- Image processing and media What a host needs to provide for Exponential's image handling: GD and ImageMagick and their order, the image aliases and where variations are stored, the upload types accepted and validated, SVG sanitizing, Velocity's…
- Interface translation fallbacks How Exponential decides which interface translation a locale shows when it has none of its own (configured fallbacks, rules, the automatic same-language fallback), how to see the chain with exp:i18n and Setup >…
- Loading order and which theme wins When two extensions provide the same template or setting, the loading order decides which one wins; how the order is set, how ExtensionOrdering and extension.xml dependencies change it, and how to check it.
- OAIS and handing content to an archive For public bodies that transfer website content to a digital archive - the OAIS reference model (ISO 14721) framed generally, where Exponential sits (a producer, not an archive), and what a submission from Exponential…
- Open data checklist One checklist for launching and running an open data catalog on Exponential, from the first decisions to the yearly review, with a link to the page that explains each item.
- Password policy For public bodies that must set a password policy - Exponential's password settings (minimum length, weak password check, composition rules, reset link lifetime, change notification), the shipped defaults, and a…
- Restriction and Deactivate and move For public bodies that must restrict processing or retire accounts without deleting them - Exponential's Disable, Deactivate and move (opt-in, reversible, hidden group without roles) and Check user accounts, with what…
- Route audit alerts to a security mailbox Step by step - send Exponential's audit alerts (brute force, administrator role granted, mass delete, audit switched off, broken chain) to your security team's mailbox instead of the site's AdminEmail, and check the…
- Sections, roles and access for builders Who may see and do what - sections, object states, roles, policies, limitations and assignments - explained for builders, with a members-only area as a worked plan and the template operators that ask about access.
- Set up a staff intranet siteaccess Task for administrators: create an intranet siteaccess that requires sign-in for every page, with its own folder in a section visitors cannot read and a Staff role, and test it from outside and inside.
- Upgrade check and file consistency What the upgrade check in the Exponential administration proves to a business, how the file and database consistency checks work, how to read their findings, and when to run them, before and after an upgrade and after…
- Verify the audit trail Step by step - check that the audit trail is complete and unchanged with exp:audit status and verify (live files and archives), or Verify now in the Audit tab, and what to do with the result.
- Wishlists and baskets What a store owner should know about baskets and wishlists in Exponential - abandoned baskets on the dashboard, basket cleanup by cron job, what happens to a basket on checkout and sign-out, the wishlist for signed-in…
- Withdrawing and correcting published information How to correct or withdraw information a public body has published, in Exponential, so that the public sees what changed and the record stays complete: corrections with notes, hiding instead of removing, the trash, and…
- Your first static site in 15 minutes: the club site on GitHub Pages The last chapter - the finished club site published as a free static copy on GitHub Pages, with the setup wizard, a build, a check and a publish, and what changes for the guestbook and the members page.
- Account lockout For administrators of public sites - Exponential's account lockout after failed sign-ins is off by default; how to enable it, how to keep your own network out of it, the trade-off with deliberate lockouts, and how to…
- Check who gets audit alerts Step by step - list the audit alert rules and the addresses each one mails, fix the recipients so alerts reach a team mailbox instead of a placeholder or one person, and test a rule against a past day.
- Console, cronjobs and background work How work runs outside a web request in Exponential - the console and its command discovery, eZScript, cronjob parts run by runcronjobs.php, content jobs for large content operations, the expqueue job queue for…
- Emergency alert readiness How a public body prepares its Exponential site to publish urgent information fast and keep it available under load - who publishes, a prepared alert content area, cache clearing, Velocity's response cache, load and…
- FAQ: performance and Velocity Answers to the performance questions public bodies ask about Exponential - how fast it is, caching, traffic spikes, Exponential Velocity, other engines, CDNs and how to measure speed yourself - without unverified…
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