- Runbook: Velocity will not start What to do when the Exponential Velocity engine does not come up or does not answer: read its status and console log, then the usual causes (port in use, missing package or PHP extension, engine archive, certificate…
- Separating the administration from the public site For IT teams that must keep the editing interface of a public-sector site off the public internet. How siteaccesses separate the administration from the public site, how to give it its own host name, restrict it to your…
- Sorting tags correctly List the tags of a theme in version order, not name order - git tag --sort=version:refname, sort -V and git describe - with the mistake a plain sort makes and how to fix release scripts.
- Sponsoring as a company How companies and organizations sponsor 7x and the Exponential Foundation - sponsoring from an organization account, invoices and fees, choosing tiers for business needs, recognition, internal approval and combining…
- Story: funding and sponsors A feature story about who pays for Exponential - 7x's contributions and services, the Exponential Foundation founded in 2026, two GitHub Sponsors pages with two missions, what sponsorship is said to fund, and the facts…
- Switch and case Choosing between several outputs with switch and case: matching a value, matching one of several values with in, the default case, why conditions belong in if, and when if or an override is the better tool.
- Tender template: hosting and data location clause Clause text for where and how an Exponential site is hosted - data and backup locations, sub-processors, environments, backups and restore tests, access to the administration, customer access to its own data - with…
- The design chain: where a template is found How design:path/to/template.tpl is resolved: SiteDesign, AdditionalSiteDesignList, StandardDesign and DesignExtensions in each design, with the kernel code and a script that prints your chain.
- The end of a contract What a public body does when a contract for an Exponential site ends - renew, re-tender with the same software, or leave it - and the handover of code, data, keys, documentation and knowledge that each choice needs.
- The LICENSE file of a theme Add the LICENSE file a theme needs before anyone may use it - which text to copy, where it goes, how the license is named in ezinfo.php, extension.xml and composer.json, and what the design wizard writes for you.
- The themes that ship with Exponential A map of every design and theme extension the Exponential root package brings or this demonstration installation adds, with the siteaccesses that use them and where to read more.
- Upgrade and maintenance costs over the life of a site What keeps an Exponential site current - security releases in the 6.0.x line, PHP and operating system updates, upgrades from older lines - which tools reduce the work (upgrade check, ezupdate, maintenance mode), what…
- Upload a PDF report with an accessible summary For editors - publish a report as an HTML summary page with the PDF attached, so everyone can read the key points without downloading, with format and size shown and the file checked before upload.
- Valkey and Redis Offering Redis or Valkey to Exponential sites with the sevenx_valkey_cache extension: what it moves out of files (content view cache, template blocks, compiled INI cache), setup, settings, sharing one server between…
- Velocity for businesses What Exponential Velocity, the application server bundled with Exponential, gives a business in plain words, the documented figures with their context, what it needs from your hosting, and when a traditional web server…
- Velocity workers and pools How to size and run Velocity's worker pool on a hosting server: fixed and dynamic pools, instances on one port, the zygote, worker replacement, persistent workers, streaming limits, memory measured as PSS, and how to…
- Warm the caches after a deploy Step by step - after a deploy or cache clear, request the important pages yourself (preload.php, warm.php or the Preload Sites view) so the first citizens do not wait for pages to be rendered.
- Welcoming newcomers How advocates welcome people who are new to Exponential or to its community - the first reply, finding out what they need, pointing to the first step for each kind of newcomer, and making them feel the project is open…
- Where the designers' help continues The designer help goes much further than this book: the template language, theme design, theme extensions, distribution, sales and life cycle. A map from each chapter of Part 6 to the pages that continue it.
- White-label reseller How a reseller delivers 7x services under its own name - the White-Label 7x Services benefit from the Professional level, the services 7x publishes, the partner discounts that form your margin, the questions to settle…
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