What are some best practices for designing and customizing PHPNuke websites?

When designing and customizing PHPNuke websites, it is important to follow best practices to ensure a smooth and efficient development process. Some key tips include organizing your code into separate modules, using templates for consistent design, optimizing database queries for performance, and implementing security measures to protect against vulnerabilities. Example:

// Example of organizing code into separate modules
include_once('modules/module1.php');
include_once('modules/module2.php');
include_once('modules/module3.php');

// Example of using templates for consistent design
include('header.php');
include('content.php');
include('footer.php');

// Example of optimizing database queries for performance
$query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE status = 'active'";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);

// Example of implementing security measures
$user_input = $_POST['input'];
$clean_input = mysqli_real_escape_string($conn, $user_input);