Chapter 7. Choosing Modules

Modules form the heart and soul of PHP-Nuke, providing the various types of content that your site offers. Each "section" or "page" of your Web site consists of a single module, which is usually displayed with a column of blocks to either side. PHP-Nuke comes with a rather eclectic collection of modules already activated, so you'll probably want to dive in and turn off a few.

Now, a quick word of warning: Your PHP-Nuke installation may have a different set of modules than those I describe here. That's because each version of PHP-Nuke can add, or even remove, a module or two. Over time, it adds up to quite a difference. In addition, when you upgrade PHP-Nuke, any modules not present in the new version aren't removed; they're just not upgraded. For example, my site at www.scriptinganswers.com/cms2 includes a WebMail module. The site is running on PHP-Nuke v7.3, but version 7.3 doesn't include the WebMail module. So what gives? Well, the site was originally installed as v6.9, which does come with a WebMail module. When I upgraded the site to 7.3, the WebMail module wasn't removed. So the practical upshot is that if you have the module and want to use it, you can. You can even still download the module from www.phpnuke.org, although currently you need to join the site's Club to do so.