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XOOPS 2.5.5
Category: CMS / PortalsStable Release: 2.5.5
Updated: May 25 2012
Native Language: English
XOOPS Description
XOOPS is a program that allows administrators to easily create dynamic websites with great content and many outstanding features. It is an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more.
XOOPS is an acronym of eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System. Though started as a portal system, XOOPS is in fact striving steadily on the track of Content Management System. It can serve as a web framework for use by small, medium and large sites.
A lite XOOPS can be used as a personal weblog or journal. For this purpose, you can do a standard install, and use its News module only. For a medium site, you can use modules like News, Forum, Download, Web Links etc to form a community to interact with your members and visitors. For a large site as an enterprise one, you can develop your own modules such as eShop, and use XOOP's uniform user management system to seamlessly integrate your modules with the whole system.
XOOPS is an acronym of eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System. Though started as a portal system, XOOPS is in fact striving steadily on the track of Content Management System. It can serve as a web framework for use by small, medium and large sites.
A lite XOOPS can be used as a personal weblog or journal. For this purpose, you can do a standard install, and use its News module only. For a medium site, you can use modules like News, Forum, Download, Web Links etc to form a community to interact with your members and visitors. For a large site as an enterprise one, you can develop your own modules such as eShop, and use XOOP's uniform user management system to seamlessly integrate your modules with the whole system.
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XOOPS Comments
SysReboot
Jun 27 2012, 12:11 am
Jun 27 2012, 12:11 am
XOOPS is ok on some fronts, but where security is concerned, it lacks in many ways.
for instance, when it comes to protecting passwords they are still using md5 which is bad enough, but even worse they don't even use Salt keys either. It's not like they haven't been warned plenty of times either. they're more concerned about who should own the project & the amount of donations they get than actually listening to users.
for instance, when it comes to protecting passwords they are still using md5 which is bad enough, but even worse they don't even use Salt keys either. It's not like they haven't been warned plenty of times either. they're more concerned about who should own the project & the amount of donations they get than actually listening to users.
Anony Mouse
Mar 26 2011, 3:49 am
Mar 26 2011, 3:49 am
To "justme" - I did an XOOPS fresh install and didn't have to rename anything. As long as you have the db and db user name setup, then upload the files, and the install process is very simple. Nothing to do really, just click 'next' and you are done.
justme
Jan 14 2011, 7:56 am
Jan 14 2011, 7:56 am
For 2 days now I have been trying to get this to work. Very complicated in the rename this file, rename that file, change the mainfile.php. What is worse, when upgrading you will have to point to these file. It would be nice had they made this program user friendly, mine was a simplyscript install. Why didn't they just have copies of these files under a different names and just delete the ones. I have deleted as the setup is a bigger pain then anything.
Jack Tamargo
Sep 10 2010, 10:24 am
Sep 10 2010, 10:24 am
I really like Xoops, it's very powerfull and has a great potential.
* It's user friendly.
* The templates are easy to customize.
It's time to bring out some more advanced and modern layouts, like in Wordpress and Joomla!
* You can add custom html/php blocks, and display them in desired order and position on the layout.
(left, right, center, top, bottom).
* There are some nice modules in the Xoops.org repository.
Ex: You can create and send your own newsletters, without using external services, which is great.
* It's user friendly.
* The templates are easy to customize.
It's time to bring out some more advanced and modern layouts, like in Wordpress and Joomla!
* You can add custom html/php blocks, and display them in desired order and position on the layout.
(left, right, center, top, bottom).
* There are some nice modules in the Xoops.org repository.
Ex: You can create and send your own newsletters, without using external services, which is great.
Anonymous
Jul 2 2010, 7:25 am
Jul 2 2010, 7:25 am
Xoops is a really good cms on all point. Simple , very flexible and reliable. You can easily create a new module (with only a few constraints due to cms) and integrate it. If you are a professional or individual developer you can do everything you want without download modules or extensions. Moreover, It use smarty template making it very simple to make a theme.
There is just one bad point: tutorials are not easily to find. But xoops is easy to understand, that's why there are not a lot of tutos i think.
In my opinion, it's the more adapted cms for developers contrary to joomla or wordpress.
Sorry for my bad english.
There is just one bad point: tutorials are not easily to find. But xoops is easy to understand, that's why there are not a lot of tutos i think.
In my opinion, it's the more adapted cms for developers contrary to joomla or wordpress.
Sorry for my bad english.
user
Mar 22 2010, 1:55 am
Mar 22 2010, 1:55 am
XOOPS 2.5.0 is moving along very nicely. Check out the Alpha 2 release and see the videos: http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5249
tom
Feb 25 2010, 3:46 pm
Feb 25 2010, 3:46 pm
XOOPS, its worth while to stay with it! Recently, its been very active, there are very strong modules ,very supportive community, and 2.5 is coming out with ajax which is going to be huge. its safe, and can be used to create very complex systems or dumbed-down single-user sites.
XOOPS back-end is very nice and straight forward, and I like it better than the compilation. Specially modules installs and block admins.
it will take you less time to learn then joomla and drupal, and can allow you to achieve great results!
XOOPS back-end is very nice and straight forward, and I like it better than the compilation. Specially modules installs and block admins.
it will take you less time to learn then joomla and drupal, and can allow you to achieve great results!
maxter
Dec 19 2009, 2:15 am
Dec 19 2009, 2:15 am
I have been using Joomla for a while and all the hundreds of modules and components for it can get confusing.
I downloaded the latest Xoops to see what that is about.
I had some problem getting past the first page of the installation wizard using Firefox. It stayed stuck at the Language select index and would not go forward. I tried another browser Opera and it worked. So go figure.
The basic core looks ok. But the Modules need upgrading. A lot of the modules are from 2005, 2006 and some of them have been abandoned by the developers who left broken links to their websites.
Lots of broken links on the xoops.org site.
So good job on releasing a new Xoops 2.4.2.
Now somebody should review the xoops.org site and fix all the old broken links.
Unfortunately in my opinion, although it may be great software some of the modules are getting rusty and I can't see dropping Joomla to get into what I see as rusty bugged modules.
I downloaded the latest Xoops to see what that is about.
I had some problem getting past the first page of the installation wizard using Firefox. It stayed stuck at the Language select index and would not go forward. I tried another browser Opera and it worked. So go figure.
The basic core looks ok. But the Modules need upgrading. A lot of the modules are from 2005, 2006 and some of them have been abandoned by the developers who left broken links to their websites.
Lots of broken links on the xoops.org site.
So good job on releasing a new Xoops 2.4.2.
Now somebody should review the xoops.org site and fix all the old broken links.
Unfortunately in my opinion, although it may be great software some of the modules are getting rusty and I can't see dropping Joomla to get into what I see as rusty bugged modules.
suGA
Nov 7 2009, 9:37 am
Nov 7 2009, 9:37 am
The cms itself is really good, especially the module system.
But:
In 2.4.0 xoops has grown a lot. Over 3.000 files and several MBs (10 MB I think) only for a VERY basic install! Since you need at least a news module, it is getting even more files. I hope that they decrease the amount of files in the next big release, because the installation is terrible without SSH access (with SSH access you can upload the .tar.gz and extract the archiv with the "tar" command)..
But:
In 2.4.0 xoops has grown a lot. Over 3.000 files and several MBs (10 MB I think) only for a VERY basic install! Since you need at least a news module, it is getting even more files. I hope that they decrease the amount of files in the next big release, because the installation is terrible without SSH access (with SSH access you can upload the .tar.gz and extract the archiv with the "tar" command)..
Mamba
Oct 26 2009, 6:52 am
Oct 26 2009, 6:52 am
XOOPS is fantastic, and is getting better and better. One of the individuals below - Paul - is just trolling here, trying to advertise for a competing project.
The best thing is always to try for yourself - the new version 2.4.0 has been just released with tons of new features.
* a new Admin GUI: Oxygen
* new mechanism to modularize and extend Core via Preloads
* central support for jQuery
* improved Installer
* WCAG 2.0 - Sight Impaired Assisted Forms
* Themeable Admininstration area
* support for new WYSIWYG Editors: CKEditor, wymeditor, Xinha, and Spaw2
* new System License Key
* Support to PHP 5.3
There is a reason why XOOPS has been a finalist in 2008 and 2009 CMS Awards competition organized by Packt Publishing.
The best thing is always to try for yourself - the new version 2.4.0 has been just released with tons of new features.
* a new Admin GUI: Oxygen
* new mechanism to modularize and extend Core via Preloads
* central support for jQuery
* improved Installer
* WCAG 2.0 - Sight Impaired Assisted Forms
* Themeable Admininstration area
* support for new WYSIWYG Editors: CKEditor, wymeditor, Xinha, and Spaw2
* new System License Key
* Support to PHP 5.3
There is a reason why XOOPS has been a finalist in 2008 and 2009 CMS Awards competition organized by Packt Publishing.
Bantra
Oct 26 2009, 6:52 am
Oct 26 2009, 6:52 am
XOOPS is fantastic, and is getting better and better. One of the individuals below - Paul - is just trolling here, trying to advertise for a competing project.
The best thing is always to try for yourself - the new version 2.4.0 has been just released with tons of new features.
* a new Admin GUI: Oxygen
* new mechanism to modularize and extend Core via Preloads
* central support for jQuery
* improved Installer
* WCAG 2.0 - Sight Impaired Assisted Forms
* Themeable Admininstration area
* support for new WYSIWYG Editors: CKEditor, wymeditor, Xinha, and Spaw2
* new System License Key
* Support to PHP 5.3
There is a reason why XOOPS has been a finalist in 2008 and 2009 CMS Awards competition organized by Packt Publishing.
The best thing is always to try for yourself - the new version 2.4.0 has been just released with tons of new features.
* a new Admin GUI: Oxygen
* new mechanism to modularize and extend Core via Preloads
* central support for jQuery
* improved Installer
* WCAG 2.0 - Sight Impaired Assisted Forms
* Themeable Admininstration area
* support for new WYSIWYG Editors: CKEditor, wymeditor, Xinha, and Spaw2
* new System License Key
* Support to PHP 5.3
There is a reason why XOOPS has been a finalist in 2008 and 2009 CMS Awards competition organized by Packt Publishing.
Designburo.nl
Oct 5 2009, 7:22 am
Oct 5 2009, 7:22 am
From 2004-2007 there was not much new development going on with XOOPS. Even though this is true, this CMS still managed to scoop the top CMS awards throughout the Internet.
The last 1,5 years a lot of new developments have been put into XOOPS and XOOPS CMS is currently our company's #1 CMS system. We've installed this in many, many websites now and we are very pleased with the results, as are our customers.
The ease of use and the permissions system is one of the bigger benefits.
Also adding your own content, customizing the CMS or expanding it is a very big plus!
With some key-developers throughout the world, the core of XOOPS gets better and better.
The last 1,5 years a lot of new developments have been put into XOOPS and XOOPS CMS is currently our company's #1 CMS system. We've installed this in many, many websites now and we are very pleased with the results, as are our customers.
The ease of use and the permissions system is one of the bigger benefits.
Also adding your own content, customizing the CMS or expanding it is a very big plus!
With some key-developers throughout the world, the core of XOOPS gets better and better.
Yevgeny
Oct 1 2009, 12:54 pm
Oct 1 2009, 12:54 pm
I've been using Xoops for over 2 years now. It is highly customizable and easy-to-use. I highly recommend it.
Jhon
Sep 14 2009, 6:18 pm
Sep 14 2009, 6:18 pm
I had used Xoops since 2004 to 2007; no new features in five years. Just I have tried the demo in this site and...is the same again. Now, there are very few module devs o theme designers; the time for Xoops is gone.
MrRockitt
Jun 14 2009, 4:19 am
Jun 14 2009, 4:19 am
I am quite new to Xoops but having tried Drupal, Joomla and other CMS I would say this is the most user-friendly and easy to setup for those with limited knowledge of such things (me!).
It is also highly customisable so great for more advanced Users too I believe :)
It is also highly customisable so great for more advanced Users too I believe :)