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Measuring outcomes with site data What an Exponential site counts by itself (form submissions, newsletter subscriptions, view counts, search statistics, shop figures, the audit trail), what is off by default and must be switched on before the period you… AdministratorsProject managersBusinessesNon-profits Non-profit organizations
Membership sites: start here For clubs, associations, professional bodies and customer communities that run a member site on Exponential: registrations to approve, members-only content, member mail and preferences, account upkeep and the data… BusinessesCustomers Customer success
Member site checklist A checklist for launching and running a member site on Exponential - basics, registration, members-only content, communications, events, privacy, operations, the first members and the routine afterwards. Project managersWebsite creatorsBusinesses Exponential for businesses
Monthly operations checklist A copy-ready monthly checklist for keeping a live Exponential site healthy and safe - releases and updates, backups, logs and errors, security, accounts, jobs, content and forms - with where each check is done and a… AdministratorsHosting companiesBusinesses Exponential for businesses
Newsletters How a public body sends a periodic news digest with the cjw_newsletter extension in Exponential - lists, editions built from news articles, double opt-in, one-click unsubscribe, rehearsal with the file transport - and… AdministratorsProject managersWebsite creatorsGovernments Public sector
OAuth applications for integrations How an external application signs users in and acts for them through Exponential's OAuth 2.0 authorization server - registering the application, the authorization code flow, refreshing tokens, the oauth/authorize… AdministratorsDevelopersIntegrators Integration
Open data, RSS and REST How a non-profit shares its publications and registers in machine-readable form from Exponential - RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds of news and publications, CSV, JSON and XML exports of content kept as registers, the REST API… Application creatorsWebsite creatorsGovernmentsNon-profits Non-profit organizations
Other ways to give money Ways to fund 7x and the Exponential Foundation besides GitHub Sponsors - PayPal, Patreon, Venmo, Cash App, the Foundation's donation page and buying services - each with its published source. Sponsors Sponsorship
Part 6: Theme developers Part 6 of the book: themes are extensions. Build one with the RAD wizard or by hand, connect it to siteaccesses, load its assets under a Content Security Policy, support dark mode, distribute it. DevelopersDesigners Extension development
Partner profiles: IT, creative, hosting, distribution and development The partner profiles (classes) of the Exponential Partner Program, what each one covers, typical companies, how to choose one or more, and what customers expect from each. Partners Partnership
Paths through the community The landing page of the paths part of the community section - the steps from user to contributor to maintainer or partner, and what the community offers editors, developers, designers, hosts and agencies, students and… PartnersAdvocatesSupportersCommunity Community
PDF and print exports How a library or archive turns part of its catalog into a PDF with Exponential's PDF export - what an export contains, generated once or on the fly, which stored PDFs are public, footers and fonts for any language, and… EditorsAdministratorsBusinesses Exponential for businesses
PDF export How to produce one PDF of a part of the content tree with Exponential's PDF export in Setup > PDF export - generated once or on the fly, classes in a tree export, the public address of stored PDFs, fonts and characters… AdministratorsWebsite creatorsGovernments Public sector
Planning upgrades in the budget How a public body budgets for Exponential upgrades over a contract term - routine 6.0.x updates, upgrades from older lines, platform upgrades - with the steps each involves, the tools that reduce the effort, and a… AdministratorsProject managersGovernments Public sector
Privacy and data protection requirements Requirement wording for the privacy part of a CMS tender - data minimization, consent records, data subject requests, retention, cookies, third parties and processing agreements - with what Exponential provides and what… AdministratorsProject managersPartnersGovernments Public sector
Privacy in the audit trail For public bodies balancing accountability and privacy - what personal data Exponential's audit trail keeps by default, how it is minimized and pseudonymized, the lawful basis the audit guide suggests, and the… AdministratorsProject managersGovernments Public sector
Project files: README, security policy and contributing in the help The README.md, SECURITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, COPYRIGHT.md and LICENSE.md of the repository, and the README files of its directories, are pages of the help. Where to find them, how links between them and the… AdministratorsDevelopers Project files
Reading the code you already have A map of an installation and four reading techniques: grep for a name, follow an address to its view, a page to its template, and ask Git why a line is there. DevelopersEnd usersDesignersApplication creators Extension development
Read replicas For database teams in public bodies running Exponential on MySQL or MariaDB. How Exponential sends read queries to replicas with UseSlaveServer, the exact settings, what replication lag means for editors, and when… AdministratorsHosting companiesGovernments Public sector
Records checklist A checklist for public bodies that must keep website content as records - what Exponential keeps (versions, trash, audit trail), what it does not do (retention schedules, disposal, archival transfer), and the routines… AdministratorsProject managersGovernments Public sector

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