Get your XOOPS website up fast using this easy-to-follow guide
Steve Atwal
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Overview of Building Websites with XOOPS : A step-by-step tutorial
- Simple and practical guide to XOOPS
- Manage blocks, modules, users, and themes
- Case study reinforces effective learning
[ Detailed Information ]
Language : EnglishPaperback : 160 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : October 2006
ISBN : 1904811280
ISBN 13 : 978-1-904811-28-2
Author(s) : Steve Atwal
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Content Management (CMS), Open Source
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XOOPS is an open source web content management system, written in PHP. It 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. It has a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users.
You will be introduced to the main components of XOOPS, and learn how to manage them. You will develop the skills and confidence to manage all types of content on the site, and also understand how users interact with the site. As you find your way round, your own ideas for what you need in your new website begin to crystallize around what you can see of the capabilities and flexibility of XOOPS.
To make sure that you create the site that looks the way you want, the book covers working with themes to help define your look for your pages. A case study of developing an example Intranet rounds off the book.
XOOPS is a popular PHP CMS whose object-oriented approach makes creating dynamic and modular websites simple. This book is an easy-to-read, introductory guide to XOOPS, providing many practical examples, and is a rapid first step to mastering this powerful tool.
What you will learn from this book :
- Installing and configuring XOOPS on a local development machine or a web hosting service
- Managing blocks and modules
- Working with news stories
- Managing users
- Working with other modules for handling content in XOOPS
- Manage themes to control the page layout
- Creating a new look for your site by customizing themes
Approach
Written in a clear, easy to read style, the book takes you through the essential tasks required to create a XOOPS website as quickly as possible. Each task is tackled in a clear and practical way.
Who this book is written for
This book is suitable for web developers, designers, webmasters, and marketing professionals who want develop a fully featured web presence in a simple and straightforward process using XOOPS. It does not require any detailed knowledge of programming or web development, and any IT confident individual will be able to use the book to produce an impressive web site.
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- Case study reinforces effective learning
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[ Detailed Information ]
Language : EnglishPaperback : 160 pages [ 235mm x 191mm ]
Release Date : October 2006
ISBN : 1904811280
ISBN 13 : 978-1-904811-28-2
Author(s) : Steve Atwal
Topics and Technologies : All Books, Content Management (CMS), Open Source
[ Book Links ]
[ In Detail ]
|
XOOPS is an open source web content management system, written in PHP. It 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. It has a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users.
You will be introduced to the main components of XOOPS, and learn how to manage them. You will develop the skills and confidence to manage all types of content on the site, and also understand how users interact with the site. As you find your way round, your own ideas for what you need in your new website begin to crystallize around what you can see of the capabilities and flexibility of XOOPS.
To make sure that you create the site that looks the way you want, the book covers working with themes to help define your look for your pages. A case study of developing an example Intranet rounds off the book.
XOOPS is a popular PHP CMS whose object-oriented approach makes creating dynamic and modular websites simple. This book is an easy-to-read, introductory guide to XOOPS, providing many practical examples, and is a rapid first step to mastering this powerful tool.
What you will learn from this book :
- Installing and configuring XOOPS on a local development machine or a web hosting service
- Managing blocks and modules
- Working with news stories
- Managing users
- Working with other modules for handling content in XOOPS
- Manage themes to control the page layout
- Creating a new look for your site by customizing themes
Approach
Written in a clear, easy to read style, the book takes you through the essential tasks required to create a XOOPS website as quickly as possible. Each task is tackled in a clear and practical way.
Who this book is written for
This book is suitable for web developers, designers, webmasters, and marketing professionals who want develop a fully featured web presence in a simple and straightforward process using XOOPS. It does not require any detailed knowledge of programming or web development, and any IT confident individual will be able to use the book to produce an impressive web site.
