If you are planning to put up a personal website, a community portal, or a business website, you ought to use one of the most popular CMS tools in the internet- XOOPS. XOOPS refer to eXtended Object Orientated Portal System, Unlike other CMS tools, XOOPS can prove its superiority over the other contenders primarily through the various awards that it has received.

In 2006, XOOPS was awarded as the First Runner-Up for the SourceForge.net's 2006 Community Choice Awards. This year, it also received recognition from the Chip Magazine. It is also included in the Top 3 List of CMS in the Adobe Edge Magazine and it has been recognized by the ONDD as one of top Open Source CMS programs that are being utilized by Medical Professionals. Below is an overview of the XOOPS’ prime features: 1. Using the software, you can set-up a website which has its own database that stores all the content. So technically, the system user will not have to worry about network outages that can cause interruptions in business operations. 2. Through the use of the predefined templates, the software users can easily modify the designs and lay-out of their web pages in order to suit their specific design standards. 3. XOOPS offers its users to easily implement uniform page design and style changes throughout the site using style sheets. 4. Using the system, the web administrator can regulate the access rights and permissions of various registered users according to functionalities and hierarchy. 5. The software users can easily add or delete modules of the XOOPS software according to their web content and web design needs. 6. XOOPS is an open source CMS. Since the system is totally free, the web administrators will no longer have to spend so much in setting up their web sites. 7. To make sure that the information stored in the system’s database is secure, the software uses safe and recognized security methods in PHP language. 8. Since the software allows the implementation of a highly dynamic website, the system administrator can instantly see the results of web content creation, deletion or modification without the need to rebuild the page. 9. XOOPS features many highly advanced modules such as member forums, calendar, photo galleries, article management, security, and other valuable features. 10. Anyone who has a computer installed with PHP or MYSQL can make use of XOOPS. Since the system is very user-friendly, one can fully utilize its features even without knowledge of html, css, or javascript. 11. The software allows easy and automatic database back-up with just a single click in the administration control panel. As such, you can easily secure all your files and data from uncalled for server crashes.