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The Twitter module for phpWebSite allows you to display your Twitter status on your website. This release requires phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later.

You can grab the Twitter module from phpwebsite-comm on SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=605405

If you have any questions about the Twitter module, please file a Support Request at the project site:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=browse&group_id=81360&atid=1079119... read more

The OpenID module for phpWebSite allows you to enable users to login to your website using their OpenIDs. Your existing users can link their OpenIDs to their account. In addition, you'll be able to delegate your website to an OpenID, enabling you to use your site as your OpenID identifier. This release requires phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later.

This release changes the priority of the module so it is started sooner. This resolves an issue where some modules were running before the OpenID module could log them in, resulting those modules making incorrect permission decisions. In addition, version 2.0.1 of the PHP OpenID library (http://www.openidenabled.com/php-openid/) is now used.... read more

The phpWebSite Community Development Project was created to allow a central location for the development and propagation of third party modules, themes, l10n, and documentation for the phpWebSite CMS.

Finc is a module for phpWebSite that provides a method for including the contents of a static file on the server, into your phpWebSite as a keyed item. This release is for phpWebSite 1.5.0 or better.... read more

The phpWebSite Community Development Project was created to allow a central location for the development and propagation of third party modules, themes, l10n, and documentation for the phpWebSite CMS.

Rolodex is a new module for phpwebsite 1.5 or better. It is a complete rewrite of, and replaces my phpwsbusinesses module (for phpwebsite 0.10.x). It is intended to serve as a contact/member directory for businesses or clubs or organizations of any sort, and is suitable for websites such as a local Chamber of Commerce might have.... read more

The Wiki and Featured Photo modules were updated this weekend to work with the new phpWebSite 1.5.0 release. No new features were included in either release.

Wiki for phpWebSite brings the power and convenience of a wiki to phpWebSite. This release will work on phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later. You can grab version 1.1.1 from phpwebsite-comm on SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=304364... read more

Podcaster is a module for phpWebSite that provides a complete toolset for publishing multi-media blogs. This release is for phpWebSite 1.5.0 or better*.  

Podcaster 1.1.0 is an important update from 1.0.5. This version takes advantage of new File Cabinet 2 features and new Access and Search features, as well as other tweaks and improvements. See release notes or ChangeLog for more details.

Podcaster has been completely rewritten for the new phpWebSite 1.x core. It is not compatible with older versions of phpWebSite. If you are using phpWebSite 0.10.x or 0.11.x you may download Podcaster 0.7.6.  

Podcaster allows users to publish one or more channels of podcast episodes. Embedded multimedia files for the episodes are handled centrally using the core module File Cabinet. Back-end RSS files are created for each channel, that end users can subscribe to using their favourite news aggregator or iTunes. Other views are provided for your website, such as channel and episode listings, channel and episode detailed views, featured episode block, archives and so on.  

For more information, please refer to the Read Me and Settings tabs upon installation and docs/ChangeLog.  

You can download the module at:  
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=344688  

If you have comments or questions about Podcaster, or other module ideas, please contact Verdon Vaillancourt. Look for me here, or on the forums at phpwsforums.com  

* Core version 1.8.0 and File Cabinet 2.0 required.   ... read more

The OpenID module for phpWebSite allows you to enable users to login to your website using their OpenIDs. Your existing users can link their OpenIDs to their account. In addition, you'll be able to delegate your website to an OpenID, enabling you to use your site as your OpenID identifier. This release requires phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later.

Delegation allows you to use your own website as your identifier while still using a third-party OpenID provider. This feature has no special requirements. However, to enable OpenID login, your PHP installation must support SSL, XML parsing and HTTP Fetching.... read more

Featured Photo is a module for phpWebSite that allows you to display "featured photos" on your site. This release requires phpWebSite 1.4.0 or later.

In addition to displaying photos local to your website, Featured Photo 1.2.0 can now display photos from Flickr*! You can choose to display your latest public photo from your photostream, the latest public photo from a photo set, or a random public photo from a photoset. In addition, this release gives administrators the ability to pin a photo block to all pages. German locale files are also included (thanks Peter Heppner!).... read more

Podcaster is a module for phpWebSite that provides a complete toolset for publishing multi-media blogs. This release is for phpWebSite 1.4.0 or better*. 

Podcaster 1.0.5 is a minor update from 1.0.4. This version improves the interface for iTunes categories and sets a foundation for future iTunes category changes. After upgrading, you will need to reset the iTunes category in your podcaster channels.

Podcaster has been completely rewritten for the new phpWebSite 1.x core. It is not compatable with older versions of phpWebSite. If you are using phpWebSite 0.10.x or 0.11.x you may download Podcaster 0.7.6. 

Podcaster allows users to publish one or more channels of podcast episodes. Embedded multimedia files for the episodes are handled centrally using the core module File Cabinet. Back-end RSS files are created for each channel, that end users can subscribe to using their favourite news aggregator or iTunes. Other views are provided for your website, such as channel and episode listings, channel and episode detailed views, featured episode block, archives and so on. ... read more

Podcaster is a module for phpWebSite that provides a complete toolset for publishing multi-media blogs. This release is for phpWebSite 1.4.0 or better*.

Podcaster has been completely rewritten for the new phpWebSite 1.x core. It is not compatable with older versions of phpWebSite. If you are using phpWebSite 0.10.x or 0.11.x you may download Podcaster 0.7.6.

Podcaster allows users to publish one or more channels of podcast episodes. Embedded multimedia files for the episodes are handled centrally using the core module File Cabinet. Back-end RSS files are created for each channel, that end users can subscribe to using their favourite news aggregator or iTunes. Other views are provided for your website, such as channel and episode listings, channel and episode detailed views, featured episode block, archives and so on.... read more

Mailing Lists is a module for phpWebSite that allows mass messages to be sent to visitors who have subscribed to various lists. This release requires phpWebSite 1.4.0.

The new 1.0.0 release was completely rewritten for the phpWebSite 1.x core. Because of this, compatibility with phpWebSite 0.10.x was lost. (0.10.x users can still download Mailing Lists 0.5.6). Besides the rewrite, this release also contains new features. The sending of emails can be throttled with "per hour" and "at once" settings. In addition, the Subscriber Admin now supports bulk subscribe/unsubscribe of users.... read more

Wiki for phpWebSite brings the power and convenience of a wiki to phpWebSite. This release requires phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later.

This release switches to use the translation method used in phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later. In addition, requesting a restricted page now forwards the user to the login screen. The other minor changes are listed in the changelog.

You can grab the module here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=304364 ... read more

Ads is a module for phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later. It allows admins to create ad zones on their site where banners and text ads can be placed. Stats such as views and hits are recorded. Advertisers can log in to view how their ads are doing.

This version now uses the new translation functions introduced in phpWebsite 1.2.0.

You can grab the module here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=489312 ... read more

This version of the Poll module for phpWebSite 1.2.0 or later.

(A poll module was included with phpWebSite back in the 0.9.x and 0.10.x days. When phpWebSite 1.x was released, the University dropped the poll module. This module release brings Poll to the phpWebSite 1.x series.)

This release fixes a defect which prevented all users from voting, fixes the case where a poll could be saved and only have one option, and fixes a case where edit link would appear when user didn't have permission. In addition, this release now uses the new translation functions introduced in phpWebSite 1.2.0.... read more

Featured Photo is a module that allows you to display "featured photos" on the homepage of your phpWebSite. This release requires phpWebSite 1.3.2 or later. (0.10.x users can still download Featured Photo 0.4.0).

This release switches to the new module translation system that was introduced in phpWebSite 1.2.0. In addition, Featured Photo now uses the File Cabinet module's Image Manager for image upload and selection. The switch to Image Manager also fixes the problem that Featured Photo 1.0.4 users were having uploading photos on phpWebSite 1.3.1 and later.... read more

ArticleManager 4.0.0 for phpWS 1.2+ has just been released!

The ArticleManager module lets you create dynamic web articles that display your site's content the way -you- want it to be displayed!

Download it from https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpwebsite-comm/

Features

Custom articles - each section can look completely different

Define your own article and section templates
Admins can allow/deny ability to display external pages in an embedded frame
Users can add comments to your article
Users can view a list of the articles that they have created
Articles keep track of how many times they've been viewed
Articles can be set to start showing at a future date
Articles can expire on specified dates
Articles can be viewed in summary format with a link to the full article
Multi-page stories with automatic navigation controls!
Images can be clickable links with alternate text and photo captions
Expired articles can be accessed from a list and re-activated
Module settings are easily changeable
User-submitted articles can require approval before activation
"Also on this site.." Block
"Previous n Articles" Block
"Most Popular Articles" Block
Articles can be set to not show up in the homepage summary listings
"Edit Locking" - Only 1 user can edit a page at a time
A "News" page that displays all articles according to search or display settings that you control
"Email A Friend"
Advanced revision tracking & management.
Support for auomatic posting via JustBlogIt! (http://blog.warmbrain.com/justblogit/)
Support for offline blog editing tools via XML-RPC and the MetaWebLog and Movable Type APIs.
Categorized homepage listings
Revamped editing screen
Basic & Advanced article search dialogs
XML Article Export & Import
...and many more!

Classifieds 1.0.2 has been released. This is a minor bug fix release. Two bugs have been addressed... not recognizing logged in users when using restricted submissions, and losing image data when editing a listing.

You may download the new version at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=465714

Enjoy,
verdon

Ads is a module for phpWebSite 1.0.0 or later. It allows admins to create ad zones on their site where banners and text ads can be placed. Stats such as views and hits are recorded. Advertisers can log in to view how their ads are doing.

You can grab the module here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=489312

If you have any questions or comments about the Ads module, please contact Greg Meiste. Enjoy the new version!

Poll is module for phpWebSite 1.0.0 or later.

A poll module was included with phpWebSite back in the 0.9.x and 0.10.x days. When phpWebSite 1.0.0 was released, the University dropped the poll module. This new module release brings Poll to the phpWebSite 1.x series.

You can grab the module here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570&release_id=489311 ... read more

phpWebSite 1.0 could use some help with translation. A true translation of 1.0 does not exist yet. If you would like to assist us, please contact me and take a look at the docs/Language.txt file for more information.

Thanks,
Matt

Elections is a module for phpWebsite. It is intended to serve as a comprehensive system for running elections of many sorts. 

This version includes a few minor bug fixes from the 1.0.1 release as well as the new feature to show votes in a view election screen (to authorized users) instead of only in the utilities screens. A Danish language file is also now included (thanks Kenneth Poulsen). Please see the release notes for further details.... read more

Wiki for phpWebSite brings the power and convenience of a wiki to phpWebSite. This release requires phpWebSite 1.0.x.

The new 1.0.0 release was completely rewritten for phpWebSite 1.0.x. Because of this, compatibility with phpWebSite 0.10.x was lost. (0.10.x users can still download Wiki 0.6.1).

New in this release is the ability to remove old page revisions from page history. In addition, one column comparison of page revisions was added for those who have a narrow content area in their theme. Finally, more menu links can be hidden via options and mod_rewrite support was added.... read more

Elections is a module for phpWebsite. It is intended to serve as a comprehensive system for running elections of many sorts. 

IMPORTANT: Elections is a module for phpWebSite 0.10.1 or better, but not the new phpWebsite 1.x.x series. 

Elections allows a site admin to set up any number of elections. Individual elections can be configured to be public or not, allow anyone to vote or logged in users only or specific groups of logged in users, also, opening and closing dates, multiple choice ballots and other options. Any number of candidates may be added to individual elections. Candidate templates can be readily customized with custom fields. Image upload support is an option for candidate profiles, with configurable auto thumb-nailing and resizing. Election results may be viewed by an admin in a browser or exported as a csv file. Lots of help balloons in the module make it easy to admin. 

The module may be downloaded here: 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81360&package_id=83570 

Classifieds is a module for phpWebsite. It is intended to serve as a Super Simple Classifieds ad system.

IMPORTANT: Classifieds is a module for phpWebSite 0.10.1 or better, but not the new phpWebsite 1.x.x series.

Classifieds allows people to submit classifieds ads listing. There are a number of browse, list, and detail views. Custom fields can be added to a listing template easily and the module is very configurable. The module integrates with fatcat, as well as approval and comments if so desired. Image upload support is an option with configurable auto thumb-nailing and resizing. Auto expiration of listings is also an option. Lots of help balloons in the module make it easy to admin.... read more

Featured Photo is a module that allows you to display "featured photos" on the homepage of your phpWebSite. This release requires phpWebSite 1.0.x.

The new 1.0.0 release was completely rewritten for phpWebSite 1.0.x. Because of this, compatibility with phpWebSite 0.10.x was lost. (0.10.x users can still download Featured Photo 0.4.0).

New in this release is the ability to add photo blocks to more than just the homepage. Each page could have its own featured photo. In addition, "click to enlarge" is finally implemented.... read more