If the wheel hadn't been reinvented we wouldn't have learned to fly and maybe the idea in the back of all this is to reinvent XOOPS to make it land on solid ground.

And yes, the search can need optimization, but if after so much time there never existed in the FAQ the question "How to install XOOPS?" until todays date that it was created, no wonder people have had a hard time finding it.

Personalization of the labor process can sometimes give better results than the automatization of it.

Rhomal wrote:
To answer the OP, the simple answer is "yes".

I have been using XOOPS for over 2 yrs and yesterday I decided enough is enough. I am shutting down my site and going to relaunch under DotNetNuke (DNN) in the coming weeks.

Moan and cry about it being windows centric but at least they have STANDARDS that are kept and followed. The core dev team also supports base modules and verifies compatibility and separates what modules work with what core version of the site software.

And in the base install you get the modules you need to get a site going (news, faq, forums, articles, RSS, etc) without having to go hunting via trial and error.

No insult intended to the devs here but XOOPS could certainly take a few pointers from the way the DNN project handles itself.

I have tried to stick with XOOPS but I do not see it keeping up or improving in the areas it needs to. And any constructive criticisms are only turned back on the person by the devs/fanbois here.

I will leave it at that, I bid you all farewell and my thanks to those that have helped me over the years.

I'll crawl back under my rock, watch what happens here and keep building XOOPS sites and providing my little contributions.

I'll crawl back under my rock, watch what happens here and keep building XOOPS sites and providing my little contributions.

And why don't people ever use the SEARCH button? Isn't it big enough? Perhaps we need to make it about 500 x 500 pixels so people may just about see it?

The issue of revamping the theme and using visual cues is an old shout of mine and I really dont think it's worth raising again.

Agreed and that pesonalisation needs management and team efforts. I think we must take one of these factors, let's say the XOOPS theme and give ourselves a deadline; To get a new professional theme installed here within 3 months. Let's cut the excuses and mitigations for delays, let's just 'walk the walk' and do the job without further delay.