- Supported PHP versions: 7.4 to 8.5 Which PHP versions Exponential 6 supports and how each is tested - PHP 7.4 as the oldest (8.0 for Velocity), 8.5 as the newest, the composer.json constraint, the CI jobs per version, the differences on 8.0, and what to…
- Tender template: vulnerability disclosure and patching clause Clause text that obliges a supplier to watch for, test and apply security releases of Exponential, PHP, the database and the operating system within agreed times, to handle reports, and to keep the site on supported…
- The design directory layout Every folder a design can have, what the kernel and the web server do with each, which folders browsers may fetch directly, and how the media and starter designs of this installation organize their templates.
- The European Accessibility Act and Exponential For public bodies and their suppliers in the EU - how the European Accessibility Act (EU) 2019/882 relates to a site run with Exponential, when it may matter to a public body, and what evidence the project can and…
- The giving page What a non-profit's donation page on an Exponential site should say and show - purpose, a concrete example, the button above the fold and at the end, who you are, where the money goes with a link to the annual…
- Themes and siteaccesses Which site uses which theme - SiteDesign, AdditionalSiteDesignList and StandardDesign per siteaccess, themes that build on other themes, one theme for several sites, and how to see the chain a siteaccess really uses.
- The partner program at a glance The whole Exponential Partner Program on one page - values, levels, profiles, prices, ways in, benefits, term and contacts - plus how it differs from the 7x Partner Subscription, a managed service with a similar name.
- The REST API for integrators What the REST content API of ezprestapi offers an integration - the routes at v1 and v2, reading lists page by page, creating and removing content, the status codes to handle, the answer cache and the gaps (no update…
- The setup wizard on shared hosting How customers without shell access install Exponential in the browser with the setup wizard, and what the host prepares: code upload, writable directories, the .htaccess file, HTTPS, the database, the maintenance hold…
- User accounts and passwords The account and password policy a business should set on Exponential - password rules, common-password refusal, two-step sign-in, what happens when a password changes, reset links, lockouts and keeping the account list…
- VAT rules and VAT types How an Exponential store charges VAT or sales tax - fixed VAT types, VAT rules by customer country and product category, how the best rule is chosen, and what a business must confirm with its tax adviser.
- VAT types and rules Looking after VAT in a running Exponential store - who owns the VAT setup, what to do when a rate changes, adding a rule for a new country or product group, removing a VAT type safely, and testing. Not tax advice.
- Velocity response cache The response cache in Velocity's parent process for hosted sites: what it stores and never stores, the velocity.ini settings and their trade-offs, conditional requests and stale-while-revalidate, 404s and logs, clearing…
- Versions and the audit trail How a non-profit uses Exponential's version history and tamper-evident audit trail for accountability - what each records, how many versions are kept (45 by default, per class configurable), comparing and restoring…
- What sponsorship funds What money given to 7x and to the Exponential Foundation pays for, in the organizations' own words - maintenance, releases, PHP support, security, documentation, extensions, infrastructure, community - and what the…
- When you are stuck What a non-technical person does when something in Exponential looks wrong - check whether it is an error at all, read the message, know who to call and describe the problem so it gets fixed fast.
- With RAD: a workflow event The Workflow event wizard writes an event type that logs every publication: triggers and statuses, the generated class and templates, and the one method to fill in.
- Worked example: an intranet A step-by-step cost and benefit calculation for a staff intranet on Exponential, where the return comes from time saved rather than sales, using only labeled example assumptions and a realistic discount for time that is…
- Working with 7x and the Exponential project Who stands behind Exponential and how a business works with them - 7x, the company that leads the project, and the Exponential Foundation, the nonprofit that operates it; free community help, paid services, issue…
- Writing a blog post How an advocate writes a useful, accurate blog post about Exponential - pick one reader and one point, structure, sourcing, naming, disclosure, review and publishing - with a post template, topic ideas that stay true…
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