Tutorials – Learning Composr

Tutorials

Add a Chatroom to Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
30th Sep 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
Tags:
Rating:

Composr has its own inbuilt text chatrooms available to be used for any community website. Chatrooms are useful for conducting a discussion quicker than utilising the forums.

Add Shoutboxes to Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
30th Sep 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Auxillary
Tags:
Rating:
Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5 (Liked by rosemartine)

A shoutbox is a popular addition to many community websites and is very easy to add. This tutorial covers the process.

Running chatrooms (features and advice)

By:
Philip Withnall
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
Tutorial type:
Core documentation
Tags:
Rating:
Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5 Item has a rating of 5

Composr includes really cool AJAX-driven chat and instant messaging functionality. Read about the features, and see general advice.

Need better information?

The Composr documentation is user-driven:

  • If you have found documentation problems that you'd like someone else to solve log an issue to the tracker.
  • If you'd like to contribute a chunk of documentation to go into a tutorial, also log an issue to the tracker.
  • If you want to contribute a new tutorial you can submit a link.