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Parental Controls and Child Safety
How to comply with regional laws governing child safety and privacy.
ModSecurity
- By:
- temp1024 and Chris Graham
- Added:
- 30th Apr 2015
- Edited:
- 18th Nov 2025
- Difficulty:
- Regular
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
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Explanation of how to configure ModSecurity for Composr.
Editing Site-Wide Privileges in Composr
When you are creating a new usergroup you will usually want to customise the permissions for all of the members within. This tutorial explains how privileges work.
Stopping Spammers in Composr
One thing every website has to contend with eventually will be stopping spammers from making your user's life a misery. This tutorial goes over some features within Composr.
Set Up Short URLs in Composr
Most Website users expect easy to read website URLs, which also help a great deal with Search Engine Optimisation. This 'How To' deals with how to set up the Short URLs in Composr.
Finding Your Way Around the Composr Admin Zone
One of Composr's biggest strengths is its large amount of features. However, to a new user the Admin Zone may initially look a little overwhelming. This tutorial is a brief walk through it.
Advanced configuration
Setting permissions. Search-Engine-Friendly URLs. Addons. Changing Installation Options.
Advanced access control
- By:
- Chris Graham
- Added:
- 31st Jul 2008
- Edited:
- 18th Nov 2025
- Difficulty:
- Expert
- Tutorial type:
- Core documentation
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Advanced permission management within Composr, for power-users.
Basic configuration and getting started
Once Composr is installed, there is some basic configuration to do before your website is ready to open. We discuss it here.
Understanding and configuring e-mail
Setting up e-mail servers can be complex with all the protocols/standards out there. Let's cut through the confusion.
Access control and privileges
A detailed explanation of how you can configure permissions, how to test them, and how to manage them.
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