There was a progress over the last few days with finalizing some of the modules that will be part of our XOOPS Basic Module Pack .

All these modules use the XOOPS 2.5.5 Admin GUI, so they share a very similar "look and feel", thus lowering the learning curve.

Together with modules already released earlier, here is the updated current Basic Module Pack:

Avaman0.22 Final
Avaman Module manages Avatars and Smilies for the user

Backup3.3 Final
A module to allow you to easily backup and/or restore your MySQL database.

Features:
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1 backup XOOPS data and store in three ways: on the server, download immediately(admin only) or sent by email(URL or attachments)
2 tables can be select to be exported separately. useful for large tables
3 file number stored on local server can be configured
4 backup can be made by admin or via cronjob
5 restore XOOPS data from db files exported the module or by any db management script like phpmyadmin
6 capable for large file import by multiple sessions
7 restore can be done by non-webmaster, useful for XOOPS user related date restore.
8 timeout issues have been efficiently solved

Birthday2.3 Final
Birthday is a module to keep track of your members' Birthdays.
It can be also used to remember fallen soldiers, by showing the date of their passing. You can use a WYSIWYG editor to make it even more attractive

Boox1.71 Final
Boox (Blocks Out Of Xoops) is a module which is to help you to manage content that Xoops can't access but which is part of your site.

Typically, this content is created on the form of blocks which are not parts of a Xoops module and that's also a content which is, in general, placed in the theme. With the module, you can create as many "virtual blocks" as you want, they are saved in files (the module does not use database) and you just need to call them in your theme with one line of code.

Defacer1.11 Final
Defacer is a new revolutionary XOOPS module that allows you to change themes, metadata and permissions for any given page on the XOOPS-based Website, thus giving you a level of control and customization not seen before.
It also comes with jgrowl redirection system and the ability of using blocks anywhere in your theme and templates

With this Xoops module, you can:
change themes, metadata and permissions for any given page.
enable jgrowl redirection system
use blocks anywhere

extGallery1.11 Final
eXtGallery is a powerful web gallery module for XOOPS

Google Maps0.9 Final
Google Maps Creates a world map from Google where users can add in markers for locations

Marquee2.49 Final
Marquee is a XOOPS module to create scrolling texts (marquees). You can create an unlimited number of marquees and use them in 4 blocks. Texts can scroll horizontally (from right to left or left to right) and vertically (from top to bottom and bottom to top). You can also set the loop, i.e. how many times should the marquee loop (from 1 to 100 times, and infinity). You can use a WYSIWYG editor to make your marquees even more attractive

Mastop Go21.02 Final
Mastop Go2 is a new concept in Spotlights Management for XOOPS sites, following the standards of OO development, facilitating the inclusion of new resources. Even being simple, Mastop Go2 module came to meet the basic needs for any Xoops site: Let the site more beautiful and speed up the publication of any information, may it be written or graphical.

MyComments1.01 Final
With this Xoops module, your users can keep a track of their received and sent comments.
The module can :
. display received comments by user
. display sent comments by user
. display the above per module
. include comments on your site search
. display a block with the last commented items (not last comments)

MyMenus1.41 Final
MyMenus is menu manager module from Trabis that allows you to display dynamic or static menus in your website.

MySearch1.21 Final
With this module you can learn what people are searching for on your website.

MyTabs2.21 Final
MyTabs is a simple module to create and manage multiple content blocks and post them in Tabs.

Obituaries2.31 Final
With this module you can show Members' Obituaries.

Qrcode1.02 Final
Module to create QRCodes. Currently the QRCode module allows for creations of the following QRCodes:
-Visit a website
-Call a phonenumber
-Send a SMS to a cellphone
-Plain text
-Send an email
-Lookup GPS coordinates
-Create a business card

SmartFAQ1.10 Final
SmartFAQ, as you would probably have guessed it by the name, is a Frequently Asked Questions system for XOOPS 2.x web sites. Compared to XoopsFaq or WF-FAQ, SmartFAQ offers exciting new functionality that will help communities to quickly and easily build a complete FAQ system for their sites.

Soapbox1.6 Final
This little module has a single purpose: to help you build in your site an editorial column section, where you can manage the columns and articles published in an ordered fashion.
It uses Smarty templates, can take comments, it's fully searchable, includes notification options, and lets users rate the articles as well as send private messages to the authors. Also, you can decide which groups of users see what specific columns.

TDMDownloads1.62 Final
Creates a downloads section where users can download/submit/rate various files. It uses XOOPS permission and group management, thus allowing a great flexibility in use.

Wf-Downloads3.21 Final
WF-Downloads is a download module for XOOPS. You can create a download section with multiple categories and sub-categories. You decide which groups are allowed to upload which type of files separately.

Wf-links1.09 Final
WF-Links is a module for XOOPS that helps you to create a link section with multiple categories and sub-categories.

[EDIT on 12/22/2012] I've updated following modules to Final versions:

- Contact 1.80 (with DB, from Voltan)
Module to send a message to the Webmaster. The new thing is that in addition to Email, the messages to Webmaster will be also stored in a DB (thanks to Voltan)

- Tag 2.31
The tag module is designed for site-wide tag management, handling tag input, display and stats for each module that enables tag plugin.
This module provides a centralized toolkit including input, display, stats and substantial more comprehensive applications, so that each module does not need to develop its own tag handling scripts.

- Waiting 0.96
This module offers you an extensible waiting contents block into your XOOPS.
By installing this module and adding proper plug-ins only, you as webmaster can confirm any approval waitings of any modules at one view.

- xLanguage 3.04
An eXtensible Multi-language content and character encoding Management plugin, Multilanguage management handles displaying contents in different languages, like English, French and Chinese. If you want to switch between languages, this module is for you.

- XoopsHeadline 1.10
The XoopsHeadlines module is used to display RSS feeds on your website. It is typically used to aggregate news feeds into a single location on your website. The headlines can be shown in the XoopsHeadlines module or in a block on your site.

- XoopsPoll 1.33
The XoopsPolls module can be used to display interactive survey forms on your site. Each poll can display a question on which visitors can ‘vote’. This can be a valuable way to collect feedback from your community. Polls can be configured to allow single or multiple choices and visitors can view the ‘results’ to date.

- XoopsTube 1.05
With the module XoopsTube you can add and categorize movies from sites like YouTube, DailyMotion, LiveLeak, etc. to your website.

- xSiteMap 1.52
The xSiteMap module automatically creates sitemap of your Website for you and your visitors.

There will be more modules coming soon, as the goal is to finish the Basic Module Pack by end of the year, so we can focus on converting all these modules to XOOPS 2.6.0

All these modules have been tested on PHP 5.4.8, so they should be running just fine on existing XOOPS 2.5.5 and PHP 5.2+ installations.

Our recommendation is:

XOOPS 2.5.5
PHP 5.3+

If you find any bugs, please report them in this Thread .

We would also appreciate all help with finalizing other modules, and with writing documentation or creating video tutorials, and translations into local languages.

We would like to thank all users who tested these modules and reported bugs, and all developers who contributed new features and bug fixes!

It is this collaboration that makes the XOOPS Community so strong!

Viva XOOPS!