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XOOPS 2.5.x Operation Guide - Feedback needed

I've updated our old "XOOPS Operations Guide" for XOOPS 2.5.x

At this moment, please consider it as a beta

Please review it and provide me with feedback and improvement suggestions.

Please look at it from the perspective of a first-time or beginner user, i.e. please help us to make it easier to understand.

If you think, that there is a better way to explain concepts or operations, please share it with us.

You can:

1) View it online as PDF: here
2) Download it as Zip: here

And feel free to point our new users to this document, in case they are asking questions that are covered there.

Please discuss it in the Documentation Forums

P.S. Please also review the XOOPS 2.5.x Installation Guide and provide feedback as well.

XOOPS Listed as #2 Open Source CMS by ONDD

Recently the ONDD (Online Nursing Degree Directory" published a list of "The Top 100 Open Source Software Tools for Medical Professionals". Within the CMS category, they listed XOOPS as #2 after Joomla, saying:

"Manage your web content with XOOPS, whether you’re setting up a forum on your site or just want to work on your blog."

We are absolutely delighted with the recognition, and very proud of the fact that more and more people see XOOPS as the top CMS system in the world!!!

Keep those awards and recognitions coming!!!

Adobe Edge selects XOOPS as one of Top 3 CMS

Published every eight weeks, the Edge is a free publication that contains original content geared towards informing, enlightening, and inspiring web designers and developers.

In the April addition addition they provided an overview of five of the top open source software (OSS) solutions: CMS Made Simple, Drupal, Joomla!, WordPress, and XOOPS.

It is already an honor to be named as one of the top five Open Source CMS solutions. But it gets better - they selected XOOPS as one of the best three for building an e-commerce site, together with Drupal, and Joomla!

XOOPS Rocks!!!!

Thanks to btesec who made us aware of this story!!!

Xoops Norway reopened

XOOPS Norway, the Website providing support for Norwegian users of XOOPS has been reopened with an updated look and improved structure.

Rune and earplane did a great job bringing the Website up to date, and supporting Norwegian users in the past.

Not everybody speaks English well enough to take advantage of our main site here, therefore it is so important to have these local support sites. And since it is never enough to thank all the people who support XOOPS users in their native languages, we would like to use this opportunity to do just that - to Rune, Earplane, and all the other XOOPS community members who support XOOPS users around the world - a BIG THANK YOU!!!!

The list of XOOPS local support Websites is long, but if you're missing your native language among them, please let us know.

And if you would like to start a new XOOPS support site, please let us know as well - we are always happy to see XOOPS being represented in new countries.

XOOPS gets 5 Stars from Germany's CHIP

We've learned recently that CHIP, the leading computer magazine in Germany, has placed XOOPS on its Download list, and gave it 5/5 stars.

In the summary they wrote: If you would like to develop a larger Web-project, you won't be able to do it without a CMS software. With XOOPS you have a powerful tool to achieve it.

We are definitely very proud of this positive feedback about XOOPS from CHIP. It is exciting for us to see that leading computers magazines are finally taking notice of XOOPS. With our new "Communication Team" taking shape, we hope to have more of these positive news in the future.

For more info visit CHIP Website

XOOPS Receives Award in Brazil

Not many people know that in December 2007 XOOPS received the 2007 INFO Award in the CMS category.

Congratulations to all XOOPS developers in Brazil!!!!

Quote:

SÃO PAULO - In the area of corporate software, three products are highlighted in the INFO 2007 Awards: Netweaver by SAP; Delphi for PHP by Borland, and XOOPS by the XOOPS [community].
An application for business intelligence and application server, Netweaver won 46% of the votes of readers of the INFO Business Intelligence category. According to Gartner, SAP, the developer of Netweaver, is a world leader in CRM (25.7% of the market), ERP (27% of the market) and in supply chain, with 19.7% of the market.

The integrated development environment for PHP Delphi by Borland, is another product winner. With 53% of the readers voting for it in the Development category. The software is the combination of two names that strong existed in the market. It combines the working methods of Delphi, one of tools favorite of programmers, with PHP, the leading language for developing dynamic websites.

Delphi for PHP provides for the creation of applications for the web with features and functions similar to what it does on the desktop. Jose Rubens Tocci, president of Borland for Latin America, states when Delphi for PHP was launched this year it won instant success in Brasil and its acceptance surprised even the team's local subsidiary.

Among the dozens of CMS (content management systems) available on the market, one of the highlights is the XOOPS, an open source program produced by the XOOPS [community]. The readers of INFO recognized this, devoting 37% of the votes to the product in the CMS category.
According to Gilberto Galdino of XOOPS Brasil, one of the groups of developing the tool in Brazil, the XOOPS community in Brasil is the second largest world (behind only the French) and has made major contribution in product development.

XOOPS Addons

XOOPSaddons.org opened today as another community-driven site to provide a central repository of XOOPS modules, themes, extensions, templates and language packs.

This long-awaited and much discussed resource is the work of many contributors and every effort has been made to give credit where credit is due. There are still plans for additional features for the site, including multilanguage support, supported and maintained module packs and a companion demo site.

Now open! http://www.xoopsaddons.org

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XOOPS and Formulize at FSOSS Conference 2007

If you're in the Toronto area October 25 and 26, don't miss the Free Software and Open Source Symposium (FSOSS) at York University. Julian Egelstaff will be giving a two hour workshop on building custom applications with XOOPS and Formulize, 10am on the 25th.

FSOSS is now entering it's sixth year, and has become a major event, this year featuring such notable speakers as:

Bob Young, co-founder of RedHat and founder of Lulu.com
Marcus Bornfreund, co-director of Creative Commons, Canada
Marcel Gagné, author and Linux Journal columnist
Plus gurus and luminaries from a ton of hot tech companies and projects, including: Nokia, OpenOffice, Mozilla, Facebook, IBM, Bryght and even that old start up, Microsoft

Also, the Smartfactory will be in attendance, including xoops.org's very own Marcan. Come and show your support for the XOOPS community, listen to some amazing people, and learn a few tricks along the way! Spaces in the Formulize workshop are limited though, so register today.

More info:

FSOSS homepage, with a link to registration
Description of the Formulize Workshop
Formulize space on dev.xoops.org

Thanks for reading, see you in October.

--The Freeform Solutions Team

Xoops FAQ section and unpublished questions

This is a polite notice to all xoopsers who have had their FAQs unpublished or deleted in the moderation que.

Many of you are asking questions that have already been asked and answered in the FAQ section. In order to keep the FAQs precise and easy to navigate we must prune similar entries and deny similar questions that repeat content.

Please don't be offended if your question is deleted or left unanswered. It's probably better for you to use the forums for Q&As that relate to specific technical questions.

We use the FAQ section for Q&As that are considered useful for the general user and not every question is relevant.

Also, please DO NOT submit questions with answers like 'please help me' these will be automatically deleted.

Thank-you all for your contributions, especially those that add meaningful, well thought out answers. This is an invaluable resource, thanks to your input.

Richard

Another XOOPS Search Engine

I\'ve created another dedicated search engine (powered by Google Search engine) for XOOPS related information and it is hosted by Google.

The homepage of XOOPS search engine is http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=002889471476038244159%3Apnlpimoc6i4

1. What you can do with XOOPS Search Engine?

* Place a search box and search results on your website.
* Specify or prioritize the XOOPS sites you want to include in searches.
* Customize the look and feel to match your website.
* Invite XOOPS community to contribute to the search engine.

2. Why is Google launching this?

Google\'s mission is to connect people to information - no matter how specialized or specific - as quickly as possible. The Custom Search Engine allows you to combine Google\'s search algorithm with your own expertise to create a customized experience - thus making access to specific information across the web easier for your users.

3. Which are the websites included now?

I\'ve just included what I visit often to keep me updated about XOOPS. Please feel free to add your favourites to the index which will give the right information what XOOPS users would like to see in their search results.

http://dev.xoops.org
http://devteam.xoops.org
http://forum.bbpixel.com
http://hello.oceannet.jp
http://smartfactory.ca
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=41586
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=41586
http://ww1.xoopspt.org
http://www.alburak.net
http://www.alburak.net/ax
http://www.bbpixel.com
http://www.esxoops.com
http://www.frxoops.org
http://www.herve-thouzard.com
http://www.mywebresource.com
http://www.myxoops.org
http://www.smartfactory.ca
http://www.turkxoops.com
http://www.warpigw2.com
http://www.xoops-tips.com
http://www.xoops.dk
http://www.xoops.eti.br
http://www.xoops.lt
http://www.xoops.nl
https://xoops.org
http://www.xoops.pl
http://www.xoops.pr.gov.br
http://www.xoops.ru
http://www.xoops2.ru
http://www.xoopsfactory.com
http://www.xoopsgreece.gr
http://www.xoopsit.net
http://www.xoopsitalia.org
http://www.xoopslance.com
http://www.xoopsmalaysia.org
http://www.xoopspro.com
http://www.xoopsum.com
http://www.zoullou.net
http://xoops-tips.com
http://xoops.chaosteam.hu
https://xoops.org.cn
http://xoops.parakazanin.com
http://xoops.peak.ne.jp
http://xoops.zpc.cz
http://xoopsdocs.net/modules/docs
http://xoopserver.com
http://xoopsfactory.com/blog
http://xoopsfin.org
http://xoopsthemekris.free.fr

4. How does anyone access the XOOPS Search Engine?

There are several ways to access our Xoops Custom Search Engine:

* Use the Google-hosted Xoops Search Engine homepage:

http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=002889471476038244159%3Apnlpimoc6i4

* You can place the XOOPS Search Engine search box on your own website, where anyone who visits your site can use it. Paste this code in the page where you\'d like your search box to appear. The search results will be shown on a Google-hosted page.

  
  <form id='searchbox_002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4' action='http://www.google.com/cse'> 
    <input type='hidden' name='cx' value='002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4' /> 
    <input name='q' type='text' size='40' /> 
    <input type='submit' name='sa' value='Search' /> 
    <input type='hidden' name='cof' value='FORID:1' /> 
  form> 
  <script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_002889471476038244159%3Apnlpimoc6i4'>script>

* You can add a XOOPS Search Box Gadget to your Google personalized homepage that contains a search box for your search engine. Paste this code in the page where you would like the button to appear:

 <a href='http://fusion.google.com/add?moduleurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fcoop/api/002889471476038244159/cse/pnlpimoc6i4/gadget'><img src='http://buttons.googlesyndication.com/fusion/add.gif' width='104' height='17' border='0' alt='Add to Google' />a>

* You can add a XOOPS Search Box to your MySpace page that contains a search box for your search engine. Paste this code in the page where you would like the button to appear (you can also add this search box on ANY site that don\'t allow JavaScript):

 <form id='searchbox_002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4' action='http://www.google.com/cse'> 
  <input type='hidden' name='cx' value='002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4' /> 
  <table> 
    <tr> 
      <td><input name='q' type='text' size='40' />td> 
      <td><input type='submit' name='sa' value='Search' />td> 
    tr> 
    <tr> 
      <td colspan='2'><span style='font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:83%'>Google Custom Searchspan>td> 
    tr> 
  table> 
  <input type='hidden' name='cof' value='FORID:1' /> 
form>

* You can place the search box and search results code for YOUR OWN website and integrate it with the site.

STEP 1 - Paste this code in the page where you\'d like your search box to appear (change http://YOU.HAVE.TO.CHANGE.THIS with your search results page):

  
<form id='searchbox_002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4' action='http://YOU.HAVE.TO.CHANGE.THIS'> 
  <input type='hidden' name='cx' value='002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4' /> 
  <input name='q' type='text' size='40' /> 
  <input type='submit' name='sa' value='Search' /> 
  <input type='hidden' name='cof' value='FORID:10' /> 
form> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=searchbox_002889471476038244159%3Apnlpimoc6i4'>script>

STEP 2 - Place this code in the page http://YOU.HAVE.TO.CHANGE.THIS where your search results will appear.

  
<div id='results_002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4'>div> 
<script type='text/javascript'> 
  var googleSearchIframeName = 'results_002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4'; 
  var googleSearchFormName = 'searchbox_002889471476038244159:pnlpimoc6i4'; 
  var googleSearchFrameWidth = 600; 
  var googleSearchFrameborder = 0; 
  var googleSearchDomain = 'www.google.com'; 
  var googleSearchPath = '/cse'; 
script> 
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js'>script>

Please free to add more XOOPS websites in our XOOPS Search Engine. I hope it\'s useful for someone

Cheers,
Alex Mielus

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XOOPS 2.5.x Operation Guide - Feedback needed

XOOPS Listed as #2 Open Source CMS by ONDD

Adobe Edge selects XOOPS as one of Top 3 CMS

Xoops Norway reopened

XOOPS gets 5 Stars from Germany's CHIP

XOOPS Receives Award in Brazil

XOOPS Addons

XOOPS and Formulize at FSOSS Conference 2007

Xoops FAQ section and unpublished questions

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