- The site and the administration One Exponential installation with several doors - the public site, the administration, often a simpler Editor, sometimes a second language or a second site - what each door is for, why signing in to one does not sign…
- Asking a good question How to ask a question in the Exponential forums or chats so that someone can answer it in one reply - search first, describe the goal, include the environment from the system card, show what you tried, and close the…
- Roles and permissions explained Why what you can do in Exponential depends on your role and not on your skill, the four roles a standard installation starts with, what groups and sections add, and how to ask for more (or less) access - with a key-ring…
- Getting help step by step The order in which to look for help with Exponential - the help in your administration, the documentation, the community, the issue trackers, and paid support from 7x or a partner - with what each step can and cannot…
- Exponential Basic in the ecosystem Exponential Basic's place in the ecosystem - a simple CMS from the old 2.x line for learning, personal use and small sites, its repository and databases as described, and how it differs from Exponential 6.
- First steps Short how-tos in plain language for the everyday jobs in the Exponential administration - sign in, find your way, change a page, add news, pictures, documents and links, undo, hide, search, build a page with Layouts…
- Licensing questions: the GPL and Exponential The licensing FAQ of exponential.earth in plain words - the GPL version 2 or later, compatible and incompatible code, assets and dependencies, who holds the copyright, what source code means for a web application…
- Reading the help in your language The help is shown in the language of the administration. Switch the interface language to read it in another one; a page that is not translated yet is shown in English, with a note.
- The ladder: user, builder, extension developer, theme developer Four steps from using Exponential to extending it - user, builder, extension developer, theme developer - what each one does, what each needs to know, and which part of this book teaches it.
- Signing in for the first time Sign in to the Exponential administration or Editor for the first time, step by step in plain words - the address, the form, two-step sign-in, a forgotten password - and what each message means if it does not work.
- Finding your way around A plain-language map of the Exponential administration - the dashboard, the tabs at the top, the tree on the left, an item's page and its buttons, the right column - and the three places you will use every day.
- Changing a page Change the text of an existing page in Exponential and publish it, in numbered steps without jargon - find the page, press Edit, change a field, preview, publish or keep as draft - with what to do when the form will not…
- Filing a bug as a community member How to file a bug in Exponential so it gets fixed - choosing the right tracker, searching first, the parts of a good bug description, a safe summary of the installation, and what happens after you file it.
- Adding a news item Create a new article in Exponential - a news item, a blog post or an announcement - in the right folder, with a title, an introduction, the text and a picture, and publish it now or keep it for later.
- Adding a picture Put a picture on an Exponential site in plain steps - upload it to the media library or straight from the edit form, write a good alternative text, use it in an article or inside the text - and what to do when an upload…
- Adding a document for download Put a PDF, a spreadsheet or another file on an Exponential site so visitors can download it - upload it as a File item, give it a clear title, link to it from a page - and how to replace it with a newer version without…
- Adding a link Add a link in the text of an Exponential page - to another page of your own site (with Browse, so it never breaks) or to another website - write link text people understand, remove a link, and find broken links.
- Undoing a mistake Every way to undo a mistake in Exponential, in plain steps - discard a draft, go back to an earlier version, compare versions, restore a removed item from the trash - and the few things that cannot be undone.
- Hiding and removing Take something off an Exponential site - hide it for a while without losing it, or remove it to the trash - how to choose between the two, what happens to the items below it, and how to bring it back.
- Finding something Find any page, picture or file in the Exponential administration - by words with Search, with Advanced search filters, by its address with the Content finder, or by clicking through the tree - and why a brand-new item…
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