• Enable mod_rewrite for URL Schemes or URL Redirects.
• Ensure AllowOverride All or at least AllowOverride Options FileInfo Limit is set in the server configuration.
• Recommended modules for optimal performance include mod_headers, mod_setenvif, mod_env, mod_deflate, and mod_filter.

• Don't disable default Feature Delegation for settings changed in the bundled web.config file.
• Install the URL Rewrite module, essential for URL Schemes, URL Redirects, and basic security.
• Configure IIS for additional mime-types if needed, as it doesn't serve unrecognized file types by default.

• GD2 (gd) with PNG and JPEG support
• MySQL extension (mysqli or pdo_mysql)
• XML extension (xml)
• Multibyte String (mbstring)
• cURL extension (curl)
• JSON support (usually available by default)
• Sodium (libsodium)
• ZIP extension (zip) if ZIP file support is needed

• posix extension for permission checks
• zlib extension for faster upgrades, compressed backups, and page compression
• ctype extension for slightly faster performance
• IMAP extension (imap) for managing newsletter bounces
• OpenSSL extension (openssl) for encrypted CPFs, DKIM, and SSL certificate expiry checks
• Pspell (pspell) or Enchant (enchant) extensions for spell checking

• File upload size limit of at least 5MB (or higher as needed)
• Maximum execution time of at least 30 seconds
• Memory limit of at least 128MB
• The installer will warn you if any critical functions have been disabled via disable_functions or other PHP modifications. Avoid web hosts that heavily restrict standard PHP functionality.

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

Original developer of ocPortal, former lead developer of Composr CMS

Masters degree in Computer Science from The University Of Sheffield

Undertaken work for over 15 FTSE-100 companies, as well as many small and mid-sized organisations. Includes a number of banks and major brands.

gameRevolt (@[email protected]) - LinuxRocks.Online

That depends on several factors. Here are some pros and cons of each:

It is not recommended you do this because you may run into issues. For example, some changes were made in crypto_master.php and data/upgrader2.php prior to the first v11 alpha. These changes will result in a broken upgrade unless you already pulled these changes from git. Similar situations could happen in the future as well.

It is recommended you either discard the git install and use a fresh install from the Downloads, or to maintain a git install and a bleeding-edge release install separately. Do not combine the two.