Support for integrating popular forum software: See our download page for a list of supported forums.

Share login credentials: Login to the Composr site with the same usernames/passwords as your forum.

Share usergroups: Control website access based on someone's forum usergroup.

Emoticon support: The emoticons on your forum will also be used on your website.

(Conversr only)

Virtual Forums: Find posts made since you last visited or within a time frame.

Remembers your unread posts even if you frequently change computers

Recent activity: See what topics you recently read or posted in

Unanswered topics: Find which topics have not yet been answered

RSS and Atom support

The usual: Categories, forums, topics, posts, topic polls, announcements / pinning, sinking, quick reply, topic closing

Forum and Topic tracking: Receive notifications when new posts are made on monitored topics and forums.

Password-protected forums

Present an 'introductory question' which members must answer or agree to before accessing a forum.

Full moderator control: Determine who may moderate what forums.

Inline personal posts: Whisper to members within a public topic; only those members will see the post.

Over 50 bundled emoticons: Also, support for batch importing new ones

Multi-moderation: Record and perform complex routine tasks; make post templates for those tasks.

Mass-moderation: Perform actions on many posts and topics at once.

Post preview: Read a topic's first post directly from the forum-view. Also see the latest posts when making a new post.

Highlight posts as ‘important’

(These features pertain to Conversr only)

Profiles: Browse through and search for members, and view member profiles.

Multiple usergroups: Members can be in an unlimited number of different usergroups. They can also ‘apply’ to join new ones.

Social networking: Create and browse friendships.

Custom profile fields: Allow your members to add extra information which is relevant to your website (or to their subcommunity), and members can set privacy settings on them.

Promotion system: Set up a usergroup rank ladder so members advance the ranks through their rank points. Members can view rank on their profile rank tab including unlocked and unlockable privileges.

Private Topics: A special kind of private messaging system between 2 or more members. Think 'on-site e-mail inbox'.

Invitation-only websites: Restrict registrations from the public; existing members can invite others to join.

Allow members to create and manage clubs (personal usergroups).

Avatars: Include avatars that members can pick from, or allow members to upload their own.

Member signatures, photos, and personal titles

Users online: See which members are currently online (unless they logged in as invisible)

Account pruning: Find and delete unused accounts, or merge duplicate accounts, based on defined criteria.

CSV files: Import and export members using CSV files, including support for automatic creation of custom profile fields and usergroups – great for migrating data

Users can communicate with staff privately through Support Tickets.

Assign to individual staff: Includes the ability for staff members to “take ownership” of raised issues, and for staff to discuss.

Allow users to e-mail in their tickets and replies to a designated e-mail address

Expanded access granting: Grant third party members access to individual tickets.

FAQ integration: Automatically search FAQs before opening a ticket.

Multiple ticket types: Set up different types of support tickets, with different access levels and fine-grained ticket notification settings.

Anonymous posting: Allow staff to post anonymously or as a designated support operator account so that customers don't always expect the same employee to reply.

Merging: If customers open multiple tickets for the same issue, you can merge them.

Closing: Let customers close tickets that are now resolved, or do it yourself.

Filtering: Filter the tickets you see by status and ticket type.

Paid membership: Sell access to sections of your website, or offer member privileges.

Shopping cart for running an online store

Extendable framework: Programmers can easily add new product types to sell, or payment gateways / tax services / shipping providers.

Multiple payment gateways: Accepts payments via PayPal or other gateways developers may add, and manual transactions (cash/cheque).

Invoicing support: Including status tracking and online payment tracking.

Basic accounting support: Input your incoming and outgoing transactions to get a basic ledger, profit-and-loss, and cashflow charting.

Currency conversions: Perform automatic currency conversions within your website pages (requires an API key).

Random quotes: Put random quotes (e.g. testimonials) into your design.

Awards: Showcase your most popular content, and optionally award the submitter with points.

Tags: Set keyword tags for content and display tag clouds.

Recent content: Automatically feature links to your most recent content (via main_multi_content block).

Show website statistics to your visitors (via stats graphs or page hit counters).

Random content: Feature random content from your website specified via a sophisticated filtering language.

Automatically create newsletter issues highlighting your latest content

Double opt-in: Prevent false sign-ups by asking subscribers to confirm their subscriptions.

Host multiple newsletters: Visitors can subscribe to the ones they want.

Flexible mailings: Send out mailings to all members, to different usergroups, or to subscribers of specific newsletters.

Welcome e-mails: Send multiple welcome e-mails to new users automatically, on a configurable schedule (Conversr-only).

Bounce cleanup: Automatically clean out bounces from your e-mail list.

Unsubscribe: Recipients can easily unsubscribe from newsletters through an unsubscribe link provided in the e-mail.

Change settings: Newsletter subscribers can change their subscription settings on-site.

Drip sending: Prevent overwhelming your mail server or outbound limits.

Choose what is searchable

Boolean and full-text modes

Keyword highlighting in results

Search boxes to integrate into your website

Logging/stats

OpenSearch support: Allow users to search from inside their web browser.

Results sorting, and filtering by author and date

Search within downloads: Including support for looking inside archives.

Composr fast custom index: Support full-text searches in instances where your database does not

Multiple types: Each one can specify its own width-by-height (e.g. skyscraper).

Smart banners: Integrate text-banners into your content via keyword detection.

Broad media compatibility: Image banners, external banner rotations, and text banners.

Determine which banners display most often

Run a cross-site banner network

Hit-balancing support: A site on a banner network gets as many inbound hits as it provides outbound clicks.

Targeted advertising: Show different banners to different usergroups.

Track banner performance

Use the banner system to display whole sets of sponsor logos or partners

Supports Geotargeting

Periodic content reviews: Reminders to check (or remove) banners

• Protocols: HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, DNS, and others
• Data formats: XML, JSON, CSV, PHP's serialized format, iCalendar, and various image and archive formats
• Standards: Accessibility standards (WCAG, WAI-ARIA), metadata standards (Open Graph, schema.org, Dublin Core), and microformats
• Server-side technologies: PHP, SQL (for database interaction)
• Composr-specific technologies: Tempcode (template system), Comcode (content language), Page-links, Filtercode, Selectcode, and Language packs

• Automatic browser behavior: Browsers typically disable background images when printing.
• CSS print stylesheets: Composr utilizes CSS to define specific display rules for printed versions of pages, such as removing margins and hiding social media links.
• wide_print parameter: This parameter, activated through specific links or specifying it in the URL, further influences page layout for printing.

• Virtual Machines: Use virtual machines to run different operating systems and test various Internet Explorer versions.
• Device Emulation: Use built-in device emulation features in browsers like Chrome to simulate mobile devices.
• Online Testing Services: Employ commercial online testing services like BrowserStack to access a wide range of browsers and devices hosted in the cloud.
• Real Devices: Conduct testing on physical mobile devices for a more realistic user experience.

• Fonts and typography: Defining font families, sizes, weights, and styles.
• Colors and backgrounds: Setting colors for text, backgrounds, borders, and other elements.
• Layout and positioning: Controlling the placement and arrangement of elements on a page.
• Visual effects: Adding shadows, gradients, transitions, and other visual enhancements.

• Modify page layout: Change the arrangement and positioning of elements on a page.
• Add new content: Insert additional text, images, or other multimedia elements.
• Customize the appearance of existing elements: Change fonts, colors, sizes, and other visual styles.
• Integrate interactive features: Embed JavaScript code for dynamic functionality.

• Dynamic content updates: Modifying page content without requiring a full page reload.
• User interface enhancements: Creating interactive elements like dropdown menus, image sliders, and form validation.
• Animations and visual effects: Adding visual appeal and engaging user experiences.
• Asynchronous communication: Fetching data from, or sending data to, servers in the background without disrupting user interaction.

• Storage: Cookies are stored on the user's computer, while sessions are stored on the server.
• Expiration: Session cookies expire when the browser is closed, while persistent cookies have a set expiration date. Sessions typically expire after a period of inactivity.
• Data sensitivity: Sessions are generally used for more sensitive data, as the information is not stored on the user's computer and therefore less likely to be stolen by a hacker.

• User identification: Cookies can be used to identify a specific user, even if they are not logged in. This allows websites to remember user preferences, shopping cart contents, and other information.
• Tracking user behavior: Cookies can be used to track user behavior on a website, such as the pages they visit and the links they click. This information can be used to improve the website's design and content.
• Advertising: Cookies can be used to deliver targeted advertising to users based on their browsing history.

• Session cookies: These cookies are temporary and are deleted when the user closes their web browser. They are often used to store information about the user's current session, such as the items in their shopping cart.
• Persistent cookies: These cookies are stored on the user's computer for a longer period. They can be used to remember user preferences, such as their login details or language settings.