Community stars

Sometimes when someone gives you points, they select a role in relation to the points you receive. Those points are tallied on that role. And the top point earners of each role are showcased on this page.

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Community stars

Helpful soul

Helpful souls are members who are generally helpful around the community.

Avatar	Details	Signature
	Member: Chris Graham Role points: 2K Rank: Moderator
	Member: Adam Edington Role points: 2K Rank: Moderator
	Member: PDStig Role points: 500 Rank: Core Developer
	Member: Malatesa Role points: 250 Rank: Established Member
	Member: Joey Role points: 250 Rank: Top Member
	Member: sholzy Role points: 200 Rank: Hero Member	Steve
	Member: SoccerDad Role points: 200 Rank: Hero Member	"no violence, no hate, no pain, no enemies just peace, unity, tolerance and love" - The Beloved Links have been temporarily removed to disincentivise spam. They will be shown only if/when this member has at least one (non-deleted) forum post.
	Member: Jason Verhagen Role points: 56 Rank: Hero Member	Regards, Jason My ocPortal Sites: Holleywood Studio / Tech Fusion Online My Composr Sites: NEWBotics Labs Links have been temporarily removed to disincentivise spam. They will be shown only if/when this member has at least one (non-deleted) forum post.
	Member: Finncat Role points: 50 Rank: Regular Member
	Member: mythus Role points: 50 Rank: Hero Member	Like ocPortal? Want to thank Chris and gang somehow? Then help out in the chat room! It really needs your help! Just open it in a tab everytime you open your web browser, and when you hear a "ding", check it out! "Those who want help should first be willing to give help."

Support expert

Support experts are members known for giving out great technical support.

Avatar	Details	Signature
	Member: Chris Graham Role points: 1K Rank: Moderator
	Member: Adam Edington Role points: 201 Rank: Moderator
	Member: PDStig Role points: 200 Rank: Core Developer

Programming god

Programming gods are members known for contributing excellent code or coding advice to Composr or the community (e.g. Addons or core development).

Avatar	Details	Signature
	Member: Chris Graham Role points: 5K Rank: Moderator
	Member: PDStig Role points: 200 Rank: Core Developer

Themeing genius

Themeing geniuses are members known for making great Composr themes or offering great themeing advice.

Avatar	Details	Signature
	Member: ManojSree Role points: 300 Rank: Hero Member
	Member: Paul Flavel Role points: 50 Rank: Top Member
	Member: SoccerDad Role points: 5 Rank: Hero Member	"no violence, no hate, no pain, no enemies just peace, unity, tolerance and love" - The Beloved Links have been temporarily removed to disincentivise spam. They will be shown only if/when this member has at least one (non-deleted) forum post.

Community ambassador

Community ambassadors are members with charisma who help build and strengthen the Composr community.

Avatar	Details	Signature
	Member: jacobgkau Role points: 200 Rank: Established Member
	Member: Chris Graham Role points: 25 Rank: Moderator

Tracker master

Tracker master are members who regularly use the tracker to report and/or resolve bugs and feature requests.

Avatar	Details	Signature
	Member: Adam Edington Role points: 625 Rank: Moderator
	Member: Master Rat Role points: 400 Rank: Established Member
	Member: friendly Role points: 50 Rank: Hero Member	Art and Imagination of David L Friend http://davidlfriend.com My Business Art Gallery powered by ocPortal
	Member: TQ Role points: 50 Rank: Established Member	hamfiles.co.uk

Translator saviour

Translator saviours are members who contributed towards translating Composr in different languages.

Avatar	Details	Signature
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Special mentions for core developers

Over a dozen developers have contributed to ocPortal / Composr CMS in an official (core) capacity. Key contributors over the history of the software include the following:

Original Development Team

Name	Title / Role	Contributions / Notes
Allen Ellis	Founder	Original designer for ocPortal Also conceived and coded the Theme Wizard and Point Store Son of one of the early inventors of Internet protocols (Usenet, aka Internet newsgroups) Token non-brit	View
Philip Withnall	Early Developer	Coded the chatroom, blogging support, the analytics system, and OcCLE (now Commandr) Masters Degree in Computer Science degree from The University Of Cambridge Other work has included helping out with Firefox, and ongoing work on GNOME	View
Robert Goacher	Founder	Ran some of the early websites where ocPortal came from Technically the original developer of ocPortal, in that he wrote the first few lines of code Heavily involved in the feature design process Hosted some of our early meet-ups	View

Active Core Developers

Name	Photograph	Title / Role	Contributions / Notes
Chris Graham		Founder / Core Developer	Original developer of ocPortal, former lead developer of Composr CMS Masters degree in Computer Science from The University Of Sheffield Undertaken work for over 15 FTSE-100 companies, as well as many small and mid-sized organisations. Includes a number of banks and major brands.	View
Patrick Schmalstig		Core Developer	Joined Chris Graham behind the scenes in the development of Composr CMS in 2016. Took on the lead developer role in 2023 when Chris Graham stepped back to attend to his new lifestyle changes. Spearheaded the development of Composr CMS v11 and the new website, Composr.app. Formed the company PDStig, LLC to take on professional support and development for Composr CMS users especially after the discontinuation of ocProducts, Ltd. Stepped back as lead developer in April 2025 due to economic constraints.	View

Inactive Core Developers

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