Getting started

Contents

1. Help for editors and users
   Where to start: the help pages for people who write, edit and publish content, and for everyone with an account.
2. Velocity is part of Exponential 6.0.15
   As of 6.0.15 the Velocity Internet and web application server is part of Exponential itself, installed with every copy and driven by one console command.
3. Who is 7x?
   The company behind Exponential.
4. Who is the Exponential Foundation?
   The nonprofit behind the Exponential open source project, and the family of products it stands for, from the Exponential 6 kernel to the Symfony based Exponential Platform distributions, Velocity, Exponential.
5. Why Exponential supports PHP 7.4
   Supported - PHP 8.0 to 8.5; usable without support - PHP 7.4 (Exponential 6.0.15 and later).
6. Develop with Git: grow from user to developer
   The recommended way to build websites with Exponential.
7. Logging into the Editor
   Sign in to the Editor, the simplified interface for people who write and publish content: its address, the sign-in form, two-step sign-in, a forgotten password, signing out and what to do when it does not work.
8. Update with Git: stay in sync with GitHub
   Keep a site made of Git clones up to date, first with Git (the kernel) and then with Composer (the extensions), either on the command line or in the administration during a maintenance window.
9. Contribute extensions back: share your work with everyone
   Why and how to give the extensions you build back to the Exponential project so everyone can use them; what the GNU GPL really requires when you distribute an extension (and what it does not require for a site you only.
10. Getting started
    Sign in to the administration, find the content you work on, make a first change, and know where to get help.
11. Keyboard shortcuts
    Every key the administration and the help pages answer to: search, menus, the content tree, tabs, sub-item order, column width and the editors.
12. Languages
    Translate an item into another language, see which translations exist, and choose the language the administration itself is shown in.
13. Searching
    Find content in the administration with the quick search, the search scope and the filters of the search page, open an item by its number or address, and search the site.
14. When something goes wrong
    What to do when something goes wrong: understand the error page, tell your administrator, and file a bug in the right issue tracker with what is needed to fix it.
15. Your account and signing in
    Sign in and out, register, reset a forgotten password, change your password and profile, turn on two-step sign-in, and manage e-mail and notifications.
16. Reading the help in your language
    The help is shown in the language of the administration.
17. Copyright and copyleft: who owns Exponential and what the GPL lets you do
    Exponential's one copyright notice, "Exponential Copyright © 1998-2026 Exponential Foundation and 7x", and its file header form; the historical shift of 2026-10-29 from 7x alone to the Exponential Foundation and 7x.
18. Free documentation: use it to help yourself and others
    This help is free documentation under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 or later.