Tutorials – Learning Composr

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The Composr emoticon system

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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Find out about all the funky-cool emoticons that come with Composr, and how to extinguish them or add more.

Changing the Composr Forums

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By:
Jim Davidson, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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November 1st 2014
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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As my test site is going to be a community, we need somewhere to hang out and exchange views and ideas, the ideal place is a forum. I'll step through the setup.

Composr Points Explained

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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April 1st 2014
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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It's fairly common that many forums utilise a rank system based on forum posts, but Composr has a much better system: points.

Add Shoutboxes to Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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October 1st 2013
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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A shoutbox is a popular addition to many community websites and is very easy to add. This tutorial covers the process.

Discussion forums

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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This tutorial will explain how discussion forums work in Conversr, and how best to organise them.

Creating an economy/reward-system for members via points

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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The points system allows members to earn and spend points, creating a great dynamic. Find out how it works.

Basic forum moderation

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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This tutorial explains how to moderate topics and posts under Conversr, and how post approval works.

Add a New Poll to Your Composr Website

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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July 1st 2013
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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Adding a poll to a community based site is probably one of the most common tasks you will need to complete. Polls can be a fun addition or used as a more important vote for an award or something similar.

How to disable joining

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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September 1st 2015
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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This tutorial explains how you can disable joining of your website.

Adding an Activity Feed to your Composr Website

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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May 1st 2014
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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There are a range of core and additional features in Composr which social media users will be familiar with. This tutorial deals with the Composr Activity feed addon which will be very familiar to most users of popular social media sites.

Add a Chatroom to Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
October 1st 2013
Edited:
Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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Composr has its own inbuilt text chatrooms available to be used for any community website. Chatrooms are useful for conducting a discussion quicker than utilising the forums.

Add a Twitter Feed Block to Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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October 1st 2013
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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This tutorial covers various ways Twitter can be integrated into your Composr website.

Keeping on track of busy forums

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By:
Philip Withnall (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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It can get hard to keep up with all the discussions if you've got an active community. See how Conversr can help.

Add a Sub Forum to your Composr Forum

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By:
Jim Davidson, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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December 1st 2014
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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Forums can be small or large, but you need to think about the structure and the user experience. Thankfully Composr makes it very easy for us to create forums.

Correspondence between members

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By:
Philip Withnall (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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How members may send each other messages (Conversr only), using private topics and whispers.

Setting Up a New Composr Forum

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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April 1st 2013
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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One of Composr's core features is the forum. Composr forums include many of the common forum features found within other well-known forum systems. This tutorial covers the basics.

Advanced Composr member system

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Regular
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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How to create custom profile fields, manually add members, and set up welcome e-mails for new members.

Composr member system

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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This tutorial explains aspects of the Conversr member system, including usergroups, profiles, and avatars.

Running chatrooms (features and advice)

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By:
Philip Withnall (ocProducts)
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August 1st 2008
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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Composr includes really cool AJAX-driven chat and instant messaging functionality. Read about the features, and see general advice.

Setup a New Usergroup in Composr

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Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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July 1st 2013
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Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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Depending on the make-up of your Composr site there is a likelihood that you may need to create a new Composr usergroup for your members.

Facebook Support

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By:
Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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April 1st 2015
Edited:
Today
Difficulty:
Regular
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
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Details of Composr Facebook support, particularly capabilities of the non-bundled Facebook Support addon.

Setup a Private Members Forum in Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
July 1st 2013
Edited:
Today
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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Composr works extremely well as a base for a community website and a common task you may face is wanting to set up a private members area of the website. If you are an owner or moderator for a large community you may find this useful.

Updating the Members Listing in Composr

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By:
Steve Jarvis and Chris Graham, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
June 1st 2014
Edited:
Today
Difficulty:
Regular
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
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Once your Composr community-based site gets to a certain size you might want to change how your members list is displayed. This tutorial explains how to change the display options.

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