XOOPS CMS (Content Management System)

XOOPS Bug Hunting Week

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:50:00 -0000

Now that XOOPS 2.4.5 has been released, the focus is now on XOOPS 2.5.0, with ForMuss and Trabis leading this effort. You can check for latest changes in our SourceForge SVN

And since they are working on it as we speak, this is also a great opportunity to report bugs to our Bug Tracker, and most importantly to help us resolve these bugs.

Therefore this is an official call for help in hunting bugs and solving them: the XOOPS Bug Hunting Week

Please use our Bug Tracker, and use these very simple guidelines on how to report a bug

Please also review existing bugs in our Bug Tracker and help us in resolving them.

And if you have any patches or useful hacks, please let us know as well.

The individual who resolves or assists in resolving the most issues will win a XOOPS T-Shirt!

[EDIT]: Let's discuss the "XOOPS Bug Hunting Week" in this thread here

Other Chronolabs Titles In release

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:52:26 -0000

GenoBio 1.15

Genobio is a Genological Profiler with Wiki Type Properties. It offers the ability to propagate information on a genological profile like a family or company base. It can also be cloned to a Personnel Profiler.

This is the Last stable release so far. Please test and offer comments and bug tickets on the mantis bug tracker.

Download now: xoops2.4_GenoBio_1.15.zip (218Kb)

XNews 1.69

Major Bug Fixes, Changes to SEO Structure and htAccess, xnews was built rom the 1.68RC

Download now: xoops2.4_xnews_1.69.zip (218Kb)

XHelp 1.15

Now with PDF, RSS Feeds (Blowfish method), complete bug fixed all made to blue room specifications.

Download now: xoops2.4_xhelp_1.15.zip

New domain for persian support site

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:15:31 -0000

As of today our website runs on a new domain - the domain name is www.xoops.ir, and we are happy that we can use this domain again. This is our old domain but we lost it 2 years ago and we had to use another domain ( www.irxoops.org )

Now our domain back again and we've decided to use it again .

Big thanks go to Nano Pars Co because of free project hosting and getting us back the domain, and big thanks of irmtfan for hosting Persian XOOPS project for 2 years !

Please visit Persian support site on our new domain: www.xoops.ir

New Modules and Themes TXMod

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:10:00 -0000

I have new TXMod modules and themes for you:

* Google Earth to view the earth in 3D online: View Module - Download Module

* Test ADSL to test the speed on ADSL line: View Module - Download Module

* Password Generator to create any type of password from simple to complex: View Module - Download Module

* Four new themes of the series xo-tx-color created by Team TXMod

I hope they are useful...

timgno TXMod

Nominate XOOPS as Your Favorite Open Source CMS in Packt's 2010 Open Source Awards

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:30:00 -0000

As every year, Packt Publishing is having its annual Open Source Awards. Two days ago they started the Nomination stage, which goes from August 9 till September 17, 2010.

XOOPS is competing in the Open Source CMS Category

In order to go to the next stage: Voting, we need as many nominations as possible!!!

Nominate XOOPS Today!!!!

Please click here to nominate XOOPS!

Timelines:

August 9 | Nominations Open

September 17 | Nominations Close

September 27 | Voting Begins

November 5 | Voting Ends

November 15 | Winners Announced

New XOOPS Site: XOOPS study notes (www.xoopsers.com)

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:30:00 -0000

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XOOPS study notes (www.xoopsers.com)

www.xoopsers.com is a module translation, template design website.

Running on XOOPS 2.3.3, browser compatible IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera

The main use of the module: article1.0 by phppp.

It uses multi-language system, at present, there are two languages: Chinese, English.

url:http://www.xoopsers.com

Thank you for visiting!

Interview of Insraq by ArabXOOPS Community

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:54:46 -0000

The ArabXOOPS Community was so glad to interview Insraq, to benefit more from his experience in theme design and to ask him many questions about his experience with XOOPS, his new themes...etc, Here is the English version.

Whoâs Insraq?
My name is SUN Ruoyu. And according to Chinese naming conventions, my family name goes first. I was born in Qingdao, China, which is a very beautiful coastal city. Now I live in Hong Kong. Here is a short introduction of me: http://insraq.me/en/about

What got you to XOOPS?
Iâve been interested in CMS for a long time. First I used PHPNuke, but soon I came across XOOPS. Phppp (aka D.J.) introduced XOOPS to me. He was the administrator of XOOPS China. I had a lot of friends there and started to contribute to the community.

How did you get started in design?
Although Iâve learnt CSS and XHTML for quite long time, I didnât start designing for XOOPS until 2009. In that year, many users of XOOPS China were asking for the website to be re-designed. Many designers of the community were busy and therefore I took up the job. I studied the theme engine for about 2 days and designed the first theme mockup. It took me a little longer to finish the coding as it was the first time. The new design was well received, which made me feel that I could actually do something in this aspect.

Your themes are always extraordinary, how do you choose the topics and what criteria you adopt?
Thank you for the complement first.
Iâve noticed that XOOPS themes usually conform to XOOPS block system: for example, the left block is actually on the left of the website, which gives some people the impression that XOOPS theme engine is not flexible, while actually Smarty engine is very flexible. So when I design the theme, I completely forget about the XOOPS block system, just do whatever I like. Then I will figure out a way to code it to XOOPS.
I also read online design magazines and website showcases to find out whatâs in fashion. It is very useful as I often get inspiration from some web-designed websites. I think I can introduce some new styles to XOOPS themes.

From Inspire 7 to 10 we notice lot of innovations, what other innovation are we expecting? And in which versions?
I will introduce more JQuery-powered interactions. I think it is not just piling up JQuery animations. The important thing is to make the JQuery interaction fit into the whole design and to enhance the user experience. Just like what I do in the latest Inspire 10 Premium. The fancy header slider has been wanted for a long time and I finally find out a way to implement it.
Another thing you can expect is the design itself. It is what most people care about. Thatâs why I always release a free and open source version of my theme; I want to make the design available to everyone. In later versions, I will try to introduce new design concepts. Some of them may suitable for business websites and others may have unique and brave designs, which is good enough for personal websites.

960 For XOOPS is a new framework theme from you, what do you tell us about it?
Actually 960 Grid System has been out there for some time. It is very popular among designers. It provides a rigid grid system that can keep design clean and organized. And it does not have a lot of limits on the design. I created this framework because every time I start a theme, I have to prepare the same files again and again. Then I decided to clear up those files and release them as a framework. 960 for XOOPS is framework to start with, it has no style definition by default.

What is the most interesting experience you've ever had from XOOPS?
Every experience of making theme for XOOPS is interesting. I would like to mention the redesign of XOOPS China. I did learn a lot from the process. Many people encouraged me. And the fact that it gets some positive comments really gives me the confidence. As a result, I started Inspire project to create themes for XOOPS. I think it leads me into the design of XOOPS.

What is your message to XOOPS theme designers?
The themes of a CMS are very important. Actually, when visitors come to a website, the first impression they get is the site design. And the number of beautiful themes is an important factor when one is choosing a CMS. So I encourage designers to keep on working, and think outside the box. I hope to see many more wonderful XOOPS themes coming.

What wishes and advises would you have for the Arab XOOPS community?
First, I would thank Arab XOOPS for the interview. It is truly my honor. The website of Arab XOOPS is very well designed. It is one of the best designs of XOOPS. Well done! It is very attractive to new users. And I must say some of the developers and designers from the Arab XOOPS have made great contributions to the community, like Mowaffaq and Mariane, to name a few. XOOPS is a worldwide project, geography and language shall not limit us. I think Arab XOOPS is doing a good job. And I wish you guys to continue to expand the local community and contribute to XOOPS as you always do.

XOOPS Core Development Updates As Of August 1st, 2010

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0000

The XOOPS Project is approaching its 10th anniversary and we are looking forward to a new boost of its growth.

As of last month, we have released XOOPS 2.4.5 and are preparing XOOPS 2.5 in SVN.

Meanwhile, as the most significant development in years, XOOPS 3, the new Xoops Engine, is also in development for over a year now. Yes, it takes a lot of time, but we only have one chance to do it right! Just think about re-designing a car from a gasoline-based engine to an electric engine. There are a LOT of dependencies that have to be taken care of, and redesigning XOOPS is very much the same, or actually even more complicated, if you still want to use your tires and other parts from your old car.

We've been thinking long and hard about what the new XOOPS should be all about! We could tweak the current XOOPS, and make it slighly better, but it would be the same as tweaking a gasoline engine, while the world is moving to electric engines and alternative energies. The current XOOPS served us very well for almost 10 years, but it's time to get XOOPS again to the forefront of CMS and web application development, and have an engine that well carry us in the next 10 years!

Current core development status:

2.4: led by phppp and trabis. The branch is currently frozen with a final release 2.4.5, a potential release of 2.4.6 will only be considered in case security issues are found.
2.5: led by ForMusS, Trabis and phppp. This branch is mainly focused on backend and user experience improvements.
3.0: new Xoops Engine, led by phppp. The system is re-designed from the ground up and will serve the project for the coming years.

The new Xoops Engine has been a long development, and it is now getting ready for gradual, step by step, public releases.

On June 30th, 2010 an internal preview group was created for the purposes of getting new Xoops Engine ready for public Alpha release as soon as possible.
The group consists of developers, designers, and testers, with tasks of:
* To identify what critical features are missing in the X3 before public Alpha release
* To help complete technical presentation about new Xoops Engine architecture
* To help finish critical system services and modules
* To improve a community theme that will be shipped with new Xoops Engine
* To work on legacy modules to create an out-of-box module package that will be ready for public release
* To help create demo/debug websites

On July 1st, 2010 the first new engine package was sent to the preview members and a lot of positive responses were received, validating the direction.

I have been very focused on the new Engine development, with no much public presence on www.xoops.org and it caused some confusing messages. Additionally, I was forced to clean up the code mess in 2.4.5 core and therefore had to stop X3 development, till we were able to release XOOPS 2.4.5 with Trabis' help.

I am very happy to see that ForMusS and Trabis are willing to take the responsibility of leading 2.5 development to let me focus on X3 development after 2.4.5 release.

The new engine development has been intensively in progress along with feedback from preview members, a second package was finished on July 28th, 2010 with more people involved. A third package is expected in three-four weeks.
As for a Public Alpha, I am not able to state the specific date, as it depends on preview group's evaluation and corresponding development, but right now we're shooting for October 2010.
Before the new Engine goes public, there will be documents and presentations available from time to time.

The highlights of the new XOOPS Engine:

1) X3 is a new engine (the bare bones)
2) The engine supports different or multiple packages
3) Legacy XOOPS Core is one of the supported packages
4) The new engine supports multiple sites and multiple instantiation of XOOPS

What do we inherit from XOOPS legacy
* Modularization
* Theme
* Template

What do we expect to improve in new Xoops Engine
* Flexible architecture and elegant code and implementation
* Modern MVC architecture: faster development, state-of-the-art technology
* Distributed deployment respecting virtual hosts
* Contributor friendly skeleton: easy to manage
* SEO capable URL routing
* Solid and rich libraries and frameworks
* Ready to implement unit test

Today I would like to share couple of diagrams with you that was sent to preview group on July 1st:
Xoope Engine Feature List and Xoope Engine Route

Finally, a brief roadmap for new Xoops Engine I hope will be useful to you:

1 Feature and technical presentations: from August to October 2010
2 First public Alpha release: October 2010, for public review and test (to be determined by preview group)
3 First beta release: November/December 2010, for public development and design, as well as legacy module/theme migration campaign
4 First RC release: January/February 2011, for public application test, module migration and documentation
5 First stable release: spring 2011

I truly hope that this will give you a better idea of where we're heading. It's been a lot of hard work, but based on the first reactions from the Internal Preview Team, it was worth it. And I hope that once we release the Public Alpha and you'll have a chance to review it yourself, you'll agree as well.

For the time being - please be patient and let us focus on the development. And please help us with the Blue Move and the XOOPS 2.5.0 development.

Taiwen Jiang (a.k.a phppp)
August 1st, 2010

XOOPS featured in CMS Magazine in Iran

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:20:00 -0000

Thanks to hard work of our Voltan, XOOPS was featured in the latest issue of CMS Magazine in Iran:

http://cmsmagazine.ir/

Thank you and congratulations!

Viva XOOPS!

"Web Browsers" Package - Version 0.8.4 is released

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:50:00 -0000

No respite in the war of the browsers, Firefox 3.6.8 after a few days ago, Google Chrome has just released new versions of its Series 5 and 6 Dev.
Laboratory XooFoo.org and publishes, for the sixth time this month, a version of the package "Web Browsers" 0.8.4

List of applications and versions:
- Firefox 3.6.8 + webdeveloper and XooFoo extensions
- Firefox 4.0 Beta 1
- IETester 0.4.4 (updated)
- Netscape 9.0.0.6
- Opera 10.60
- OperaMobile Emulator
- Safari 5.0
- Google Chrome 5.0.375.125 (updated) + webdevelopper extension
- Google Chrome Dev 6.0.472.0 (updated)
- Maxthon 2.5.14.277
- Maxthon 3.0.15.300 RC
- Arora 0.10
- SeaMonkey 2.0.6
- Avant 11.7 build 47
- Flock 2.6.1

You can download the Package "Browser" on Tutos.XooFoo.org under "Tools" or directly from this LINK