🔗 External Resources¶

Curated list of external resources for XOOPS CMS development and community.

Official Resources¶

Websites¶

Resource	URL	Description
XOOPS.org	https://xoops.org	Official XOOPS website
XOOPS Forums	https://xoops.org/modules/newbb/	Community forums
GitHub	https://github.com/XOOPS	Official repositories
Documentation	https://xoops.gitbook.io	Official documentation

Repositories¶

XOOPS Core:
https://github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25

XMF Framework:
https://github.com/XOOPS/XMF

Module Template:
https://github.com/XOOPS/xoops-module-template

Community¶

Forums & Discussion¶

XOOPS Forums: Main discussion board for support and development
XOOPS Stack: Q&A site for XOOPS questions
GitHub Discussions: Technical discussions on GitHub

Discord Server (Community managed)
Twitter: @xaborncms
Facebook: XOOPS Community

Local Communities¶

Language	Resource
Japanese	https://xoops.org (Japanese community merged)
French	https://www.frxoops.org
Spanish	Spanish XOOPS Community
German	German XOOPS Community

Documentation¶

Technical Documentation¶

flowchart LR
    subgraph "Documentation Sources"
        A[GitBook] --> B[Official Docs]
        C[GitHub Wiki] --> D[Development Docs]
        E[PHPDoc] --> F[API Reference]
    end

GitBook Documentation: Comprehensive user and admin guides
GitHub Wiki: Development-focused documentation
API Documentation: Auto-generated from source code

Tutorials¶

XOOPS Module Development Tutorials (GitBook)
Theme Development Guide
XMF Cookbook
PSR Migration Guide

Development Tools¶

IDEs & Editors¶

Tool	XOOPS Support
PhpStorm	Full support with Smarty plugin
VS Code	PHP extensions + Smarty extension
Sublime Text	PHP + Smarty packages

Debugging Tools¶

Ray Debugger: Modern PHP debugging
Xdebug: Step debugging and profiling
XOOPS Debug Mode: Built-in debugging

Code Quality¶

PHP_CodeSniffer: PSR-12 compliance
PHPStan: Static analysis
PHPUnit: Unit testing

Learning Resources¶

Books & Guides¶

XOOPS 2.5 Module Development (E-book)
Creating XOOPS Themes
XMF Framework Guide

Video Tutorials¶

XOOPS Installation (YouTube)
Module Development Series
Theme Customization

Sample Modules¶

Module	Purpose
Tutorial Module	Learning basic concepts
Publisher	Content management reference
Protector	Security implementation

PHP Resources¶

Essential PHP knowledge for XOOPS developers:

PHP Documentation¶

PHP Manual: https://www.php.net/manual/
PHP The Right Way: https://phptherightway.com

PSR Standards¶

PHP-FIG: https://www.php-fig.org
PSR-1: Basic Coding Standard
PSR-4: Autoloading Standard
PSR-12: Extended Coding Style

Composer¶

Packagist: https://packagist.org
Composer Docs: https://getcomposer.org/doc/

Smarty Resources¶

Official¶

Smarty Website: https://www.smarty.net
Smarty Documentation: https://www.smarty.net/docs/en/

Migration Guides¶

Smarty 2 to 3 Migration
Smarty 3 to 4 Migration

Hosting Recommendations¶

Requirements for XOOPS 2.5.x¶

Component	Minimum	Recommended
PHP	7.4	8.1+
MySQL	5.6	8.0+
Memory	128MB	256MB+

Recommended Hosts¶

Look for hosts with: - PHP 8.x support - MySQL 8.x - SSH access - Composer support - Git deployment

CMS Ecosystem¶

Project	Relationship
ImpressCMS	XOOPS fork
XOOPS Cube	Japanese variant
Xoops3	Next-generation (development)

PHP Frameworks¶

Resources for modern PHP development: - Laravel (DI concepts) - Symfony (Components used in 2026) - Slim (Middleware patterns)

Contributing¶

How to Contribute¶

GitHub: Submit pull requests
Forums: Help other users
Documentation: Improve docs
Translations: Localize XOOPS
Modules: Create and share

See: Contributing Guidelines

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