Composr CMS

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Composr CMS
Developer(s) ocProducts Ltd
Initial releaseJune 20, 2004;19 years ago (2004-06-20) [1]
Stable release
10.0.47 [2] / 18 March 2024;2 months ago (2024-03-18)
Written in PHP
Operating system Cross-platform
Size 58.5 MB (uncompressed)
Available inMultilingual
Type Content management framework, Content management system, Community and Blog software
License Common Public Attribution License
Website compo.sr

Composr CMS (or Composr) is a web application for creating websites. It is a combination of a Web content management system and Online community (Social Networking) software. Composr is licensed as free software and primarily written in the PHP programming language.

Contents

Composr is available on various web application distributions platforms, including Installatron, [3] Softaculous, [4] Web Platform Installer [5] and Bitnami. [6] [7]

History

Composr was launched in 2004 as ocPortal. [8]

ocPortal was featured on the CMS Report (a CMS editorial website) "Top 30 Web Applications" list. [9]

ocPortal was developed up until version 9 and renamed to Composr CMS in 2016 [10] alongside the new version 10 as a product and branding overhaul.

Features

The main features are for: [11] [12]

Composr uses a number of built-in languages to build up web content and structure, mainly: [13]

Composr is developed distinctly compared to most other Open Source CMSs, with the main distinctions being: [8]

Some unique (or rare) features of Composr are:

Criticisms

Composr's primary weak point has been noted[ citation needed ] as its relatively small community. Few community addons or themes have been released for Composr when compared to projects such as Drupal and Wordpress. Some Composr fans argue that the number of built-in features is both the reason and the solution for the lack of popular third party addons[ citation needed ].

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References

  1. ↑ Earliest tagged releases
  2. ↑ "Composr 10.0.47 released".
  3. ↑ "Installatron profile". installatron.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Composr". www.softaculous.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  5. ↑ SunBuild. "Windows Web App Gallery FAQ". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  6. ↑ "Bitnami announcement".
  7. ↑ "CMS Bitnami Application Catalog". bitnami.com. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  8. 1 2 "Vision". Composr CMS. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  9. ↑ "CMS Report listing".
  10. ↑ "ocPortal to Composr migration".
  11. ↑ "Features". Composr CMS. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  12. ↑ "CMS Matrix listing". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  13. ↑ "Composr Tutorial: Guide to web technologies (including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript)".
  14. ↑ "What Composr is not".
  15. ↑ "Composr compared to other Content Management Systems". Composr CMS. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
  16. ↑ "Composr Tutorial: Security".
  17. ↑ "Composr Tutorial: Security".
  18. ↑ "Composr Tutorial: Nuances of forum integration".
  19. ↑ "Official non-maintained status".
  20. ↑ "Composr Tutorial: Themeing your site".
  21. ↑ "Composr ATAG compliance".
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