


The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce that a new version of the Top 5 Finalist of 2010 Packt Open Source CMS - XOOPS 2.5.0 Final is available for download. Thanks to everybody who tested the RC1 and RC2 and provided us with feedback and bug fixes!
The XOOPS 2.5.0 release is a major redesign of the System Module which has been AJAX-ed with jQuery done mainly by Nicolas Andricq (ForMusS), Cointin Maxime (kraven_30), and Grégory Mage (Mage). Other major contributors include Trabis, Voltan, Kris_fr, and Marco. We also appreciate bug submissions by Onokazu! Some of the new features are truly amazing, like the visual placement of blocks, and we're sure that the users will love them
Other major improvements/additions include: - Added: Help System for Admin and modules (see PM module) - Added: MySQL Dump in Maintenance - Added: New Redirect messaging - Added: Column sorting in tables - Added: smarty plugin for icon pack - Added: smarty plugin for breadcrumb navigation - Added: jQuery plugins for display popup or manage drag & drop - Added: File Manager (Plugin) - Added: Maintenance with Cache Clean-up, and Tables Maintenance - Added: Visual module ordering with drag & drop - Added: Visual block placement with drag & drop - Added: Refactor all PHP code for use XOOPS API - Added: Use template in the same way that front user, admin side for module can call a main template define in xoops_version.php - Added: Allow override of template in admin theme like frontend if we set template in ADMIN_THEME - Added: New variable 'system_menu' in xoops_version.php of each module, this variable generate a tab menu for module admin side if set to 1, this feature is for give one unique tab menu for all menu (eg: module PM for). - Added: add jquery plugin in xoops_lib - Added: change install for install admin template and admin setting - Added: manage editor for blocks, comments and for all module if module developper want to use it activate or deactivate system section - Added: choose number of line for admin section - Added: display or hide tips Avatar: - activate/deactivate avatar with ajax Banners: - jquery popup for display banners Block admin: - drag n drop block for manage position and weight - jquery popup for preview Comments: - multiple selection for deletion - purge Groups: - number of user per group - new disposition Images: - lightbox preview + thumbs Modulea Admin: - jquery popup for display info Preferences: - system settings Smilies: - activate/deactivate smilies with ajax Templates: - manage overide of all template online - generated file come from database User Rank: - activate/deactivate userrank with ajax Users: - advanced user management - new disposition - simple and advance search For a detailed Change log, please click here. Videos To see the main features of XOOPS 2.5.0, check out the following videos that were made for the Alpha release: a) In Spanish (by Uskola 2) b) In English (by Vamptrix) c) In English (by Mamba) d) In French (by tutoxoops) Download it from Sourceforge repository. Please post and discuss all issues related to this release in this forum We also need help with Translations





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The North East Asia OSS Forum, held Nov. 2-4 in Seoul, Korea, was an amazing event.
First, it was impressive to see three countries (China, Japan, Korea) working so closely together on promoting Open Source Software in their region.
Secondly, and this was much closer to our heart, it was so touching to receive the "Best Technology Award" for the upcoming X3 version of XOOPS. The judges were impressed with X3 architecture, its usage of state-of-the-art PHP libraries such as Zend Framework and Smarty 3, and the direction XOOPS is taking toward becoming a "Web Application-oriented development platform"
I was honored to receive this award on behalf of XOOPS Project and our whole community, and especially on behalf of the developers working on X3.
I was also honored to meet so many legendary Open Source leaders, such as Mr. Masahiro Date, Vice Chairman of the Linux Foundation and General Manager at Fujitsu , Prof. Lu Shou Qun, Chairman of the China Open Source Software Promotion Forum , and Mr. Saso Hideyuki, Senior Executive Vice President of Fujitsu Limited, and Chairman of the Japan OSS Promotion Forum, Prof. Minsuk Lee from Hansung University, and many others. It was truly amazing to be able to discuss Open Source issues with them, and to learn from their vast experiences and views.
Being among these giants of Open Source development, and to represent XOOPS there, will be something that I will never forget!
As a XOOPS Community we can be so very proud of this Award!
Thank you DJ for all your hard work on X3! I am sure that X3 will bring XOOPS to the next level!
For more pictures from this event, please visit our Flickr