• Random Quotes: The quotes feature allows you to display a rotating selection of quotes on your site.
• Community Billboard (Requires Addon): The Community Billboard addon provides a dedicated space for displaying important announcements or community messages.

• Countdowns: Use the main_countdown block to add countdowns to specific dates and times.
• Hit Counters: While generally considered outdated, you can use the main_count block to display hit counters for specific content.

• News-Style Blocks: side_forum_news, main_forum_news, and bottom_forum_news display forum topics in a news format, ideal for forums used for news posting.
• Topic-Focused Block: main_forum_topics showcases recent topics from specific forums, allowing you to highlight active discussions or important announcements.

• main_awards: Provides a structured system for managing featured content through award assignment, archives, and optional point rewards. Requires active management to update award holders.
• main_content: Offers direct control over specific content or allows random selection from chosen categories. May require manual updates or adjustments.

• Award Types: Define awards associated with specific content types (e.g., "Download of the Week" for downloads).
• Award Assignment: When editing content, designate it as the current holder of a relevant award.
• Display: Use the main_awards block to showcase current award holders on your site.
• Archive: Awarded content is automatically archived for easy access and historical reference.
• Points: If you use points, recipients of awards can also receive points as a reward.

• Blocks: The main_content block allows you to display specific items by content type and ID or randomize content from selected categories.
• Awards: Create awards for different content types and assign them to specific items. You can then use the main_awards block to display current award holders. Awards also integrate with points to credit points to award holders. And you can be reminded on the staff checklist to assign a new award every configurable amount of time.
• Advanced Embedding: For greater control, use the main_include_module block to embed entire module screens within other content.

• Freshness and Activity: It gives your site a dynamic feel, showcasing updates and encouraging return visits.
• Effortless Variety: Featuring content introduces diversity without extensive effort.
• User Engagement: It draws users in and motivates them to check back for new featured items.
• Prominent Placement: Featured content receives prime visibility, highlighting its importance or rewarding its creator.

• The PHP IMAP extension enabled on your server.
• A dedicated folder on your email server to collect bounced emails.

• NEWSLETTER_DEFAULT_FCOMCODE.txt: This template defines the default content and layout for newsletters.
• MAIL.tpl: This template controls the overall appearance of emails sent from Composr.
• Custom mail templates: You can create custom HTML templates for specific newsletters.

• Unsubscribe links: Newsletters include an unsubscribe link, allowing recipients to opt out of the newsletters.
• Global unsubscribe: All Composr emails include a link to a global unsubscribe page (data/unsubscribe.php), letting users unsubscribe from all site emails.

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.