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Will_H
Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/4/22 0:29

  • Will_H

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 1786

  • Since: 2004/10/10


I have a folder on my desktop labeled XOOPS. Inside of this folder there are 3 folders; 2.0, 2.2, and Themes. Inside of each of the version folders I have a pre-packaged "up once" module pack. So heres the game......

I am sure everone has heard of a "Desert Island Disk"
Basically the premise is this: If you are stranded on a desert island what 10 songs would you want to take with you?

This is "Desert Island Modules". No core modules please only list addons.

My Top Ten

1. AMS
2. Content
3. CBB
4. Protector
5. XM-Memberstats
6. Tropical Mail
7. WF-Downloads
8. XBS Metatags
9. Multi-Menu
10. Job Listings

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Lance_
Re: Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/4/22 2:31

  • Lance_

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 983

  • Since: 2004/1/12


What would be nice is to set the basic requiremetns of about 90% of portalcms sites and then you can give you favorites modules for each section.

Example:

Musts>>
Article management -
Content management -
Discussion Board -

Specific Uses>>
Directory (yellow pages) -
Mail management -

etc etc...

Too late for me to make it all, but if everyone wants to chip in, this might make a nice list.

I would also like to see beside the module name the year it was released and if it is still being developped actively.

example: wf-downloads (v3rc3, 2005, active)

We can then discuss the merit of each of our favorite modules for each task and come up with an "un"-official list of the best modules to use. For close calls we can put both but with the main argument differing them.

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MadFish
Re: Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/4/22 2:39

  • MadFish

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 1056

  • Since: 2003/9/27


You have some of my favourites to, but I would add:

1. Extcal2, the world's most simple and attractive calendar module.

2. TinyD 2.2, the world's most simple and flexible and cloneable content module. Brilliant for making custom page layouts, particularly if you start cloneing blocks of other modules as well (I like to create topic-specific versions of the recent news headlines and recent forum posts to go on different 'department' or 'subject' pages).

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msdana
Re: Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/4/22 2:43

  • msdana

  • Just can't stay away

  • Posts: 817

  • Since: 2005/12/11


Here's my two cents:

1. XOOPS Info Module...due to having multiple sites on different servers and using my local server, it's hard to keep track of what site is where. With a few clicks I know where I am, I don't have to rely on my (faulty) memory or lost Post-It's.

2. WF-Channels...I LOVE the Link to Us and Refer A Friend built right in

[size=x-small]If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining.[/size]
Graphic Worx : Xoops Themes

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gestroud
Re: Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/4/22 2:46

  • gestroud

  • Home away from home

  • Posts: 1538

  • Since: 2004/12/22


My Desert Pack

1. Articles by phppp
2. RSSC by Happy Linus
3. Weblinks by Happy Linux
4. VitaminC by kaotik
5. XOOPS Info Mod by JMorris
6. phpmyadmin 2.51 by Dev 4Mps Team
7. xmmemberstats by ?
8. Online Bible by ?
9. Debaser by frankblack
10. A functional Cafe Press module by anybody

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chippyash
Re: Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/4/26 8:04

  • chippyash

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 501

  • Since: 2004/1/29


Here's my list

1. Liaise - contact us forms
2. Protector - site security
3. XOOPS Info - site info
4. XBS MetaTags - keyword and page description generation
5. MyAlbum - photo management (this might be core by now)
6. Tiny Content - ultra slim articles
7. Multimenu (for 2.2 sites)
8. Sitemap (if you don't have/use Multimenu)

Not quite 10 yet though

A

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bluenova
Re: Desert Island...Modules?

Interesting thread

Well number 1. has to be wf-channel, as it works it's way into every site I've made then..
2. Protector
3. Waiting contents ext
(why is this still not part of the core)
4. Smartsection
5. Liaise
6. CBB
7. Pical
8. wf-downloads
9. Debaser
10. RSSFit

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Will_H
Re: Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/5/3 19:08

  • Will_H

  • Friend of XOOPS

  • Posts: 1786

  • Since: 2004/10/10


good stuff! anyone else?

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yourcribsite
Re: Desert Island...Modules?

thanks bro mods helped me alot
Quote:

Biteronboard wrote:
I have a folder on my desktop labeled XOOPS. Inside of this folder there are 3 folders; 2.0, 2.2, and Themes. Inside of each of the version folders I have a pre-packaged "up once" module pack. So heres the game......

I am sure everone has heard of a "Desert Island Disk"
Basically the premise is this: If you are stranded on a desert island what 10 songs would you want to take with you?

This is "Desert Island Modules". No core modules please only list addons.

My Top Ten

1. AMS
2. Content
3. CBB
4. Protector
5. XM-Memberstats
6. Tropical Mail
7. WF-Downloads
8. XBS Metatags
9. Multi-Menu
10. Job Listings

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Mamba
Re: Desert Island...Modules?
  • 2006/12/27 7:41

  • Mamba

  • Moderator

  • Posts: 11366

  • Since: 2004/4/23


XM-Memberstats was a VERY BAD Idea!!!

I've installed it, and now I cannot login anymore. It tells me that my password is wrong.

I am using XOOPS 2.0.16 and XM-Memberstats 2.0e on PHP4.


OK, what happened was that running the installation of XM-Memberstats caused increased number of queries hitting the server, and since I have limitation of 50,000 queries/hour, this shut down my database and the help desk had to reset it.

The question is - how can I minimize the number of queries on XOOPS? Is there a paper anywhere on this?
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