a custom block (System Admin | Blocks)
or you can download and install additional modules.
For articles, you might want to try WFSections (very popular) or Tutorials (also highly thought of).
For creating pages quickly you might want to look at a "wrapper" module like TinyContent, WFChannel... or FreeContent and CJayContent.
SETTING PERMISSION
Now you decide which of your users can see which content by giving permission to various groups (System Admin | Groups).
The anonymous group will let people who haven't signed in see something. Registered users are people who have signed in. Webmaster is a group with special access rights to control the site. You can also create custom group and give special permissions. You could create an "Article Editor" group and give it special access to WFSections, for example.
POSITIONING BLOCKS
Now you can place your content by positioning blocks (System Admin | Blocks). You can control which column and pages various blocks appear on.
YOUR THEME
You can download themes and install them on your site. A good place to start. If you want to create your own theme, consult the wiki for additional details.
http://wiki.xoops.org/wakka.php?wakka=XoopsThemesDoc