User features and usage

Use this space to share information relating to user features and usage

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In addition to the community-editable documentation above, we have the following official tutorials:

• Running chatrooms
  ocPortal includes really cool AJAX-driven chat and instant messaging functionality. Read about the features, and see general advice.
  
• Creating an economy/reward-system
  The points system allows members to earn and spend points, creating a great dynamic. Find out how it works.
  
• Dealing with annoying users
  Little tricks: changing their permissions via usergroups, mandating prior post approval, and how to ban them.
  
• Authors
  Find out how authors are different to members, and the tools available to you to create and manage them.
  
• People in their roles
  Find out the difference between the 12 terms we use for describing the people who interact with an ocPortal website.
  
• Activity statistics for your site
  Find out about the different kinds of statistics/analytics that you can use to analyse your visitors.
  
• Running a collaboration centre
  ocPortal includes many features that allow your website to function, in whole or in part, as an on-line collaboration tool.
  
• Running a virtual support desk
  ocPortal can be used as an effective support desk tool. Find out what features to use for it.
  
• IP addresses and tracing 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.