XOOPS CMS (Content Management System)

Looking for Members - Documentation Team

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:10:00 -0000

I am looking at forming a team for documenting the Modules Team and the Core Teams changes in the wiki and to go through the forum and find discussion topics to turn help sheets and guidances manuals.

I am looking for anyone with a Technical Writing background that wants to contribute to XOOPS under my team management to document the XOOPS Core, XOOPS Modules & XOOPS Hacks.

Part of what makes a good product is the team behind explaining how to use it.. XOOPS is no exception. With most books on XOOPS in other languages apart from English there is a need for documenting to be concise and easy to form.

Ideally I am looking for a team of 10 people.. Both male and female and the role comes with training and support references material.. I am looking to change my role at XOOPS from the core under-write to documentation manager.

You can contact me about this by the following way:

Skype: wishcraft555

MSN: lsd25@hotmail.com

Mobes: 61424245406

eMail: simon@xoops.org

IF you don't have 8 - 15 hours a fortnight to dedicate to documenting XOOPS then please do not apply, there are no age restrictions and some young guns would be good.

I have noticed with the younger crowd here at XOOPS they feel that there age is a hindrance on getting involved, if you are between the ages of 16 to 65 these are ideal ages to sign up and get motivated -- so please write me an email attach your resume if you have one (This is voluntary/charity role) and send it to your senior XOOPS Developer.

You need to have at least a written language in english (other languages desirable for translating) and need to have medium to advance technical writing skills.

Forum for dicussion: forumpost324086

XOOPS Video Competition

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:20:00 -0000

[Edited based on Feedback in comments below]

We are looking for best videos presenting XOOPS, and focusing especially on 2.5 features.

We'll have two categories:

1) Education, focusing on XOOPS 2.5

For example:

a) In Spanish (by Uskola 2)

b) In English (by Vamptrix)

c) In English (by Mamba)

but as you can see, they are just "quick and dirty" productions, and now we're looking for more polished and more fun, so be creative

2) Marketing/Promotion

For example:

a) XOOPS Promo by SailJapan

b) XOOPS Trailer Draft by Mamba

Of course, they could be focusing on XOOPS in general, and not only on 2.5 features.

All of them could be a regular video recording, or a video presentation (e.g. made in PowerPoint or another presentation package) and then converted into a Video that we could post on YouTube. It's up to you....

So let your creativity juices flowing...

Deadline: March 1st

XOOPS Design Sd-064-Points

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:40:00 -0000

Sinnedesign is happy to present the new FREE XOOPS Theme with the name Sd-064-Points.

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Here can you find the

- XOOPS 2.4 Theme Demo

- XOOPS 2.5 Theme Demo

and here is the FREE

- Download Xoops Theme Sd-064-Points

Happy XOOPSing.

WOX (World of XOOPS) Newsletter # 29 (February 2010)

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:20:00 -0000

WOX - World Of Xoops

Welcome to the February 2010 issue of WOX (World of XOOPS) Newsletter - (see here previous versions)

As always, as the first thing in each newsletter we wanted to express our gratitude to all of you who have donated money to XOOPS Foundation! We truly appreciate your trust and support!

What a great start of 2010 - January was an extremely busy month. We've released XOOPS 2.4.4 and XOOPS 2.5.0 Alpha.

Unfortunately, we also lost a member of our community - Marcello Brandao, who lost his battle with cancer. In appreciation of his vast contributions to XOOPS and saddened by his untimely death, the XOOPS Council decided to induct Marcello Brandao into XOOPS Hall of Fame.

We have also filed our deposition in court in Netherlands in a lawsuit against our former Project Manager, Herko Coomans, for return of XOOPS funds and Intellectual Property back to the XOOPS Community. We very much appreciate the support from the XOOPS community - already over 190 XOOPS Community members signed the petition for the court in Netherlands in support of it, and and if you didn't sign yet, please sign it today

Highlights of the last month:

XOOPS 2.4.4 FINAL Is Released
XOOPS 2.5 Alpha Released
XOOPS is getting top spots in various rankings
XOOPS is Gaining Popularity, speeds up development
Marcello Brandao Inducted into XOOPS Hall of Fame
XOOPS Presented at 1st Linux Forum at Guangdong Province in China
XOOPS Innovation Award - for people who create something very unique and innovative for XOOPS. This time the award goes to to Yu Pin Lin (Sugar), from Taiwan, for their innovative work on the RB Framework and the SNS (Social Network System) Module and to Christophe Boceno (kris_fr), from France, for his work on various themes: Morphogenesis, ZetaDigme, CSS100 MorPho, and Xdt Standard.
XOOPSer of the Month Award: is given to XOOPS members who show extraordinary dedication to XOOPS, and go the extra mile for XOOPS. This month, it goes to Niclas Einarsson (Mazarin) from Sweden for his continues support on these forums, as well as his "Blue Move" contributions by working on XoopsPoll and Startup.

Summary

XOOPS is getting top spots in various rankings

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:50:00 -0000

XOOPS is getting top positions in various rankings:

#4 in The 5 Best Open-Source Social Networking Software

#6 in The 12 Most Popular CMS Requested by Customers of Digital Pacific

and the press is taking notice as well - good article in CMS Wire and good reprint in CMS Report

There are also more and more articles about Installing XOOPS, e.g. here in PC Quest, or at various web hosting companies.

It feels good....

Marcello Brandao Inducted into XOOPS Hall of Fame

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:50:00 -0000

In appreciation of his vast contributions to XOOPS and saddened by his untimely death, the XOOPS Council decided to induct Marcello Brandao into XOOPS Hall of Fame.

May he be always remembered among his XOOPS familiy!

TS-My Startup Page goes Blue - version 0.4 released

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:00:00 -0000

The TS-My Startup Page module allows an administrator to specify which module is shown at startup for a specific group after login or for anonymous users, i.e. you can now redirect specific groups of users to a part of your site that suits them with an easy to use administration interface.

This version is a small update to the original 0.3 version.

Changes in this version include:
- Updated to be compatible with XOOPS 2.4.x
- Bugfix relating to user being member of several groups
- Possibility to update start order

Download: Click here

Install:
Read the enclosed installation instructions in install.txt. Please note that this module requires you to add a line to the include/checklogin.php page. A regular update of the module is possible by copying over the old files and updating the module.

Credits: Thanks to culex for QA and "best practice" adjustments

4 Seasons Theme now Free

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:40:00 -0000

4 Seasons Theme is a 2 columns fixed width theme for all versions of XOOPS and has been tested with few popular modules .

It has 4 distinctive styles representing the 4 seasons, styles can be switched by clicking on one of the 4 small buttons located on top of the left column, with a minimum of work one should be able to split the theme in 4 distinctive themes and use each one on a different site (further support can be requested in the forum).

The theme was optimized for all modern browsers meaning that it WON'T work on IE6 or earlier versions
Theme is W3C XHTML compliant and CSS level 2.1 validated.

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It was released as commercial some time ago but as theme reached its quota I have decided to distribute it Free. However you are not allowed to redistribute it via download sites unless permission was given

I hope you enjoy it

It can be viewed live HERE

It can be downloaded HERE

What is new at the TDM (Team Development Module)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:40:00 -0000

It's been eight months since the TDM (Team Development Module) has been created, so it's time to make a small summary about the progress of our activities.

During that time TDM has created eleven modules: five paid modules (yellow) and eight free modules (blue). Here are the new and important updates:

TDMTchat 1.0

UPDATE: 04/02/2010

TDMTchat: is a module of instant conversation between members, based on the facebook chat, it allows your members to look for another user and have a private chat line.

TDMsound 1.3

UPDATE: 25/01/2010

TDMSound: is a new module for managing audio library. This module includes a ajax, listening, ratings, playlists.

TDMAds 1.0

UPDATE: 19/01/2010

TDMAds: is a new module for managing Ads/Announcements. This module can be completely customized with the management of additional fields.

TDMLinks 1.0

UPDATE: 10/01/2010

TDMLinks: is a new module for links management

TDMMP 1.2

UPDATE: 02/02/2010

TDMMP: is a new module for managing your private messages. This module is completely AJAX-ed on the user side.

TDMSpot 1.2

UPDATE: 03/02/2010

TDMSpot: is a new module for article page management. Each page can contain: blocks replicable in infinite and your items can displayed by category and limited in number.

TDMStats 1.6

UPDATE: 27/01/2010

TDMStats: is a new module that brings you a maximun of information about your visitors.

Catads 1.52

UPDATE: 09/01/2010

Catads is a classifieds module.

TDMCreate 1.1
Last Updated: 09/01/2010

TDMCreate: is a new module for creation of XOOPS modules.

You will find all this module on our website tdmxoops.

Thank you to everyone who made their bug report and thank you for the feedback and development ideas.

R.I.P Marcello Brandao

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:20:00 -0000

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With our deepest sorrow we have to announce today that we lost two days ago one of our dearest XOOPS friends and supporters, and one of our most innovative developers: Marcello Brandao (suico), due to a cancer.

Marcello was a Software Engineering and Computer Sciences expert and he was one of great XOOPS-ers who was helping here as well as on XoopsTotal and XOOPS Parana.

That's what he said once about himself:
Quote:

"What have I done?
I was the webmaster of simcitybrasil for some years, the webmaster of brasilia subway intranet, have installed or help to install many sites in brazil: www.pastoralis.com.br, www.vaivc.com , www.abin.gov.br, krista, simcity brasil cesb ...
I have developed many modules for the metrodf and simcitybrasil.
I am also developing the nivelamento module a test module in beta version right now.

What do I bring to the table?
Help in many forms, I am a good follower and don't fight for power or else, just want to help. Also I do speak french, portuguese, italian and spanish, and of course a bit of english "

These are very modest words, because all of us who knew him, know very well that the always smiling man was a great person, with a big heart, a lot of kindness, intelligence and experience. His 352 postings in our forum brought a lot benefits to the community, and Marcello always participated and tried to find solutions for our questions and suggestions.

He focused his efforts on creating a Social Network module for XOOPS. It was a big dream, but achieving it wasn't a mission impossible to a such intelligent man! The dream did come true and Xoopsers around the world could built their own social network by using Yogurt Social Network , the great module of Marcello Brandao.

Yogurt Social Network was greatly appreciated by xoopsers and it was nice to see that it was selected by VivaLogo to Top 40 Free Downloadable Open Source Social Networking Software and Marcello has been chosen to be the winner of our first XOOPS Innovation Award .

Marcello put his creativity to work with his another innovative module Nivelamento: a module for the e-tutoring area. In his first release it allowed students to make exams online.

He took a sabbatical from XOOPS because he had to focus on his Master Degree, but he stayed in touch with us and planned to come back to contribute to XOOPS after his graduation.

Marcello made a difference in the world of XOOPS, he was loved by everyone - frank, deep, sincere and respectful, and despite only few years of being with XOOPS, he affected us all and left behind a legacy of great modules and hacks, and an example of a really great person.

Quote:

Be young, find happiness, the rest is unimportant.

this was the message from Marcello to the world!

Today there are no words that express the sadness caused by his untimely death, and he will be forever remembered.

May his soul rest in Peace!