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Operation Manual Index
The modules administration table has headings for: Module, Version, Last Update, Active, Order, and Action.
This page gives you options to Activate the module in your website or keep it installed but hidden from any menus or interaction. You can also deactivate and/or uninstall the module from this page, as we will describe later.
Ticking the Active box makes the module active in your website and admin section and also visible in your menu systems. Remember, you still need to select in which pages, position and groups the module will appear in.
Inputting an order number in the adjacent order column tells the module page link where to appear in the menu system. Leaving the order column with a 0 will keep the module active, but prevent any links appearing in the page menu systems. This is useful if you utilise custom menus or links to display pages.
Note Click submit button at the bottom of this table to activate any changes made.
2.11.4.1. Deactivating and uninstalling a module While we are still in the module administration page, lets complete the options here by describing how to deactivate and uninstall a module.
Looking at the table at the top of this page, you will see a list of your registered modules.
There is a column with the label Active, as well as a checkmark for every active module. Unmark the module you want to uninstall and press submit at the page bottom.
Youll go to a confirmation page where the desired change is highlighted in red. Just press submit again to confirm.
Youll receive a success message stating that module you selected was successfully deactivated. Now click on the link Back to module administration.
Back in the Modules administration page, in the Action column you will now see a new status icon. The module you just deactivated will have an additional icon at the centre, showing a tiny red light. This icon's action is to complete the process by deleting the module. Click on the icon.
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Figure 2.12. Deactivated module
You'll go to another confirmation page asking you if you're sure you want to uninstall. Click Yes.
You'll see a page with the changes just made. What happens is the module has been now been deactivated and disconnected from the XOOPS' system. However the physical files still reside on the server in the modules directory where you uploaded them. Click on Back to module administration page
The module you just uninstalled won't be on the registered modules list at the top of the page, but now at the bottom of the page, among the modules that are available in XOOPS' modules directory but haven't been installed. You are now back where you started after initially uploading the module.
Note
Uninstalling a module deletes all content associated with that module - the tables defined by the module are dropped, and all blocks, templates, configuration options, comments, notifications, etc. associated with the module are removed from the database. Now the module is disconnected from the XOOPS core, if you wish to do so, you may safely delete the module files on the server manually.
