Tutorials – Learning Composr

Basic configuration and getting started
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Once Composr is installed, there is some basic configuration to do before your website is ready to open. We discuss it here.
by Chris
1st August 2008
Core Doc; Difficulty: Novice

ModSecurity
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Explanation of how to configure ModSecurity for Composr.
by temp1024
1st May 2015
Auxillary Doc; Difficulty: Regular

Stopping Spammers in Composr
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One thing every website has to contend with eventually will be stopping spammers from making your user's life a misery. This tutorial goes over some features within Composr.
by Steve
1st April 2014
Auxillary Doc; Difficulty: Novice

Finding Your Way Around the Composr Admin Zone
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One of Composr's biggest strengths is its large amount of features. However, to a new user the Admin Zone may initially look a little overwhelming. This tutorial is a brief walk through it.
1st April 2013
Auxillary Doc; Difficulty: Novice

Advanced access control
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Advanced permission management within Composr, for power-users.
1st August 2008
Core Doc; Difficulty: Expert

URL Schemes in Composr
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Enabling attractive short URLs, for usability and SEO.
by Chris
1st November 2014
Core Doc; Difficulty: Regular

Understanding and configuring e-mail
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Setting up e-mail servers can be complex with all the protocols/standards out there. Let's cut through the confusion.
1st August 2008
Core Doc; Difficulty: Regular

Anti-spam settings
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Tools and techniques for preventing spam in Composr.
by Chris
1st December 2014
Core Doc; Difficulty: Expert

Editing Site-Wide Privileges in Composr
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When you are creating a new usergroup you will usually want to customise the permissions for all of the members within. This tutorial explains how privileges work.
by Steve
1st April 2014
Auxillary Doc; Difficulty: Novice

A social site in under 40 minutes
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This video was originally made for our old ocportal.com front page. Note that this was for an older version so is quite outdated.
by Chris
2nd January 2015
Auxillary Doc; Difficulty: Novice

Advanced configuration
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Setting permissions. Search-Engine-Friendly URLs. Addons. Changing Installation Options.
by Chris
1st August 2008
Core Doc; Difficulty: Regular

Access control and privileges
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A detailed explanation of how you can configure permissions, how to test them, and how to manage them.
by Philip
1st August 2008
Core Doc; Difficulty: Novice

Set Up Short URLs in Composr
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Most Website users expect easy to read website URLs, which also help a great deal with Search Engine Optimisation. This 'How To' deals with how to set up the Short URLs in Composr.
by Steve
1st June 2013
Auxillary Doc; Difficulty: Novice

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