SouthHill.Biz http://southhill.biz/ South Hill, Virginia on the 'Net 2010-09-09T02:46:18-04:00 en 2009 XOOPS Annual Report http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5343 The preliminary 2009 Annual Report, incl. the financial results, is now available (click here). It is "preliminary", because we want to certify the financials by an outside auditor, so everybody from the XOOPS community, especially our donors, can feel comfortable with the results.Transparency has been always our top priority and an external audit will guarantee it. Once we get the audit done, we'll publish the report as Final.Since last such Annual Report was published for 2007, we also include ...

The preliminary 2009 Annual Report, incl. the financial results, is now available (click here).

It is "preliminary", because we want to certify the financials by an outside auditor, so everybody from the XOOPS community, especially our donors, can feel comfortable with the results.

Transparency has been always our top priority and an external audit will guarantee it. Once we get the audit done, we'll publish the report as Final.

Since last such Annual Report was published for 2007, we also included in this addition the 2008 events and milestones.

In 2011 we'll celebrate 10 Year Anniversary of XOOPS! Therefore let's use 2010 to make major improvements to our beloved CMS, so we can celebrate our Anniversary with a great joy and pride!

Long live XOOPS!

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]]> 2010-04-25T11:40:00-04:00 Sad news for XOOPS Community: Dutch court dismisses our claims against Herko Coomans http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5341 Very sad and disappointing news for our community!As you know, in December 2009, we have filed a lawsuit against our former Project Manager Herko Coomans for return of funds (around €15,000) that belong to XOOPS community and are currently held by "Stichting XOOPS"We've been just informed by our lawyers in Netherlands that unfortunately the Dutch Court dismissed our claims. The verdict is clearly disappointing to us and we strongly believe that the District Court of Zwolle-Lelystad erred in it ...
As you know, in December 2009, we have filed a lawsuit against our former Project Manager Herko Coomans for return of funds (around €15,000) that belong to XOOPS community and are currently held by "Stichting XOOPS"

We've been just informed by our lawyers in Netherlands that unfortunately the Dutch Court dismissed our claims. The verdict is clearly disappointing to us and we strongly believe that the District Court of Zwolle-Lelystad erred in its conclusion, and we are investigating a possible appeal.

For example, it is beyond our comprehension that the court could state that purchasing by Herko the domain www.xoops.com on behalf of XOOPS (as confirmed by others) for $18.95 and selling it back to Stichting XOOPS for €4,000, while being approved by the same man who sells it (which is Herko Coomans himself), doesn't consitute a "personal enrichment", or as we would call it in the US: embezzlement. At a current exchange rate that's $5,330 profit for Herko, which he approved for himself out of XOOPS money!!! If you're puzzled by such a verdict, so are we!

This case will be definitely a warning to other Open Source projects to avoid the Dutch "Stichting" legal form, and about the Dutch court system that obviously doesn't understand the Open Source project idea.

You can see the verdict in Dutch here

While we are investigating a possible appeal, the important thing for us as a community is to continue with our work and keep moving forward. Our XOOPS journey continues!

We appreciate all of your support in this legal matter and our most sincere "Thanks" goes to all the 225 people who signed the petition!

Below is the English translation done by Ghia. If there are any corrections needed, please let us know, and we'll improve it. ]]> 2010-04-24T19:50:00-04:00 tinyXOOPS 0.1 RTT http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5340 Name : tinyXOOPSVersion : 0.1Status : RTT (Ready to test)What is tinyXOOPS?tinyXOOPS is a script that automatically downloads the latest XOOPS install/upgrade archive from sourgeforge to your server. And after the archive has been downloaded to your server it automatically unzips it and redirects you to the XOOPS install/upgrade wizard.What do I need to run tinyXOOPS?PHP 5.2+ (Lower version may work, but not tested)- zlib must be installed- allow_url_fopen must be "On"- safemode must be off*And ... Name : tinyXOOPS
Version : 0.1
Status : RTT (Ready to test)

What is tinyXOOPS?
tinyXOOPS is a script that automatically downloads the latest XOOPS install/upgrade archive from sourgeforge to your server. And after the archive has been downloaded to your server it automatically unzips it and redirects you to the XOOPS install/upgrade wizard.

What do I need to run tinyXOOPS?
PHP 5.2+ (Lower version may work, but not tested)
- zlib must be installed
- allow_url_fopen must be "On"
- safemode must be off*

And the normal XOOPS requirements

*If you can change the max_execution_time to 0 (unlimited) yourself you don't have to disable safe mode. And if you can change it yourself I advise you to turn it on again after installation.

How do I use tinyXOOPS
1. Download the tinyXOOPS archive from [HERE].
2. Go to your webserver and make the directory where you want to install XOOPS writable. (Windows: Uncheck "read-only" in the directory properties. LINUX: CHMOD 777)
3. Upload the files in the downloaded archive to the directory you just made writable.
4. Open your browser and go to: http://yourdomain.com/yourdir/tinyXOOPS.php
5. Click on INSTALL if you want to perform a clean install and click UPGRADE if you want to perform a upgrade of your existing intallation.
- Downloading and unpacking may take some time, so don't worry if it takes long to load.
6. After the XOOPS files are downloaded and upacked you'll be redirected to the XOOPS install/upgrade wizard, complete this. (Check the XOOPS documentation for help with this)

- After the upgrade/install wizard is finished make sure the XOOPS installation dir isn't writeable anymore. (Windows: Check "read-only" in the directory properties. LINUX: CHMOD 755). And that you remove tinyXOOPS.php and pclzip.lib.php from your server.

What can I expect in future versions of tinyXOOPS
- A nicer layout
- Smaller files
- A (better) solution for the script execution time problem. (if i can find one...)
- And some other things I forgot to mention.

And please remember this is a test version! ]]> 2010-04-24T09:00:00-04:00 bXOOPS - The XOOPS Song (Alpha Release) http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5338 XOOPS is an exciting platform powered by the dedication of Open Source Developers that passionately make version for the community. Community maintained and committed, XOOPS offers one of the most helpful environment to nurturer any web developers needs.This is more of an Artistic Contribution my friend NQAI is making a XOOPS Song and this is the alpha edition. NQAI Records Professionally write jingles for advertising, this is not but could be used with the Video Competition.I would like to see ...
This is more of an Artistic Contribution my friend NQAI is making a XOOPS Song and this is the alpha edition. NQAI Records Professionally write jingles for advertising, this is not but could be used with the Video Competition.

I would like to see a song competition as well. If you would like to download the alpha click here!! (1.32Mbs)..

Paul from NQAI Believes this track needs some more work and have released it much like an alpha edition of software the alpha edition of the XOOPS Jingles.

He is lookin for suggestion of lyrics and information his contact details are below.

NQAI Records
Contact: Paul Doherty
Email: prjmtd@gmail.com
Website: http://www.nqai-records.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/nqai ]]> 2010-04-22T08:30:00-04:00 Free Xoops Design Sd-072-Light http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5337 I'm happy to present my new FREE XOOPS Theme with the name Theme Xoops Design Sd-072-Light.Here can you find the- XOOPS 2.4 Theme Demo- XOOPS 2.5 Theme DemoAnd here is the FREE- Download Xoops Theme Sd-072-LightRegards and have Fun with the free XOOPS Theme. Xoops Design Sd-072-Light.



Here can you find the

- XOOPS 2.4 Theme Demo

- XOOPS 2.5 Theme Demo


And here is the FREE

- Download Xoops Theme Sd-072-Light

Regards and have Fun with the free XOOPS Theme. ]]> 2010-04-21T19:10:00-04:00 Spiders 1.15 http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5336 Spiders 1.15Spiders is a robot manager tool, that imports a list of all crawler and scanner robots on the web. It allows you to use XOOPS Permissiveness to control the data that robots list online your site. It will also log the robot in using a post loader and display when the robot is online on you 'Whos Online'.The robot text file used is taken from an online resource of Robot data and stores it in your database. Remember to adjust your mainfile.php to include the post loader after the common ...
Spiders 1.15

Spiders is a robot manager tool, that imports a list of all crawler and scanner robots on the web. It allows you to use XOOPS Permissiveness to control the data that robots list online your site. It will also log the robot in using a post loader and display when the robot is online on you 'Whos Online'.

The robot text file used is taken from an online resource of Robot data and stores it in your database. Remember to adjust your mainfile.php to include the post loader after the common file is loaded.

Robot Manager (Spiders) is a good way to control what your site displays in search engines.

Spider is only written for XOOPS 2.3 and later.

Download: xoops2.4_spiders_1.15.zip (144Kb)
Mirror: Live Skydriver

Changes
* Forms added to assist data cleaning
]]> 2010-04-21T07:40:00-04:00 Catads 1.53.1 BETA released http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5335 One of the annoying bugs in the original release of Catads 1.53 BETA was that the pagination of search results didn't work. It makes a big difference to have this feature working, so I have released a bug-fix version (Catads 1.53.1) plus a patch-file download for those that just want to update the changed files.It works fine in my tests using Firefox and IE - Xoops 2.3 - PHP 4 - MySQL 4. If you encounter a problem and are using PHP 5 or a later version of Xoops, please post on the main xoops.org ...
It makes a big difference to have this feature working, so I have released a bug-fix version (Catads 1.53.1) plus a patch-file download for those that just want to update the changed files.

It works fine in my tests using Firefox and IE - Xoops 2.3 - PHP 4 - MySQL 4. If you encounter a problem and are using PHP 5 or a later version of Xoops, please post on the main xoops.org forum where hopefully I can gain some additional help in finding a solution.

Download from the 'Files' page at:

http://dev.xoops.org/modules/xfmod/project/?cat_ads_153


Peekay ]]> 2010-04-19T20:30:00-04:00 RMCommon Utilities 2 and MyWords 2 (Alpha) http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5334 We are very glad to announce the immediate availability of RMCommon Utilities and MyWords (Alpha Releases) for Xoops 2.4RMCommon is a module that contains several utilities for new modules developmente, including:New advanced editorsNew form fields very easy to usePerfectly integrated with XoopsNew comments system to include comments quickly and easier than ever.Advanced image managementNew graphical appearance for Admin GUISupport for plugins that can integrate with all systemmuch more...You ca ... RMCommon Utilities and MyWords (Alpha Releases) for Xoops 2.4



RMCommon is a module that contains several utilities for new modules developmente, including:

New advanced editors
New form fields very easy to use
Perfectly integrated with Xoops
New comments system to include comments quickly and easier than ever.
Advanced image management
New graphical appearance for Admin GUI
Support for plugins that can integrate with all system
much more...

You can download RMCommon Utilities from here.

MyWords is an advanced module to manage blogs with a lot of new features that improves its functionallity. The articles management is easier than its predecessor and we had added new features and improved the module GUI.

MyWords also offers a new support for friendly URLs (with htaccess files) that allows you to specify where the module will response to queries by configuring a single configuration option in the module preferences and by adding a few lines to your htaccess file.

Important: MyWords requires that RMCommon had been installed before to use or install it.

Please, note that both modules are in Alpha status and it is not recommended to use them in a production environment.

New features and functionallity are still being planned for a near future. We will keep you posted.

Download:

RMCommon Utilities
MyWords

Plugins for RMCommon Utitilies:

* Akismet plugin
* Gravatar plugin
* Recaptcha plugin ]]> 2010-04-18T01:10:00-04:00 Series of Car themes http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5333 We are happy to offer several themes focused on cars CarCar-vwCar-bmwCar-luxuryCar-muscleCar-rallyCar-miniCar-f1Car-audiFor those who prefer bikes:Bike-chopperYou can download these and other themes from theme repository of frxoops




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Car-vw


Car-bmw


Car-luxury


Car-muscle


Car-rally


Car-mini


Car-f1


Car-audi


For those who prefer bikes:

Bike-chopper


You can download these and other themes from theme repository of frxoops ]]> 2010-04-16T13:40:00-04:00 xPNews 1.2 - NNTP Protocol News http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5331 xPNews 1.2NNTP Protocol newsgroup browser for XOOPS 2.3 or later. This newsgroup browser allows you to connect your xoops to any NNTP Protocol news service, including mime type parser and clear text browsing.You can cross post, reply and make new posts to your Usenet or NNTP service on your own server. Based on PNews the GNU PHP newsgroup browser this title will allow you to access some of the older areas of the internet before the website.Newgroups are the orginal forums, these are available to ...
xPNews 1.2

NNTP Protocol newsgroup browser for XOOPS 2.3 or later. This newsgroup browser allows you to connect your xoops to any NNTP Protocol news service, including mime type parser and clear text browsing.

You can cross post, reply and make new posts to your Usenet or NNTP service on your own server. Based on PNews the GNU PHP newsgroup browser this title will allow you to access some of the older areas of the internet before the website.

Newgroups are the orginal forums, these are available to most people and offer the enticement of older areas and protocols of the internet.

Xoops has a usenet area and we would like you to connect to it just add xoops* to your groups.

Key Features:
  • NNTP Protocol
  • Multiple Server
  • Page Retention
  • Lite Server Load
  • Group by Group Permissions
  • Servers
  • HTAccess SEO



Download today : xoops2.4_xpnews_1.2.zip (123Kb)

Mirror : xoops2.4_xpnews_1.2.zip (123Kb) ]]> 2010-04-15T02:20:00-04:00 The French cuisine through 3 websites http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5330 My Beautiful Company, website publisher, is pleased to present its last 3 achievements around cuisine. Discover French cuisine !French cuisineFrench pastryChocolate

Cuisinier

French cuisine



Patissier

French pastry



Chocolatier

Chocolate
]]> 2010-04-14T10:40:00-04:00 XOOPS 2.4.5 RC Is Released http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5329 The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce that a new release of our Award winning CMS - XOOPS 2.4.5 RC (Release Candidate) is available for download.This release is a bugfix-release of XOOPS 2.4.4 and earlier, done by XOOPS Core Development Team and XOOPS community:Updates upon community:- Fixed: Flash banners are not displayed in the expected position (kris_fr/trabis)- Improved current link in system block : mainmenu and usermenu (trabis/kris_fr)- Reverted: Support for unicode object va ...
The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce that a new release of our Award winning CMS - XOOPS 2.4.5 RC (Release Candidate) is available for download.



This release is a bugfix-release of XOOPS 2.4.4 and earlier, done by XOOPS Core Development Team and XOOPS community:

Updates upon community:

- Fixed: Flash banners are not displayed in the expected position (kris_fr/trabis)
- Improved current link in system block : mainmenu and usermenu (trabis/kris_fr)
- Reverted: Support for unicode object vars, reverting object behavior to 2.3.x (trabis)
- Reverted: Changes in module textsanitizer related to the code box fix (trabis)
- Added: .htaccess file to /uploads for increased security (mamba)

Please remember:This is a Release Candidate for testing only!!!!

DO NOT install it on a production site and DO NOT upgrade any production site with it!!!

Download it from Sourceforge repository.

Please post and discuss all issues related to this release in this forum

We also need help with Translations ]]> 2010-04-14T04:30:00-04:00 Free Xoops' Design Sd-071-Lila-Theme http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5328 Sinnedesign is happy to present the new FREE XOOPS Theme with the name Theme Sd-071-Lila.Here can you find the- XOOPS 2.4 Theme Demo- XOOPS 2.5 Theme DemoAnd here is the FREE- Download Xoops Theme Sd-071-Lila-ThemeRegards an happy XOOPsing. Sd-071-Lila.



Here can you find the

- XOOPS 2.4 Theme Demo

- XOOPS 2.5 Theme Demo

And here is the FREE

- Download Xoops Theme Sd-071-Lila-Theme

Regards an happy XOOPsing. ]]> 2010-04-12T16:40:00-04:00 What is Xortify http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5327 Xortify offers the very best in @cloud @security, it is a @xoops client and can be adapted into @drupal & @joomla - any system that uses and can use SOAP Protocol and Detect a clients IP and hostname can take advantage of xortify.It doesn’t just have to work in XOOPS though as it uses SOAP Protocol to communicate the IP List of banned people and submission of banned people – all needed is a client written for your application. Currently with XOOPS an application called protector is distribut ...

Xortify offers the very best in @cloud @security, it is a @xoops client and can be adapted into @drupal & @joomla - any system that uses and can use SOAP Protocol and Detect a clients IP and hostname can take advantage of xortify.

It doesn’t just have to work in XOOPS though as it uses SOAP Protocol to communicate the IP List of banned people and submission of banned people – all needed is a client written for your application. Currently with XOOPS an application called protector is distributed with the core distribution of XOOPS.

Protector is a ingenious system to prevent DOS and other forms of malware clientele that attack systems. When protector detects an attack it moves the IP after aggression levels to a Banned List.

Currently this is only in IPv4 and does not include Proxy details which will need to be upgraded in Protector at some point for full support of Xortify and also to allow a better ban system as with php and the $_SERVER you can also capture peoples IP from behind a proxy. Xortify with XOOPS anyway was working from it latest release of 1.16 (download) will anytime someone is banned in a local installation of XOOPS, move the IP into the xorty cloud and register the details as a banned person at the cluster service at http://www.xortify.com/ via SOAP Protocol.

Xortify on any client should also poll via SOAP protocol xortify.com for the Banned IP list and prevent access to the site it is installed on for farmed attacks and other system. We use X-SOAP for the SOAP API as it is stable in the 4.25 and later series, this means you can have xortify functioning in anything that uses SOAP including Delphi application, .NET application, mainframe and is a valid list of aggressive banned IP in the xortify cloud.

Referring to the website as seen here – this is the latest banned people currently when this blog was written there is 2 test entries and 2 actual bans with the details filled by the xortify XOOPS client.

Xortify allows for XOOPS to communicate with other XOOPS Systems and obtain there Banned IP ranges from them, this is then available on your site as a known aggressive person, this ensures you are defended against these aggressive individuals.



Of course to make it work in other CMS, you will have to write and application interface for that CMS or Software. With protector with XOOPS where not all systems have a system of protection for the internet environment and aggressive users but with XOOPS a Xortify cloud is possible due to protector and I believe Xortify should be included with distribution.

The more people use xortify the greater the cloud of security is, currently there is a small application of it, but the sky is the limit. Xortify was written by Simon Roberts (Seen above). It uses w3c standards of communication including WSDL, you can see the XOOPS wiki for more details on X-SOAP and the Xortify functions & installation.
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