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Documentation Requests

  • How to add/reposition/remove blocks
  • How to disable signup
  • Installing ocPortal
    • Show how to create databases and set permissions in control panels
    • Show an FTP client, move the files?
  • Basic setup
    • Can include adding a few comcode pages
  • Basic catalogue usage
  • Advanced catalogue usage
    • Making virtual roots for 'no categories'
    • Template changes
  • How to add a custom form your guests can fill in custom forms, via catalogues or surveys
  • Virtual roots
  • How to customize panel_top's, introducing a dropdown menu
  • Custom profile fields
  • The power of tempcode
  • Custom comcode tags with tempcode
    • Cool comcode tricks (shorthand)
  • The power of newsletters
    • Different subscription levels, illustrate possible uses
  • Translating ocPortal to another language
    • Language packs
    • In particular, how to set the language's people use, and the site uses
    • How to have multiple languages
    • Community translations on Launchpad
  • Ecommerce for subscription-based websites
    • Subscription for users, adding a manual deep link
  • The power of OcCLE
    • Quick site opening/closing
    • Quick file editing
    • Quick DB querying
    • Opening up page links
    • … (look through commands)
  • Setting up your community
    • Add forums, forum groups, usergroups, set some basic permissions
  • Using GUIDs whilst templating
  • Dealing with annoying members
    • Put them into a user group that requires validation
    • Ban them
    • Ban IP addresses
    • If it's a common occurrence, make all members with < 15 posts require moderator approval.
  • Moving an ocPortal site from one server to another
    • DNS changes: use 'hosts' file to set up new site, close old site
    • Database move
    • File move (SSH?)
    • Using the upgrader to clear caches.
    • Using the upgrader to fix permissions.
  • How to create a CEDI tree
  • Importing an old site
  • Using the integrity checker to find problems with a broken install.
  • How to use a text editor to apply a bug fix.
  • Adding a block to the header/footer templates.
  • Doing an upgrade.
  • How to use WinMerge to see what has changed in CSS/templates after an upgrade, and apply the changes to your own overrides. (use the .editfrom files).
  • Writing an OcCLE script to quick-build content structures - like replicating a directory tree under a new root directory.
  • Use of Firebug

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