I'm very pleased with XOOPS so far but I think the standard News module needs:

- A better editor that will enable you to select text and then issue changes like bold, link,... ATM it only adds stuff like these to the end of the news. Makes it very hard to change news since you have to write tags manually. phpBB / vBulletin like.

- Picture / screenshot upload + automatic thumbnail create so users only see the thumbnail and after they click the image it's displayed in full size.

- Link history and Source. A small interface to add a link that you can then include into the news with just a click. Also Source links to the original news.

I was wondering. Are there any other news modules with more features like these already available?

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Use the Image manager (the fourth button underneath message icon)