Appendix 1: Working with the new Admin GUI (our Dashboard)

XOOPS 2.5 has as a default a new Admin GUI – the “Oxygen”, developed by Voltan (Hossien Azizabadi), and which is based on EXM created by Bit3CR0 (Eduardo Cortés).

Our new Dashboard is a major move forward toward improved ease of use for XOOPS users, with nice GUI and clear pull-down menus, as well with System Information and helpful Tabs.

1) On the very top you see a Toolbar (1) with several buttons:

that provide a direct access to the System Options:

Icon

Function

Avatars

Banners

Blocks

Comments

Groups

Image Manager

Mail Users

Maintenance

Modules

Preferences

Smilies

Templates

User Ranks

Users

Help

2) The System Options are also visible in the Pane (2)

3) The “Installed Modules” Pane (3) shows images of the currently installed modules

4) In the “System Overview” Pane (4), you can check your current System values (like PHP and Apache versions, and most important configuration values, as well as more info about XOOPS, and links to our Gift shop, in case you would like to purchase a T-Shirt or coffee mug with XOOPS Logo.

The new Tabs provide extra information for the Administrator:

Icon

Function

Help

Waiting Content

New Members