Tutorials – Learning Composr
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URL Schemes in Composr
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
- Added:
- November 1st 2014
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Regular
- Tutorial type:
- Core documentation
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Enabling attractive short URLs, for usability and SEO.
Advanced configuration
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
- Added:
- August 1st 2008
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Regular
- Tutorial type:
- Core documentation
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Setting permissions. Search-Engine-Friendly URLs. Addons. Changing Installation Options.
Basic configuration and getting started
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
- Added:
- August 1st 2008
- Edited:
- Today
- 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.
ModSecurity
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- By:
- temp1024 and Chris Graham (ocProducts)
- Added:
- May 1st 2015
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Regular
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
- Tags:
Explanation of how to configure ModSecurity for Composr.
Advanced access control
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
- Added:
- August 1st 2008
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Expert
- Tutorial type:
- Core documentation
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Advanced permission management within Composr, for power-users.
Stopping Spammers in Composr
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
- Added:
- April 1st 2014
- Edited:
- Today
- 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.
A social site in under 40 minutes
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
- Added:
- July 8th 2024
- 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.
Understanding and configuring e-mail
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- August 1st 2008
- Edited:
- Today
- 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.
Finding Your Way Around the Composr Admin Zone
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
- Added:
- April 1st 2013
- Edited:
- Today
- 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.
Access control and privileges
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- By:
- Philip Withnall (ocProducts)
- Added:
- August 1st 2008
- Edited:
- Today
- 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.
Editing Site-Wide Privileges in Composr
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
- Added:
- April 1st 2014
- Edited:
- Today
- 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.
Anti-spam settings
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
- Added:
- December 1st 2014
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Expert
- Tutorial type:
- Core documentation
- Tags:
Tools and techniques for preventing spam in Composr.
Set Up Short URLs in Composr
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
- Added:
- June 1st 2013
- Edited:
- Today
- 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.
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