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Please <a href="http://ocportal.com/site/pg/tickets/ticket/index.php&amp;default=Feedback">give feedback</a> to ocProducts so that we may improve things in future versions. It is enormously important to us that your ocPortal experience is as good as we can make it.

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It's important to understand the structure of your website: ocPortal actually goes to incredible lengths to make sure that all your data is meticulously organised so that permissions can be assigned in an easy and logical way (and of course so that your website isn't a muddle to navigate). You can see the complete structure of your website using the &lsquo;Site Tree Editor&rsquo; from the &lsquo;Structure&rsquo; section.

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If you are a Windows users, you might consider ditching Internet Explorer and use an alternative but equally free browser, <a href="http://opera.com">Opera</a> or <a href="http://getfirefox.com/">Mozilla Firefox</a>. Not only are these browsers better at rendering pages, but by switching you help break the monopoly Microsoft have constructed with IE &ndash; for years IE has stagnated, and developers such as ocProducts can attest to the inordinate number of development problems that occur due to Microsoft's neglect. It limits progress in a real way.

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A forum community can make a website come alive &ndash; it can also make a website lose its controlled, professional feel. This is just one example demonstrating why you need to give thought to which ocPortal features you want to use, and how to use them.

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Use the inbuilt statistics features to see how your site is being used. With careful study, you can identify navigation problems, and where your strengths and weaknesses are (to allow you to focus your efforts).

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A common need is to give people access by default, but to be able to take away access on abuse. To do this, you could switch a user's usergroup to one with less privileges, but this requires maintaining of full permission sets for multiple usergroups. If you are using OCF, a better technique is to define a new &lsquo;default usergroup&rsquo; that only has permissions for the abusable feature &ndash; new users will be put into that usergroup as well as the main usergroup which has wider permissions. To remove a user after their abuse, just remove them from the new &lsquo;default usergroup&rsquo;.

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ocPortal can cater for websites large and small &ndash; as your site grows, stop trying to set permissions by editing things, and start using the &lsquo;Permission tree editor&rsquo; &ndash; it'll save you a lot of time when making batch changes as well as allowing you to see a complete view of your permissions!

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People will always abuse you and your website regardless of how good it is. Large websites will always get negative feedback from users who are super-liberal (thinking they have a right to free action on your website without following any rules) and users who are super-conservative (thinking that everyone should act in the certain way that represents their personal viewpoint). As a webmaster, you need a thick skin &ndash; try and be fair and balanced, and don't take criticism too harshly, especially when it conflicts.

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Turn on the ocProducts error e-mails if they're not already. We regularly fix minor bugs that people wouldn't bother report based on these, making the product more stable for everyone. You can do this by going to Setup > Configuration > Site

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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.