Contributors: A-Z Index
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Allen Ellis | Founder |
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 |
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Chris Graham | Founder |
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. |
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Chris Warburton | developer for ocProducts |
Made some key contributions to ocPortal |
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Haydn Maidment | project manager for ocProducts |
None available |
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Jim Davidson | contributor |
written many tutorials via Arvixe |
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Patrick Schmalstig | Lead Developer |
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. |
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Philip Withnall | Early Developer |
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 |
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Robert Goacher | Founder |
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 |
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Steve Jarvis | project manager for ocProducts |
Wrote many tutorials via Arvixe |
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Newest 10 Entries
Question | Can I upgrade a previous version 11 release to a newer one using the upgrader? |
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Answer | Yes (probably). Always remember especially during alpha and beta phases that things can break. Please make backups first. And let us know on the issue tracker if an issue occurs. Note: You cannot upgrade from 11 alpha to 11 beta without first upgrading to 11.alpha4 (if you are not already on 11.alpha4). |
Question | What are the current release plans for version 11? |
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Answer | As of July 22, 2024, we entered beta status where our focus is now smashing bugs and stabilising the software. All planned features have been implemented for 11.0 (and most others deferred to 11.1 or later), though we may still merge in a few minor features or tweaks. The upgrader has been tested on a typical non-custom v10 site. We will be releasing several beta versions in the beta phase. We do not know when we will be able to release the first Release Candidate or stable versions at this time. These plans are all subject to change without notice. |
Question | Why is there a separate website for version 11? |
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Answer | That is explained in detail in this news article on compo.sr including the migration plans and implications. |
Top 10 Entries
Question | How does Composr protect against Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks? |
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Answer | Composr utilizes multiple layers of defense against XSS attacks:
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Question | What are the different types of security alerts in Composr? |
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Answer | Composr has a variety of hack-attack codenames that trigger security alerts and logging. Some common examples include:
You can customize alert handling for each type in data_custom/xml_config/advanced_banning.xml (Admin Zone > Security > Configure advanced banning). |
Question | What are some tips for secure website maintenance? |
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Question | What are the main security features of Composr? |
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Answer | Composr has a robust set of security features to protect your website, including: Passwords:
Login Restrictions:
Auditing Systems:
Framework Security:
Other features:
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Question | Why are my searches slow, and how can I improve search speed? |
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Answer | Slow searches can occur when dealing with large amounts of content. Here are some workarounds and solutions:
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Question | How does the search engine handle different languages? |
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Answer | Composr's fast custom index supports multiple languages. Content is indexed based on its translated version, ensuring that you get relevant results even when searching in a different language. |
Question | What are quoted phrases and how do they work? |
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Answer | Quoted phrases allow you to search for an exact sequence of words. For example, searching for "red apple" will only return results containing that exact phrase. Keep in mind that enabling quoted phrases can increase disk space usage. |
Question | How do stop words affect search results? |
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Answer | Stop words are common words (like "the", "a", "is") that are ignored by the search engine because they add noise and don't contribute to the meaning of the search query. You can customize the list of stop words for the fast custom index. See the search tutorial for more information. |
Question | How can I improve my search results? |
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Answer | Here are some tips for improving search results:
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Question | What is the fast custom index and why should I use it? |
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Answer | The fast custom index is Composr's own search engine, designed to be faster and more efficient than MySQL full-text search, especially for large websites and filtered searches. Benefits of the fast custom index:
Downsides of the fast custom index:
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