Xoops News & Articles

There’s a lot of open source CMS choices out there for users looking for a web content management system. But, in this economy, there isn’t a lot of money to go around.

So, when a company goes out to find a solution that best suits their requirements, there’s always the concern that there may be a better system out there, but they just didn’t get the chance to try it out.

With click2try -- a community site -- users can "test drive" some of the existing open source products on pre-configured virtual appliances. XOOPS is, supposedly, the latest addition to click2try's CMS catalog.

It's a fairly common occurrence in the world of open source that developers join together to build a solution, then find themselves not necessarily agreeing with the future roadmap of that solution. What do they do? They break apart into what's called a "fork" and do their own thing related to the solution they worked so hard on.

It's rare though, that these forks join back to the main branch. Rare, but not impossible. This is what has happened with XOOPS (news, site). They say its a sign of "visionary leadership" that has attracted not just one, but three of the XOOPS forks to come back:

• Simple-XOOPS: Multi-site Hack, Multi-Language Hack, URL Rewriting, SEO Optimization, an integrated updater, automated installer and an automated check for updates
• EXM System: A number of usability improvements
• Zarilia: Handlers for OnEvent, Media and Translations, Dynamic Menu System, Enhanced User Admin and Error Administration and Content and Article management complete with Sections and Categories, Ratings, RSS and more

With the recent release of XOOPS 2.3.3, work on the PHP-based web content management system is now focused on the next version. The plan is for these forks to be re-integrated forks into the XOOPS 3.0 version. This should go a long way towards making XOOPS as well known as open source CMS solutions like Drupal and Joomla!

As for the owners of these re-integrated forks? They aren't going anywhere. Eduardo Cortes (EXM) and Dirk Hermann (Simple-XOOPS) will join the XOOP Core Team -- Cortes to lead the Usability efforts and Hermann to be Lead Maintainer for XOOPS 2.3, and then the Lead Developer for XOOPS 2.4 and John Neill (Zarilia) will be team leader of the Module Development Team.

XOOPS (news, site) released version 2.3.3 of its PHP-based open source, object-oriented Web Content management System. This release focuses on bug fixes and usability improvements, with the highlight being an improved installer.

This one goes out to all the ImpressCMS lovers out there. The increasingly popular content management system has been updated in order to address several issues discovered with the last major release, in addition to offering a few improvements.

XOOPS, the PHP and MySQL based Web CMS, is hitting the news again. This time XOOPS China has won the main award for excellence in creative application at the annual China OSSContest.

The award will be presented at the Xiyuan Hotel in Beijing, China on Jan 13, 2009, during the 2008 Open Source Software Development Summit. The committee is composed of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), National High Tech R&D Program (863 Program) and China Software Industry Association (CSIA).

This is a huge achievement for the XOOPS team in China. With China being a major player in the technology and computer industries and planning on upping their spending on “core electronic components, high-end interchangeable chips and fundamental software products” in 2009, open source opportunities in China should flourish.

XOOPS was also a finalist this year in Packtpub.com’s Annual Open Source CMS Contest for the best PHP open source CMS. Although they did not win, with extremely stiff competition it was notable just to be named a finalist.

With two prestigious recognitions in less than 6 months, XOOPS is flexing its muscle as a powerful, PHP based open source Web CMS.

Look for more big things from XOOPS throughout 2009. Who knows, maybe that finalist spot in PacktPub.com’s contest will become a winning spot this year.

The XOOPS Project has released the newest version 2.3.1 of its open source Web CMS. Only two weeks after the release, the company has reported over 5,000 downloads already. Better yet, the new release has some awesome features necessary to keep XOOPS at the top of the list. Some bugs are still there as well.

After much wait and debate the judges from PacktPub.com’s 2008 CMS Awards have announced the winner of the 2008 Best PHP Based Open Source CMS award. This year’s competition came looking to win. They set a standard difficult to match (and judge). And with the changing trends in the way the internet is being used, like the flood of social media and applications, the finalists had to prove they are ready for the future.

XOOPS, a portal system going the way of the Web CMS, is receiving significant upgrades. XOOPS 2.3 is claimed by the developers to be “the best version ever of XOOPS.” The purpose of 2.3 is to build a bridge to the next generation of XOOPS. While version 2.3 has not been released, it is steadily approaching fast as the second release candidate is available for download.

Hey, here’s something neat. Xoops, an open source web CMS of which we are peripherally fond but don’t much cover, has announced the launch of JigJak in beta.

This service mashes up blogging, social bookmarking and syndication on a community-based portal.

CommVault Systems, a provider of data management solutions, has announced that CommVault Galaxy backup and recovery software, part of the CommVault QiNetix suite, will provide enhanced data management services for SharePoint Portal and Windows SharePoint Services' sites.

A key part of the solution is the ability for customers to perform individual, point-in-time document recovery.