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* Videos for XOOPS can be found on [http://www.youtube.com/user/xoopscms YouTube].
* Videos for XOOPS can be found on [http://www.youtube.com/user/xoopscms YouTube].
* A demo of XOOPS is available through [http://www.opensourcecms.com/scripts/details.php?scriptid=71 OpenSourceCMS].
* A demo of XOOPS is available through [https://www.softaculous.com/demos/Xoops Softaculous].
* Documentation for XOOPS can be found [http://xoops.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page on the site].
* Documentation for XOOPS can be found [http://xoops.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page on the site].



Revision as of 18:45, 15 February 2016

XOOPS
XOOPS logo.svg
Original author(s) Kazumi Ono
Developer(s) XOOPS development team
Initial release December 5, 2002 (2002-12-05) (1.3.6)[1]
Stable release

2.5.11  (December 24, 2023; 11 months ago (2023-12-24))

[±]
Preview release 2.5.11 RC-2  (May 3, 2023; 18 months ago (2023-05-03)) [±]
Written in PHP, JavaScript
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in Multi-lingual
Type Content management system
License(s) GNU General Public License v2.0
Website XOOPS.org

XOOPS is free open-source content management software. "XOOPS" stands for eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System.[2]

Product history

XOOPS was started by developer Kazumi Ono in 2001[2], with a SourceForge project started on December 6 of that year.[3] After a series of betas and release candidates, the first stable release of XOOPS arrived on December 5, 2002 as version 1.3.6.[1] XOOPS 1.x was originally based off of PHPNuke 4.4.1 and MyPHPNuke 1.8.5, and the team claimed to have created one of the first open-source applications based on object-oriented programming.[2]

Awards and recognition

XOOPS won the OSSContest Award for "excellence in creative application" in 2008[4], and it won the grand prize in the International category of OSS Challenge 2009.[5]

XOOPS won Project of the Month honors from SourceForge in August 2012.[6]

Features

The main features of XOOPS include[7]:

  • relational database
  • modular structure
  • customizable interface
  • user management tools
  • multi-lingual
  • user- and group-based permissions

Hardware/software requirements

For 2.5.2: The 2.5.2 installation guide (PDF) states "the Apache web server; the database manager MySQL; scripting language PHP." However, on page 9 it further clarifies:

  • WWW server (Apache, IIS, Roxen, etc.)
  • PHP 5.2 or higher
  • MySQL 5.1 or higher

For 2.5.7.x:

  • Apache, IIS, Roxen or other compatible web servers
  • PHP 5.3.7 or higher
  • MySQL 5.1 or higher

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Entities using XOOPS

Further reading

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ono, Kazumi (5 December 2002). "XOOPS 1.3.6 Released". The XOOPS Project. Archived from the original on 24 December 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20021224120203/http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=559. Retrieved 10 January 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "XOOPS - Annual Report 2007" (PDF). XOOPS project team. 2007. http://www.esxoops.com/xoops/xoops_annual_report_2007.pdf. Retrieved 24 January 2013. 
  3. "XOOPS Web Application Platform". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/xoops/. Retrieved 24 January 2013. 
  4. "XOOPS China Wins OSSContest Award". XOOPS. 30 December 2008. http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4588. Retrieved 24 January 2013. 
  5. "Winner of OSS Challenge 2009 (International Division)". OSS Korea. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 08 January 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100108193949/http://ossproject.or.kr/new/boxi/bbs/board.php?bo_table=eng&wr_id=4/. Retrieved 24 January 2013. 
  6. "August 2012 Project of the Month – XOOPS". SourceForge. August 2012. http://sourceforge.net/blog/potm-201208/. Retrieved 24 January 2013. 
  7. "All About XOOPS". XOOPS.org. http://xoops.org/modules/wfchannel/. Retrieved 10 January 2013.