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Tutorials
ModSecurity
- By:
- temp1024 and Chris Graham
- Added:
- 30th Apr 2015
- Edited:
- 18th Nov 2025
- Difficulty:
- Regular
- Tutorial type:
- Auxillary
- Tags:
- Rating:
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Explanation of how to configure ModSecurity for Composr.
Keeping Track of a busy Composr Site
This tutorial covers some regular and irregular maintenance tasks you'll want to perform.
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.
Creating a Hidden Members Zone in Composr
It's quite common for community sites to have a hidden member's area of the site where you can post private updates or information relating to things you don't want guests to see.
Using the if_in_group in Composr
We give an example of showing different content to different usergroups.
Security in Composr
The inbuilt security of Composr is one of its strongest features. This ranges from many inbuilt features to the close integration of features using the same very high coding standards.
An Introduction to Composr
In this first Composr tutorial of mine I give a brief overview of Composr.
Advanced access control
- By:
- Chris Graham
- Added:
- 31st Jul 2008
- Edited:
- 18th Nov 2025
- Difficulty:
- Expert
- Tutorial type:
- Core documentation
- Tags:
- Rating:
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Advanced permission management within Composr, for power-users.
Dealing with annoying users
Little tricks: changing their permissions via usergroups, mandating prior post approval, and how to ban them.
Integrating Composr into a network via HTTP authentication
Sometimes, for integration reasons, you want users to login in to Composr via HTTP authentication. We show you how.
Integrating Composr into a corporate network via LDAP
How to integrate Composr into a corporate network via LDAP (OpenLDAP, or Microsoft Active Directory).
Access control and privileges
A detailed explanation of how you can configure permissions, how to test them, and how to manage them.
Using IP addresses to trace users
If you find a hacker, you may want to try and trace them back to a real world source. We introduce you to your toolkit.
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