Hi all. First time poster. I was wondering if someone knows of a module or method to do the following, or if I should just write the module myself.

I need a method of organizing what would just be 'static' pages in a non dynamic site. Things like About Us, Legal, Terms of Use, ect..

I want this content to be in the database, and I would provide a simple admin menu for adding/editing pages. I don't want to physically have files that need to be managed, so I I'm not sure the Freecontent module is what I want. If it is please let me know.

Following is a rough draft of the info I would manage for each page.

pageid
pagename - (for index.php?pagename )
pagetitle
page desc
page body
page author
date created
date updated

My module would simply look at the page name being called and then load the page details into a very simple template.

I would not add any categories or structure to the module as I would anticipate a tie in with a universal category system.

So that all being said. Do the xoop experts think I should hack something already made, or build something simple that I can tie into other global classes later?

BTW: I'm very impressed with XOOPS so far and I'm excited to give it a test with a new project I just landed :) I've been looking for something to organize my own modules better and previous systems just didn't cut it. I really like the direction XOOPS seems to be heading.

fatman:

You should probably take a good look at WF-Channel, a Catzwolf's module designed to provide a single channel of static related content. In fact, the module provides Link to us and Recommend Us functions, as a complement to the original idea of using it to create an About Us page.

Cheers.

wow, thanks for the quick reply. I just installed wf channel and it's pretty close to what I need. Certainly worth using and not recreating the wheel.