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ModSecurity

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By:
temp1024 and Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
April 30th 2015
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Regular
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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Explanation of how to configure ModSecurity for Composr.

URL Schemes in Composr

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
October 31st 2014
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Regular
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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Enabling attractive short URLs, for usability and SEO.

Finding Your Way Around the Composr Admin Zone

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
March 31st 2013
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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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.

Basic configuration and getting started

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
July 31st 2008
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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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.

Advanced configuration

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
July 31st 2008
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Regular
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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Setting permissions. Search-Engine-Friendly URLs. Addons. Changing Installation Options.

Set Up Short URLs in Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
May 31st 2013
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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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.

Stopping Spammers in Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
March 31st 2014
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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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.

Understanding and configuring e-mail

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
July 31st 2008
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Regular
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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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.

Editing Site-Wide Privileges in Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
March 31st 2014
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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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.

A social site in under 40 minutes

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
April 8th 2023
Media type:
Video
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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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.

Access control and privileges

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By:
Philip Withnall (ocProducts)
Added:
July 31st 2008
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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A detailed explanation of how you can configure permissions, how to test them, and how to manage them.

Anti-spam settings

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
November 30th 2014
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Expert
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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Tools and techniques for preventing spam in Composr.

Advanced access control

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
Added:
July 31st 2008
Edited:
April 7th 2024
Difficulty:
Expert
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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Advanced permission management within Composr, for power-users.

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