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Use the Comcode <tt>hide</tt> tag to place messages that are obscured until consciously uncovered. This is great for placing warnings (such as <tt>spoilers</tt> or disclaimers) or hiding answers to questions so to give the reader time to think.
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If you are a Firefox user, make use of the Web Developer Toolbar extension. It contains great tools for interactively working with CSS that you can use in supplement to ocPortal's own CSS editing capability (to test out ideas interactively before saving them in ocPortal).
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Consider using permission-restricted forums for discussion between staff even if you have real-world meetings. You will find them a very convenient for having quick thoughtful discussions where no participator feels pressed to ‘answer on the spot’. There is also less need to co-schedule or take minutes.
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The point system is a great community invigoration tool – by creating an economy, you add a new facet to your community that raises interest level and a competitive factor.
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Located in
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Regularly change add content to your website, or randomise content display using the <tt>main_content</tt> block. This will keep your visitors returning, which in turn will make them more likely to recommend your website to others.
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You will find the ‘Template tree’ and ‘Language’ options in the list of options in the login block very useful for changing the templates and language strings of the page you are viewing.
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Use the Comcode <tt>page</tt> tag instead of the <tt>url</tt> tag whenever referring to local URLs. By doing this you can gain protection against changes in URL behaviour between versions and the effect on URLs by pages moved between zones.
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Located in
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If you have untrustworthy people around you, switch to conceded mode after using the Admin or CMS zones… that way, anyone using your computer will need need your password to cause any mischief.
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Located in
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Use the ‘SU’ feature to test your site as any user of your choosing. It's easy (regrettably, but inevitably) to make mistakes when setting permissions and lock off an important portion of your site to those that should be able to see it. You can activate ‘SU’ manually by appending <tt>&keep_su=<username></tt> to the URL. ‘SU’ is superior to logging in as another member not just due to speed, but also because you will still be able to see things such as stack traces.
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When designing ocPortal sites, you need to consider the modularity of the system. Modularity is fantastic because it allows ocPortal to serve so many different kinds of website with just a shuffling around of the features: but it also inevitably requires a different way of thinking. You need to think about how to achieve things using the features ocPortal provides, rather than trying to force ocPortal to conform to rigid preconceptions. The end result is often a better website than what was originally planned, because of the extras ocPortal offers.
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