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# 3.2. Other non-installed modules

Indy News:

  very interesting module that manages the "Attach->File or Image" " function in every article. In fact, during the phase of an article insertion, it is possible to enclose the following:

- Image: In this case, inserting a GIF or a JPEG will result in a preview in the Homepage (the module will display it on the left, on the right there will be the topics icon), then, by clicking on "read all" (only if other text is present), or the image itself, it will appear in its original size.

- Other files: besides images it is possible to enclose also other files (for well-known filetypes, the corresponding icon wil appear in "read all", for others there will be a default icon). It is important to remember, for the attached files, to add a text in the extende text section, otherwise it will be impossible to display the link link "read all" that displays in the footer of the article the icon with the file and download info. The system was originally an adaptation of the IndyNews module for PHP-Nuke, has been created by the webmaster of bergamoblog.it for version 5,5, for the version 5.6 of PHP-Nuke the adaptation was done by Spaghettibrain.com.

Guestbook:

  Allows the users to insert greeting messages (like a real guestbook), archiving their history in a way that, besides inserting new messages, it is possible to read all the messages of the other users too. Do not confuse it with the forum!

Chat:

  There is a flash chat module that manages user's chatting in real time without the page refreshing. It is very interesting in that it comes with skins of various colors, thus giving the administrator the possibility to choose the one that is most suitable for the site.

Dmoz/ODP:

  Integrates the Open Source search engine Dmoz/Open Directory Project to the inside the PHP-Nuke portal . It is like having an integrated powerful motor like yahoo in your own graphics and pages.

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