ocPortal.com gone?
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It would have taken resources to keep the site open, and resources are very tight. For example, ocPortal would have had to be kept secure after the EOL of the product, and we'd have had to keep patching the site (or spend a lot of time upgrading that site to Composr including the theme). We'd also have to keep moderating for spam posts, which was a growing problem.
We need to focus all the resources we have on maintaining what is current and implementing what is new, we just can't afford to maintain legacy architecture.
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Chris Graham said
We kept it open for almost 2 years after the first Composr CMS release, and removed as per a published timetable.
It would have taken resources to keep the site open, and resources are very tight. For example, ocPortal would have had to be kept secure after the EOL of the product, and we'd have had to keep patching the site (or spend a lot of time upgrading that site to Composr including the theme). We'd also have to keep moderating for spam posts, which was a growing problem.
We need to focus all the resources we have on maintaining what is current and implementing what is new, we just can't afford to maintain legacy architecture.
From “Post #3,766”, 21st January 2018, 9:05 pm
Hi Chris,
I discovered Ocportal when Composr was already up and as such I've always been using the latter.
However, some other systems archive their old website so people can make references, if need be.
Isn't this feasible in this case?
Site director
.I've put up a read-only archive:
Introduction message - ocPortal.com
It's on a different URL (/old in there), and I've blocked Google, but anyone trying to find old topics should be able to with a little URL manipulation.
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- If not, please let us know how we can do better (please try and propose any bigger ideas in such a way that they are fundable and scalable).
- If so, please let others know about Composr whenever you see the opportunity or support me on Patreon.
- If my reply is too Vulcan or expressed too much in business-strategy terms, and not particularly personal, I apologise. As a company & project maintainer, time is very limited to me, so usually when I write a reply I try and make it generic advice to all readers. I'm also naturally a joined-up thinker, so I always express my thoughts in combined business and technical terms. I recognise not everyone likes that, don't let my Vulcan-thinking stop you enjoying Composr on fun personal projects.
- If my response can inspire a community tutorial, that's a great way of giving back to the project as a user.
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