Community stars
Sometimes when you are given points, you are assigned a role in relation to the points you receive:
Helpful soul
Helpful souls are members who are generally helpful around the community.
| Avatar | Details | Signature |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody yet – could you be here? | ||
Support expert
Support experts are members known for giving out great technical support.
| Avatar | Details | Signature |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody yet – could you be here? | ||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody yet – could you be here? | ||
Themeing genius
Themeing geniuses are members known for making great Composr themes or offering great themeing advice.
| Avatar | Details | Signature |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody yet – could you be here? | ||
Community ambassador
Community ambassadors are members with charisma who help build and strengthen the Composr community.
| Avatar | Details | Signature |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody yet – could you be here? | ||
Tracker master
Tracker master are members who regularly use the tracker to report and/or resolve bugs and feature requests.
| Avatar | Details | Signature |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody yet – could you be here? | ||
Translator saviour
Translator saviours are members who contributed towards translating Composr in different languages.
| Avatar | Details | Signature |
|---|---|---|
| Nobody yet – could you be here? | ||
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 | Photograph | 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 |
| Chris Graham |
|
Founder |
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 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Schmalstig |
|
Lead 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. |
View |