On-going configuration and maintenance

Use this space to share information relating to on-going configuration and maintenance

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

• Backing up your site
  How to backup your website (be it using our backup module, or otherwise), and why it is so important to do it.
  
• Providing featured content
  How to pull out content from your website, and put it in a featured spot. There are a number of methods available.
  
• The staff/member divide
  A discussion on the features ocPortal provides for members, and for staff - and how permissions divide them.
  
• Access control and privileges
  A detailed explanation of how you can configure permissions, how to test them, and how to manage them.
  
• Linux file permissions
  The theory behind the permissions ocPortal needs on most web hosts, and practical guidance on setting them.
  
• Manually editing your database
  A primer on databases, and how SQL is used to connect to them - as well as practical advice on using phpMyAdmin.
  
• Improving your search engine rank
  For most web sites, it is important to draw in visitors. We discuss the process of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
  
• Creating sub-communities/sub-sites
  A common features of the largest community sites is to have sub-communities within the larger community. See how.
  
• Cleanup tools
  Been editing files manually, and need to force ocPortal to "empty its caches"? We show you how.