# Introduction

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## Building XOOPS modules

### Originally written by KaotiK, complete revision by Kevin Petit

#### for XOOPS 2.5.8

 **This book is currently undergoing a revision - not all parts are up-to-date!.** 

### Developer Manual

© 2016 XOOPS Project ([www.xoops.org](https://xoops.org))

This book will learn you how to build modules for XOOPS. You are assumed to have at least a basic understanding of HTML, SQL and PHP.

## Table of Content

* [Guidelines for module development](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/guidelines/guidelines.md)
* [Building your first module](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/introduction.md)
  * [Hello world!](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/helloworld.md)
  * [Memberlist](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/memberlist.md)
  * [Translations](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/translations.md)
  * [Database](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/database.md)
  * [Building a form](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/buildingform.md)
  * [Storing information in the database](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/saving_to_database.md)
  * [Listing information in the database](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/building_a_simple_module/listing_database.md)
* [Smarty and sanitation](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/smarty_sanitation/introduction.md)
  * [Introduction to Smarty](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/smarty_sanitation/smarty.md)
  * [Moving to Smarty](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/smarty_sanitation/movingtosmarty.md)
  * [Forms in Smarty](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/smarty_sanitation/formsinsmarty.md)
  * [Text sanitation](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/smarty_sanitation/textsanitation.md)
* [Part 3 - Building an AJAX Module](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/3.md)
* [Part 4 - Xoops Blocks](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/4.md)
* [Part 6 - Theme Development](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/6.md)
* [Part 7 - $\_SUPER GLOBALS How to use them in a XOOPS module](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/7.md)
* [Part 8 - DB Operations and Classes](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/8.md) //delete, if not used
* [Part 9 - Jquery and Javascript, a simple beginning](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/9.md)
* [Part 10 - Admin menus and Jquery](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/10.md)
* [Part 11 - Jquery: Form Validation+Rounded Corners+List Items](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/11.md)
* [Part 12 - Cloning functions, a diferent approach dealing with classes.](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/12.md) 
* [Credits](https://github.com/XoopsDocs/kaotik-module-tutorial/tree/c91a35ff2dafdb244a32d3621702f734f20b9199/book/13.md) 

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