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| Question | What resources are available to help me navigate these legal and social challenges? |
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| Answer | Composr offers various resources, including tutorials on accessibility, staff management, and general website dos and don'ts. You can also consult external resources like the COPPA website and Wikipedia for more in-depth information on specific laws and regulations. Remember that seeking legal counsel may be necessary for complex situations. |
| Question | What are some social considerations for running a website with community features? |
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| Answer | Managing a community involves addressing social issues like child protection, free speech, discrimination, and abuse. Establish clear policies on these matters, including content moderation guidelines and procedures for handling feedback. Consider the diverse personalities and potential vulnerabilities of your users. |
| Question | What are my legal responsibilities regarding illegal content posted by users? |
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| Answer | While "safe harbor" laws offer some protection, you are still obligated to take down illegal content upon becoming aware of it. Implement measures like content checks, clear rules prohibiting illegal uploads, and liability disclaimers. The level of responsibility varies depending on the severity of the content, from copyright infringement to more serious criminal content. |
| Question | What steps should I take to make my website accessible? |
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| Answer | Website accessibility is essential for inclusivity and may be legally required under anti-discrimination laws. Composr is designed to meet high accessibility standards, but you need to maintain this when creating content or modifying templates. Following WCAG guidelines is crucial, and you can find more information in the accessibility tutorial. |
| Question | How can I ensure my website complies with email marketing laws? |
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| Answer | Email marketing laws like CAN-SPAM protect recipients' rights to unsubscribe. Your website must include a clear 'List-Unsubscribe' header in every email, offer an easy unsubscribe process, and respect unsubscribe requests promptly. Composr provides built-in mechanisms, including an unsubscribe endpoint and support for the List-Unsubscribe header, to facilitate compliance. |
| Question | What are my responsibilities regarding user privacy? |
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| Answer | You must have a comprehensive privacy policy that details the personal data you collect, its usage, and if it's shared with third parties. Laws like GDPR have strict requirements, including logging data access, data purging, and security measures. California law mandates specific elements in your policy, like handling "Do Not Track" requests and a clear process for communicating changes. Composr has an automatic Privacy Policy generator block to help you get started. This is used by default. |
| Question | How can I create effective website rules? |
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| Answer | A well-defined rules page is crucial for setting expectations for user behavior and outlining consequences for violations. It should cover a range of offenses with appropriate punishments, reference relevant laws, and assign legal responsibility to users. Composr provides default rules pages that can be customized, and this page is displayed to users upon joining the site. |
| Question | What are the key legal considerations for running a website? |
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| Answer | Several legal aspects need careful attention when operating a website, especially for large or corporate sites. These include establishing clear rules and terms of service, adhering to privacy laws like GDPR and California's regulations, managing personal data responsibly, complying with email marketing regulations like CAN-SPAM, ensuring website accessibility, addressing eCommerce regulations, and understanding liability for content and user actions. |
| Question | How do data-tpl and data-view behaviors work in Composr's JavaScript? |
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| Answer | Composr uses data-tpl and data-view behaviors for associating HTML templates and JavaScript views, respectively. This facilitates clean separation of presentation and logic:
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| Question | What are the advantages of using Composr's JavaScript libraries? |
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| Answer | Composr's JavaScript libraries like $cms, $util, and $dom offer several advantages:
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| Question | What is the Composr maintenance policy? |
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| Answer | Composr follows a rolling release model. This means:
This policy allows developers to focus resources on the latest versions and encourages users to leverage the ongoing improvements. You can find the release status on the Composr maintenance status page. |
| Question | What are the general courtesy guidelines for interacting with the Composr community? |
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| Question | How can I provide design feedback for Composr? |
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| Answer | Constructive design feedback is valuable. To provide effective feedback:
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| Question | How do I make a feature suggestion for Composr? |
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| Answer | You can suggest features through the tracker or the Report Issue Wizard. When making a suggestion:
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| Question | How do I report an emergency problem with my Composr site? |
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| Answer | Emergency problems are events that have significantly and suddenly affected your website's functionality due to legitimate bugs or undocumented usability issues. To report these:
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| Question | How can I get support for Composr? |
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| Answer | The community forum is an excellent resource for support. Users can help each other out with various problems. However, please remember that there's no guarantee of free professional support. If you need immediate or guaranteed assistance, consider hiring a professional developer. |
| Question | I'm getting a lot of spam on my site. What can I do? |
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| Answer | Composr offers various anti-spam measures. Refer to the Anti-spam settings tutorial for advice on configuring these settings. If you believe there's an issue with the anti-spam system itself, report it to the issue tracker. Do not report general spam incidents. |
| Question | My website is experiencing performance issues. What should I do? |
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| Answer | If you are experiencing performance issues, first identify the specific problem with your web host's help. Composr provides tools to manage database size, bandwidth, and disk I/O. However, high request volume or CPU usage may require server upgrades like a VPS or dedicated server. If your web host complains about resource usage, gather detailed information from them, including specific URLs causing problems and resource usage metrics. If their limits are unreasonable, consider switching web hosts. |
| Question | How do I report a security problem? |
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| Answer | Security problems must be reported privately. You can do this by marking the issue as 'Private' on the issue tracker (if you use the Report Issue Wizard, it will do that automatically when you select security-hole). Publicly disclosing security holes is irresponsible and may result in penalties. The core developer team will disclose the issue after a patch is released. |
| Question | How do I report a bug in Composr? |
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| Answer | Every bug, no matter how small, should be reported. You can report bugs using the Report Issue Wizard or directly through the issue tracker. There is also a link to report bugs on your Admin Zone Dashboard where the version information is located. And when clicking that link, you can view open issues specific to your version of Composr. When reporting a bug, be sure to:
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