Announcements
Important 10.0.50 changes coming
17th August 2024, 7:32 pmSome important changes will be taking place to v10 starting 10.0.50. Please read for more information.
v11: Breaking changes shortly to upgrades
5th May 2024, 10:38 pmBreaking changes are coming to composr.app in a day or so which will affect upgrades from versions before alpha3. Please read for more information.
Composr.app site opened (version 11)
14th March 2024, 10:35 pmThe new website for version 11 (composr.app) is online. Read the full article for important information and implications.
Facebook login integration disabled on compo.sr
1st May 2022, 9:09 amIf you use Facebook login you will need to reset your password.
Advisory: PHP 8.1 not currently supported
2nd December 2021, 6:06 pmBrief outline of Composr's PHP 8.1 status.
Two new XSS security holes, and resolutions
15th August 2021, 9:01 pmTwo security holes were recently discovered in current and previous versions of Composr CMS, and patched.
Upgrading ocPortal sites if PHP compatibility breaks
23rd March 2021, 3:17 amAdvice and tooling for dealing with ageing ocPortal websites.
Community Site Showcase
24th December 2020, 1:30 amAnnouncing the Community Site Showcase, where you can show off your sites to others and upvote/downvote (Reddit-style).
Bogus vulnerability reported ("'banners' Persistent Cross Site Scripting")
8th December 2020, 3:31 amAnatomy of a bogus vulnerability that is circulating.
Updated minimum PHP requirement
28th November 2020, 12:02 amComposr now requires PHP 5.3+ (but really you should be on PHP 7.3+).
Bugs in Composr 10.0.33
24th October 2020, 1:16 amThere are a number of nasty bugs in 10.0.33, hot fixes are linked inside this issue.
PHP 8 support
22nd October 2020, 4:03 amImportant message regarding Composr compatibility with PHP 8.
Overhaul of project messaging
10th September 2019, 1:08 amA number of development practices have been overhauled around how development work is messaged. This is to improve communication to Composr users and also within the development team.
Migration to GitLab
7th September 2019, 12:14 amComposr development has moved from GitHub to GitLab.
Security vulnerability in Composr
14th May 2019, 3:47 amA security hole has been found in Composr. This is a serious vulnerability that affects all versions of Composr 10+. It is critical that you deploy a resolution to this vulnerability as soon as possible.
Introducing the Conposr and Conposr++ frameworks
9th April 2019, 2:46 amIntroducing two new frameworks inspired by Composr, but targeted towards the development of standalone web apps.
compo.sr infrastructure problems (now solved)
20th February 2019, 11:10 pmAn explanation for some recent instability on compo.sr.
Topic read counts - a bug affecting users who upgraded from ocPortal
7th February 2019, 4:58 pmWe just discovered a bug affecting users who upgraded from ocPortal.
Announcing Composr 9000
1st April 2018, 12:00 amWe are currently hard at work on Composr 11, but in parallel we have been secretly working on something much grander – Composr 9000. More information is inside.
A general update
9th February 2018, 3:50 pmA general update on Composr development, and other community news.
Important issue in PHP 5.1/5.2
24th December 2017, 3:35 pmThere is a major problem running the latest Composr patch release in old PHP versions.
Composr development update - July-October 2017
16th October 2017, 11:15 pmA development update for the 3rd quarter of 2017.
Composr development update - July 2017
31st July 2017, 1:54 pmThis is a quick end of month development update for July.
Composr development update - April/May/June 2017
30th June 2017, 1:45 pmThis is a real quick progress update for April/May/June 2017, and also a summary of where we're currently at.
Composr development update - March 2017
27th March 2017, 3:47 pmDevelopment update for February and March.
Composr development update - January 2017
6th February 2017, 4:44 pm
Here's your Composr development update for January 2017 
. Most functionality is being developed for v11, our next major version.
Direct Transifex language pack downloading
10th October 2016, 4:14 pm
Now members and translators can download all the Composr CMS translated strings for a (Transifex-translated) language in one click.
Additionally the Spanish language pack is now released.
