Help for Governments
Exponential in the public sector: accessibility, privacy and security, open source and procurement, hosting and long-term care.
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- Governments: start here The landing page for public bodies that run or plan to run Exponential - ministries, regions and states, co...
- Non-profits: start here The landing page for charities, foundations, community organizations and other non-profits that run their w...
- Keep private content private How static publishing makes sure only public content reaches a public repository - builds as the anonymous...
- Other git hosts: GitLab, Gitea and your own server Publish the static copy to GitLab Pages, Codeberg or Gitea pages, or a git repository on your own server -...
- A free website for your nonprofit Run your nonprofit's public website without a hosting bill - edit in Exponential, publish a static copy to...
- Accessible static sites for public information For public bodies - publish public information as a static site that is fast, robust under load, cheap to r...
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Accessible static sites for public information
For public bodies - publish public information as a static site that is fast, robust under load, cheap to run and easy to audit for accessibility, while editing, approval and records stay in Exponential.
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Keep private content private
How static publishing makes sure only public content reaches a public repository - builds as the anonymous user, the clean-up and refuse checks, leaving pages and sections out, and reading the diff before every public…
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All pages for Governments- Non-profits reading path The order in which to read the non-profits section - five stages from understanding what Exponential offers, through planning and funding...
- Adoption by organization size How adopting Exponential differs for an individual, a small team, a larger organization and a public body - the typical setup, who does t...
- Accessibility for non-profits Why accessibility matters especially for non-profits, what Exponential provides (template guidance, image fields that can require alterna...
- Accessibility for public bodies The accessibility section of the Governments help - what accessibility law asks of public bodies, how WCAG 2.2 AA, EN 301 549 and Section...
- Agencies Index for regulators, inspectorates and executive agencies planning an Exponential site - what they publish, content model, structure and...
- Availability for public-sector sites Index of the availability pages for public bodies: high availability, several web servers, shared storage, database availability and read...
- Backups and recovery for public-sector sites Index of the backup and recovery pages for public bodies: what to back up, per-engine database backups, files and keys, schedules and ret...
- Building a public-sector site Index of every building guide of the Governments help - service catalog, forms, citizen accounts, news and alerts, events, documents and...
- Building a service catalog Index of the guides for building a catalog of public services in Exponential - a service class, plain-language pages, life events and top...
- Building forms Index of the guides for building public-sector forms in Exponential - the information collector, accessible forms, spam protection and it...
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