Operating Instructions

To set up this module you need to: 1. Enter your partner’s details – including a URL for their website and (optionally) logo plus a short description (see ‘Adding a partner’) 2. Configure your preferences for the module (see ‘Preferences’) and optionally the Partners block if you intend to use it (see ‘Blocks’) 3. Check that you have given your user groups the necessary module and block access rights to use this module. Group permissions are set through the Administration Menu -> System -> Groups. Detailed instructions on configuring the access rights for user groups are available in the XOOPS Operations Manual.

Adding a partner

Selecting ‘Add Partner’ opens a submission form (shown below)

where you can enter the details of a new partner. The fields are largely self-explanatory:

Once we click “Add” button, XOOPS will add the Partner to its list:

Now it’s time to make the Partners visible to the users. This is done by using blocks (see the section Blocks for more information). Please click on the “Blocks” link:

You’ll be redirected to the Blocks screen, with the XOOPS Partner block already filtered out for you:

XOOPS Partners Module provides you with only one block. First, let’s move the block to the Right position, and set the block to be visible by clicking on the “visibility” icon, which can have two states:

Now the “Block Edit” screen will open up:

These are the most frequently used custom options that we can change:

Most of the time you can leave it as it is. The screenshots below illustrate different configuration options of the Partners block:

Once the block is set correctly and made visible, the Partners can be seen on the User side:

Figure 9 Partners seen live on the your Website in a block

Managing partners

This section of the administration menu displays a list of all partners in the database and their details. You can add new partners, edit or delete them from here. The ‘active’ drop down box performs the same function as ‘Status’ (described ‘Adding partners’ above). If you change the active status or weight of a partner from this screen you must select ‘sort’ or ‘automatic sort’ to save the revised order. You can also change the active status or weight of a partner via the ‘Edit’ link. ‘Hits’ records the number of times a partner link has been clicked on by a visitor. The ‘automatic sort’ button resets the weighting sequence beginning from 1, while retaining the existing order. For example, the partners shown below are weighted 10, 20, 30. After automatic sorting they would still be listed in the same order but their weight would be shown as 1, 2, 3.

Figure 10 List of existing Partners

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