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Advanced site structure and flow

By:
Chris Graham
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30th Apr 2015
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18th Nov 2025
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Expert
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Core documentation
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Some advanced information about managing the structure and flow of a Composr website.

Practical page editing (a walk through)

By:
Jim Davidson, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
31st Oct 2014
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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In this tutorial I show how to make some edits to the Composr front page, while crossing into many important techniques and concepts for Composr and in general.

Adding an Image Slider to Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
31st Aug 2014
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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Many websites now make use of sliders to convey information to their visitors. It's incredibly common especially in the world of eCommerce as it allows several items to be displayed neatly together.

Editing Menus in Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
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30th Jun 2014
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18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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Your primary site menu is how most site visitors will find their way around your website and as such it's important you are able to edit it.

De-Branding in Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
30th Jun 2014
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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In this tutorial I will talk about a couple of slightly-related features that are useful to agencies deploying Composr on a large scale.

Adding New Page Options in Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
31st Jul 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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Adding a new page is one of the most common tasks you will need to do with any website. This process is quite simple and explained in this tutorial.

Add a New Zone in Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
30th Jun 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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Zones are a key element to the structure of any Composr built website and are a great way of sectioning off your content into different areas.

Separate forums for separate zones

By:
kenno, Edited by Chris Graham
Added:
31st Mar 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Expert
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Auxillary
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How to set up separate forums for separate website zones.

How to Install an Addon in Composr

By:
Steve Jarvis, Sponsored by Arvixe hosting
Added:
31st Mar 2013
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Auxillary
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Some extra features have been kept as non-bundled addons so the core Composr software doesn't suffer from being bloated. This tutorial shows how to install them.

Comcode and the attachment system

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Aug 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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Create dynamic effects and display rich media, without having to write any XHTML, CSS, or JavaScript.

Using blocks

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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How to add dynamism and inline content to your pages, using blocks.

Adding standalone pages of content (via Comcode)

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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How to add new pages, using Comcode. It couldn't be simpler to do: Comcode pages almost look like plain text.

Featuring content

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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How to pull out content from your website, and put it in a featured spot. There are a number of methods available.

Customising what's on the menus

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Novice
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Core documentation
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All about Composr's menu system. Did you know you can set up and configure as many different levels of navigation as you like?

Advanced techniques for multi-site-networks

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Expert
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Core documentation
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You can link multiple installations, via a forum, into a 'multi-site-network'. Read more about it here.

Composr site structure

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Regular
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Core documentation
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An explanation of the Composr systems that together form the structure and navigation for Composr-powered websites.

Tools for subsites and subcommunities

By:
Chris Graham
Added:
31st Jul 2008
Edited:
18th Nov 2025
Difficulty:
Regular
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Core documentation
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A common features of the largest community sites is to have subcommunities within the larger community. See how.

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