• Create a new project or open an existing one.
• Add a Prefix Header file (.pch) if you don't have one, following the provided instructions.
• Add required frameworks to your project's Build Phases.
• Add the CMS SDK to your project, then remove references to unwanted files.
• Set the header search path to the CMS SDK folder in build settings.
• Add a compiler option for the JsonKit library.
• Import CMS_SDK.h in your .pch file.

• Create a new project or open an existing one.
• Import CMS SDK into your workspace as an Android project.
• Ensure "Is Library" is checked in the CMS SDK's "Android" properties tab.
• Add CMS SDK as a dependent library in your project's properties.
• Clean and rebuild your project.

• SDK (Software Development Kit): An API implementation, typically as a library.
• API (Application Programming Interface): A set of rules for software interaction.
• JSON (JavaScript Object Notation): A common language for structured data transfer over REST.
• REST (Representational State Transfer): An architectural style for web services.
• Push notification: A notification sent to a mobile device.

• Tapatalk: A third-party forum app with an official Composr addon, offering a high-quality "out-of-the-box" Composr app experience.
• Further Composr Mobile SDK development: Plans and issues relating to the SDK's evolution can be found on the Composr tracker, driven by commercial projects and feature sponsorship.

• Account: join, login, lost_password, setup_push_notifications
• Misc: contact_us
• Content: commandr_fs

• New major/minor versions are released as they are ready.
• Patch releases, primarily containing bug fixes, are only released for the latest supported major/minor version branch.

Multimedia: Supports images, videos, audio, and more.

Personal galleries: Allow your members to create their own galleries which show up on their profile.

Support for embedding YouTube videos: Save on bandwidth.

Auto-detection of video length and resolution (most file formats)

Full tree-structure support: Have galleries within galleries within galleries.

Multiple display modes

View entries as a slideshow

Automatic thumbnail generation

Mass import: Also supports importing metadata

Optional watermarking: To guard against thieving swines .

Geotargeting

Adjustments: Automatic size and orientation adjustments according to metadata.

Think “databases on my website”.

Flexible data control: Set up multiple catalogues, each with its own set of fields. There are many types of fields, such as short text fields, upload fields, and date fields.

Multiple display modes: Display the contents of categories using tables, boxes, or lists.

Powerful structure: Each catalogue contains categories which contain entries. Catalogues can have a tree structure of categories and/or work from an index.

Configurable searching: Choose which fields are shown on categories, and which can be used to perform searches (template searches).

Compliance with data protection legislation: Specify which fields may contain sensitive data. These fields will be anonymised as appropriate when members download or purge their data.

Entirely customisable: Full support for customising catalogues, categories, and entries, exactly as you want them- field by field. You can even make custom page templates per-catalogue.

Classified ads: Entries can automatically expire and get archived. You can also send out view reports.

Community interaction: You can allow users to comment upon and rate entries.

Import data from CSV files

Periodic content reviews: Helping you ensure ongoing accuracy of your data.

Joined Chris Graham behind the scenes in the development of Composr CMS in 2016.

Took on the lead developer role in 2023 when Chris Graham stepped back to attend to his new lifestyle changes.

Spearheaded the development of Composr CMS v11 and the new website, Composr.app.

Formed the company PDStig, LLC to take on professional support and development for Composr CMS users especially after the discontinuation of ocProducts, Ltd.

PDStig, LLC

written many tutorials via Arvixe

Made some key contributions to ocPortal

None available

Wrote many tutorials via Arvixe

Coded the chatroom, blogging support, the analytics system, and OcCLE (now Commandr)

Masters Degree in Computer Science degree from The University Of Cambridge

Other work has included helping out with Firefox, and ongoing work on GNOME

Original designer for ocPortal

Also conceived and coded the Theme Wizard and Point Store

Son of one of the early inventors of Internet protocols (Usenet, aka Internet newsgroups)

Token non-brit

Ran some of the early websites where ocPortal came from

Technically the original developer of ocPortal, in that he wrote the first few lines of code

Heavily involved in the feature design process

Hosted some of our early meet-ups