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The Pillars of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)

By:
Patrick Schmalstig
Added:
30th Nov 2024
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18th Nov 2025
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Novice
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Core documentation
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Free and Open Source software\, like Composr CMS\, follow the principles of the freedom to use\, modify\, and distribute.

Web design glossary

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
30th Nov 2015
Edited:
29th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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Here are the top 100 buzzwords that will help you understand what web designers are talking about.

Using Chrome development tools to help with themeing

By:
Raji
Added:
31st Aug 2015
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Regular
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Auxillary
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This tutorial shows how to use the Google Chrome developer tools to help you with your themeing.

Metadata

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
28th Feb 2015
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Regular
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Core documentation
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An explanation of how metadata works within Composr.

Composr 101 with Arvixe hosting

By:
Jim Davidson, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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31st Oct 2014
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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Composr is a very comprehensive Content management system "CMS" That can be set up and used by just about anyone. I'll go over some of the basics of setup.

Addon index

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
30th Sep 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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An index showing what addons are available, and linking to relevant tutorials.

Finding Your Way Around the Composr Admin Zone

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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31st Mar 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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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.

An Introduction to Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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28th Feb 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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In this first Composr tutorial of mine I give a brief overview of Composr.

Browser version requirements

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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This tutorial details the browser requirements for visitors to a Composr site, determined by the CSS/XHTML/JavaScript in our default theme.

Drinking from the feature pool

By:
Chris Graham
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31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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The thought processes required to successfully design a complex and personalised website using Composr, and an overview of what features are available.

Web-applications, Composr, and PHP

By:
Chris Graham
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31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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Background into the different kinds of solutions that are out there for creating websites - and where Composr fits in.

Composr FAQ

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
30th Nov 2004
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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Frequently Asked Questions about Composr.

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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.