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What is XOOPS?
XOOPS is one of world's leading open source CMS and portal systems, written in PHP for the MySQL database. Its object orientation makes it an ideal tool for developing small or large community websites, intra company and corporate portals, weblogs and much more.
Founded in 2001 by group of international software developers, XOOPS quickly become one of world’s leading Open Source Content Management Systems (CMS).
Known and loved for its ease of use and countless powerful modules, XOOPS received numerous International Awards and Recognitions, including being the Top 5 finalist of the 2008, 2009, and 2010 CMS Awards by Packt Publishing. In January 2009 it received the 2008 China Open Source Software Contest Award and in October 2010 the "Best Technology Award" from Northeast Asia OSS Forum.
What XOOPS stands for?
XOOPS is an acronym of eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System. Though started as a portal system, XOOPS is in fact mostly used as Content Management System, and moving toward Web Application Platform. It can serve as a web framework for use by small, medium and large Websites.
Key features of XOOPS
Database-driven XOOPS uses a relational database (currently MySQL) to store data required for running a web-based content management system.
Fully Modularized Modules can be installed/uninstalled/ativated/deactivated with a click using the XOOPS module administration system.
Personalization Registered users can edit their profiles, select site themes, upload custom avatars, and much more!
User Management The ability to search for users by various criteria, send email and private messages to users through a template-based messaging system.
Supported World-wide XOOPS was created and is maintained by a team of several hard-working volunteers working from all over the world. The XOOPS community has more than dozen official support sites around the world for support of non-English speaking users.
Multi-byte Language Support Fully supports multi-byte languages, including Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, etc.
Versatile Group Permissions System Powerful and user-friendly permissions system which enables administrators to set permissions by group.
Theme-based skinnable interface XOOPS is driven by a powerful theme system. Both admins and users can change the look of the entire web site with just a click of a mouse. There are also over 1000 themes available for download!
Support or Contact
The XOOPS Project's main Website is at http://xoops.org