Tutorials – Learning Composr
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Composr site structure
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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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An explanation of the Composr systems that together form the structure and navigation for Composr-powered websites.
Adding standalone pages of content (via Comcode)
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- August 1st 2008
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- Today
- Difficulty:
- Novice
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- Core documentation
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How to add new pages, using Comcode. It couldn't be simpler to do: Comcode pages almost look like plain text.
Comcode and the attachment system
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- September 1st 2008
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- Today
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- Novice
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- Core documentation
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Create dynamic effects and display rich media, without having to write any XHTML, CSS, or JavaScript.
Editing Menus in Composr
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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- July 1st 2014
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- Today
- Difficulty:
- Novice
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
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Your primary site menu is how most site visitors will find their way around your website and as such it's important you are able to edit it.
How to Install an Addon in Composr
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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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Some extra features have been kept as non-bundled addons so the core Composr software doesn't suffer from being bloated. This tutorial shows how to install them.
Adding New Page Options in Composr
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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- August 1st 2013
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- Today
- Difficulty:
- Novice
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
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Adding a new page is one of the most common tasks you will need to do with any website. This process is quite simple and explained in this tutorial.
Featuring content
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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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How to pull out content from your website, and put it in a featured spot. There are a number of methods available.
Tools for subsites and subcommunities
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- August 1st 2008
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- Today
- Difficulty:
- Regular
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- Core documentation
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A common features of the largest community sites is to have subcommunities within the larger community. See how.
Using blocks
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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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How to add dynamism and inline content to your pages, using blocks.
Advanced techniques for multi-site-networks
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- August 1st 2008
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- Today
- Difficulty:
- Expert
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- Core documentation
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You can link multiple installations, via a forum, into a 'multi-site-network'. Read more about it here.
Customising what's on the menus
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- August 1st 2008
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- Today
- Difficulty:
- Novice
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- Core documentation
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All about Composr's menu system. Did you know you can set up and configure as many different levels of navigation as you like?
Separate forums for separate zones
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- By:
- kenno, Edited by Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- April 1st 2013
- Edited:
- Today
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- Expert
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
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How to set up separate forums for separate website zones.
Partner Sites and De-Branding in Composr
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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- July 1st 2014
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- Today
- Difficulty:
- Novice
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- Auxillary
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In this tutorial I will talk about a couple of slightly-related features that are useful to agencies deploying Composr on a large scale.
Practical page editing (a walk through)
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- By:
- Jim Davidson, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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- November 1st 2014
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Novice
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
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In this tutorial I show how to make some edits to the Composr front page, while crossing into many important techniques and concepts for Composr and in general.
Adding an Image Slider to Composr
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- By:
- Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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- September 1st 2014
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Novice
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
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Many websites now make use of sliders to convey information to their visitors. It's incredibly common especially in the world of eCommerce as it allows several items to be displayed neatly together.
Advanced site structure and flow
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- By:
- Chris Graham (ocProducts)
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- May 1st 2015
- Edited:
- Today
- Difficulty:
- Expert
- Tutorial type:
- Core documentation
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Some advanced information about managing the structure and flow of a Composr website.
Add a New Zone in Composr
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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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Zones are a key element to the structure of any Composr built website and are a great way of sectioning off your content into different areas.
SU and the if_in_group tag
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- By:
- Allen Ellis (ocProducts)
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- July 8th 2024
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- Video
- Difficulty:
- Novice
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
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How to switch users under your admin login, and how to customise page contents based on usergroup membership.
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