Help for Adopters
Adopt Exponential: evaluate it, plan the move, migrate content, train your team and run it with confidence.
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- Adopters: start here The landing page for organizations and people adopting Exponential - evaluating whether it fits, deciding,...
- Migrations versus migrating a site The word migration means two different jobs in the Exponential documentation - migrations (schema and conte...
- What adoption means The difference between installing Exponential and adopting it - the five things an adoption changes (softwa...
- The adoption roadmap The six stages of adopting Exponential on one page - evaluate, decide, plan, migrate, launch, live with it...
- Adoption by organization size How adopting Exponential differs for an individual, a small team, a larger organization and a public body -...
- Adopters reading path The order in which to read the adopters section - a core path through the six stages of an adoption, and sh...
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The tutorial - from an existing Exponential site to a live github.io address in about 15 minutes, with a free GitHub account, one token, the setup wizard, a build, a check and a publish.
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All pages for Adopters- Adopters FAQ Short answers to the questions organizations ask when adopting Exponential - cost, license, how long it takes, hosting, databases, migrat...
- Adopters glossary The words adopters meet when bringing Exponential into an organization - from acceptance and content freeze to cut-over, hypercare, proof...
- Adopters checklists All adoption checklists in one place - evaluation, decision, planning, migration, launch and after launch - with short versions to copy a...
- Evaluating Exponential The landing page of the evaluating stage for adopters - checking the fit, trying the demo and a test installation, a proof of concept, th...
- Is Exponential a fit? Signals that Exponential fits an adopter's needs and signals that it may not, based on the features the README lists, the supported platf...
- Trying the demo and a test install How adopters see Exponential working before they commit - the public demonstration installation and its demo mode, a test installation on...
- A proof of concept for adopters How adopters run a short proof of concept with Exponential - choosing the hardest requirement, scope and time box, a sample of real conte...
- The evaluation scorecard for adopters A scorecard adopters fill in to evaluate Exponential against their own requirements - weighted criteria for content, editing, languages,...
- Questions adopters should ask The questions an adopter should ask before choosing Exponential - of 7x, of a partner, of a hosting company, of the community, and of the...
- Comparing Exponential on facts How adopters compare Exponential with other systems fairly - same requirements, same evidence, documented facts only, total cost over yea...
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