XOOPS
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XOOPS is a freeware content management system, written in PHP, for websites.It uses a modular design architecture allowing users to customise, update and theme their websites. XOOPS is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and is free to use, modify and redistribute under the terms of the GPL.
Pronunciation: The standard pronunciation of XOOPS is supposed to be phonetic, ie: “zoo'ps”.
What XOOPS stands for
XOOPS is an acronym of eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System. Though started as a portal system, XOOPS is developing as a Content Management System. It aims to serve as a web framework for use by small, medium and large sites, through the installion of modules. For example, A small XOOPS installation can be used as a personal weblog or journal, but this can be expanded upon and customised, for example users might add the appropriate modules (freeware and commercial) to store content in News, Forum, Downloads etc.Key features of XOOPS
- Community
- Because XOOPS is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) the growth and development of Xoops is dependent on the contributions of a world wide community effort.
- Database
- XOOPS uses a relational database (currently MySQL) to store data required for running a web-based content management system.
- Modularized
- Modules can be installed/uninstalled/activated/deactivated using the module administration system.
- Personalization
- Webmasters have the ability to set specific permissions for user access and control of individual elements of their websites.
- User Management
- The ability to search for users by various criteria, send email and private messages to users through a template-based messaging system.
- International language support
- The XOOPS community has official support sites around the world for support of non-English speaking users, on top of this XOOPS itself supports multi-byte languages which use characters not included in the latin alphabet for example Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, etc
- Theme-based skinnable interface
- XOOPS uses themes for page presentation. Both administrators and users can change the look of the entire web site by selecting from available themes.
See also
External links
- [XOOPS Official Site]
- [XOOPS Official Documentation Site]
- [Browse code documentation]
- [International XOOPS Support Sites]
- [XOOPS for Dummies]
- [Sites Using XOOPS]
- [XOOPS Core Development Site]
- [XOOPS Module Development Forge]
- [XOOPS SourceForge project page]
- [XOOPS German Support]
- [XOOPS Italian Support]
- [XOOPS French Support]
- [Xoops-Magazine]
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