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The Modern Developer’s Swiss Army Knife: 6 Surprising ...

Mamba  31 Mar 2026 8:10 PM  641 reads   No comments 

The Modern Developer’s Swiss Army Knife: 6 Surprising Features of XOOPS Smarty Extensions

Legacy CMS development often falls into the trap of "template soup," where business logic and markup collide in a tangled, unmaintainable mess. As a CMS architect, I’ve spent years remediating the...

 
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XOOPS Council 2026

Mamba  31 Mar 2026 4:40 PM  486 reads   No comments 
XOOPS Council 2026
The XOOPS Community is fortunate to have many outstanding individuals who dedicate countless hours to helping XOOPS move forward. Their commitment is visible in the forums and reflected in the steady stream of new and updated modules, themes, fixes, and improvements.

The key to XOOPS’ success is...
 
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XOOPS 4.0 – Vision, Direction, and Roadmap (Discussion)

Mamba  30 Mar 2026 3:30 PM  1240 reads   No comments 
XOOPS 4.0 – Vision, Direction, and Roadmap (Discussion)
XOOPS 4.0 – Vision, Direction, and Roadmap (Discussion)

Over the past months, a significant amount of work has been done to move XOOPS forward in a practical and future-proof way. I’d like to consolidate that into a clear starting point for discussion, feedback, and alignment.

Please join us in
 
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Coming soon: XOOPS 4.0 PageBuilder

Mamba  30 Mar 2026 6:50 AM  719 reads   No comments 
Coming soon: XOOPS 4.0 PageBuilder
The "No-Code" Revolution: 5 Game-Changing Secrets of the XTF Page Builder
Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/xoops 
For years, web design has been haunted by a persistent shadow: the "gap." It is that frustrating space between a visionary design mockup and the technical...
 
Modules

Beyond the Inspect Tool: How cssHolmes3 Provides X-Ray ...

Mamba  26 Mar 2026 9:20 PM  672 reads   No comments 
Beyond the Inspect Tool: How cssHolmes3 Provides X-Ray Vision for XOOPS Themes

Introduction: The "Invisible" Problem of Modern Theming

In modern CMS development, the browser’s "Inspect Element" tool is our first line of defense, but it’s often blind to the architectural intent of the page. As XOOPS themes have evolved into complex, structured systems involving the XOOPS...
 
Modules

Alumni Module Available for Testing

Mamba  24 Feb 2026 1:00 PM  2643 reads   No comments 
Alumni Module Available for Testing
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Alumni module for XOOPS:

Demo: https://demo.xoops.org/modules/alumni/

Code: https://github.com/mambax7/alumni


Features

Profile Management

• Complete Alumni Profiles: Personal, academic, and professional information
• Photo Uploads: Profile photos with automatic resizing
• Privacy...
 
Modules

Real Estate Module Available for Testing

Mamba  15 Feb 2026 3:30 PM  683 reads   No comments 
Real Estate & Rental module for XOOPS:

Demo: https://demo.xoops.org/modules/realestate/

Code: https://github.com/mambax7/realestate

Features
- Property Management - Full CRUD for apartments, houses, villas, offices, and land
- Image Gallery - Multiple images per property with thumbnails,...
 
Developer News

XOOPS 2.5.12 PhpUnit Tests Added

Mamba  15 Feb 2026 3:20 PM  377 reads   No comments 
XOOPS 2.5.12 PhpUnit Tests Added
XOOPS Development Team has added a PhpUnit test suite to XOOPS 2.5.12 that hopefully will help us with some regression testing:

https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/pull/1605

If you have time, check it out if you see something strange or weird
 
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XOOPS 2.6.0 Alpha-1 available for Testing & Contributions

Mamba  15 Feb 2026 3:00 PM  413 reads   No comments 
XOOPS 2.6.0 Alpha-1 available for Testing & Contributions
The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 2.6.0-Alpha-1

XOOPS 2.6.0 is not actively developed at the moment, but in case somebody would like to put some effort into it, it has been updated to PHP 8.4 as the minimum PHP version.


Please help make XOOPS better by testing...
 
Hacks

Smarty plugin for Publisher

heyula  19 Nov 2025 10:40 AM  5108 reads   1 comment 
Smarty plugin for Publisher
XOOPS Publisher Custom Plugin is a powerful and flexible Smarty plugin developed for the XOOPS CMS Publisher module. With this plugin, you can display your Publisher module content anywhere in your theme files, in any format you desire.
 
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XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-8 available for Testing

Mamba  11 Sep 2025 7:30 AM  5576 reads   1 comment 
XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-8 available for Testing
The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 2.5.12-Beta-8

What's Changed

• language fixes by @mambax7 in #1550
• copyright update by @mambax7 in #1551
• fix Admin help toggle by @mambax7 in #1553
• fix for Admin users search by @mambax7 in #1554
• Bootstrap 5.3.7 by @mambax7...
 
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XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-7 available for Testing

Mamba  28 Apr 2025 4:20 AM  5056 reads   No comments 
XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-7 available for Testing
The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 2.5.12-Beta-7

What's Changed

• Bootstrap 5.3.4 by @mambax7 in #1536
• Bootstrap 5.3.4 install by @mambax7 in #1537
• missing forward slash. by @mambax7 in #1539
• New feature: menu icons for modules by @mambax7 in #1538
• Adding...
 
XOOPS

Richard Griffith (Geekwright) inducted into XOOPS Hall of ...

Mamba  07 Apr 2025 6:00 PM  38238 reads   2 Comment(s) 
Richard Griffith (Geekwright) inducted into XOOPS Hall of Fame

The 2025 Inductees to XOOPS Hall of Fame:

Geekwright Photo

Richard Griffith (Geekwright) – Core Team Leader (2013–2025), a PHP expert who stabilized XOOPS development and improved its security. Richard was always available to help and share his wisdom with the XOOPS community!

 
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XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-6 available for Testing

Mamba  04 Apr 2025 12:10 AM  4195 reads   No comments 
XOOPS 2.5.12 Beta-6 available for Testing
The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 2.5.12-Beta-6

What's Changed

• fix for PathController, cosmetics by @mambax7 in #1535


Please help make XOOPS better by testing and reporting any issues!
 
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XOOPS 2.7.0 Development Started

Mamba  31 Mar 2025 2:00 PM  3582 reads   No comments 
XOOPS 2.7.0 Development Started
While we slowly finalizing the development of XOOPS 2.5.12, Nicolas Andricq (aka ForMuss, or ForXoops on Github), the new XOOPS Core Team Leader, started to work on the next release of XOOPS: XOOPS 2.7.0
 
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