Designing for XOOPS: A Designer's Quickstart Guide to Content Management Sun Ruoyu Author

Learn how to customize websites with XOOPS, the open source CMS that helps non-developers build dynamic community websites, intranets, and other applications. This concise book shows you how to use XOOPS themes and modules to design everything from simple blogs to large database-driven CMS portals.Web designers and current XOOPS users will learn how to create a site theme with CSS and jQuery libraries, including techniques for making additional modules conform to the site’s look and feel. Although XOOPS uses the PHP-based Smarty templating system, all you need is a bit of XHTML and CSS experience to get started.Learn the workflow for turning an idea into a full-featured websiteBecome familiar with XOOPS’ theme-building tools, and set up PHP and MySQL environmentsPort an existing XHTML template to XOOPSCreate themes with the 960 Grid System to save time and reduce codeUse jQuery-based UI libraries to achieve complex effectsBlend new modules into your theme with the template override functionGo beyond traditional block layouts to customize your homepage