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What does the Store tab show? The Store tab opens the store dashboard - orders today and in the last 30 days, orders that wait, revenue per currency, how checkout is set up and what to do next - and its left menu leads to orders, products… AdministratorsCustomers User manual
What Exponential does not cover for accessibility The known accessibility gaps the project names itself - public designs not audited, classic administration and admin3 partly fixed, online editor unverified, extensions without an overall statement, no automated engine… AdministratorsDevelopersProject managersGovernments Public sector
Writing good issues Report a bug or ask for a feature in a way a maintainer can act on - versions, steps to reproduce, expected and actual result, logs without secrets - with a template and what to leave out. DevelopersEnd usersDesignersApplication creators Extension development
Writing the README of a theme The sections a theme's README.md needs - what it is, a screenshot, requirements, install, switch on, configure, license and support - in the order a reader looks for them, with a template to copy. Designers Theme extensions
Reviewing a machine-assisted translation How a native speaker reviews one of Exponential's machine-assisted administration translations - set up the language, walk the main screens, note wrong, awkward and inconsistent strings, fix them in the translation… Advocates Advocacy and community
The package list and package page Read Setup > Packages - the repositories and their counts, the search and filters, the cards, installer sources and the removal confirmation - and a package's own page with its details, contents, Compare, Validate and… AdministratorsDevelopers Installation and upgrades
Where changelogs and release notes live A map of every place that records what an Exponential version contains - the changelog pages, the release overview, GitHub Releases, the release notes of extensions, Velocity and the platform packages, the history and… Press, media and influencers Press and media
Importing a package Upload an .ezpkg archive on Setup > Packages > Import new package - what is checked before anything is written, which repository the package lands in, what happens next, the upload limits and their settings, and what… AdministratorsDevelopers Installation and upgrades
Reading a changelog How an Exponential changelog page is built - header, In short, Upgrading, Added, Updated, Removed, Renamed, commit hashes, the uncounted changes - and how to turn its lines into accurate sentences without overstating… Press, media and influencers Press and media
Reporting bugs well How advocates write bug reports that get fixed, and teach others to - search first, one problem per issue, steps to reproduce, expected and actual result, environment from the Report an error page, safe logs - with a… Advocates Advocacy and community
How version numbers work What the numbers in Exponential versions mean, why 6.0.10 comes after 6.0.9, why the last position keeps counting (0.0.4.9 then 0.0.4.10), how tags, branches and Composer constraints relate, and how to sort versions… Press, media and influencers Press and media
Installing and uninstalling Install a package's items from the administration - the install page, what the install meets here by remote ID, install as drafts, install in the background, conflicts, batching - and uninstall it again, with what each… AdministratorsDevelopers Installation and upgrades
Reproducing and confirming issues How advocates help maintainers by reproducing reported bugs on a fresh installation, confirming or narrowing them down, and commenting with useful, safe information - a step-by-step routine with comment templates. Advocates Advocacy and community
Published versions never change Why an Exponential release, once tagged, is permanent - what the project says about it, why Packagist makes it so, what happens when a release has a mistake, and what that means for accurate reporting and for… Press, media and influencers Press and media
Security reports stay private What an advocate does when someone mentions a vulnerability in Exponential - stop public discussion, route it privately to the address in SECURITY.md or GitHub's private reporting, never reproduce it on others' sites… Advocates Advocacy and community
The package wizard The redesigned package creation wizard at Setup > Packages > Create new package - the four wizards, the steps and their buttons, the pickers, the review, where the package is written, the entry from the content tree… AdministratorsDevelopersDesigners Installation and upgrades
Package servers in ezupdate The Exponential package servers section of ezupdate's Package servers page (/update/servers) - the built-in server from package.ini, adding and removing your own, the Servers[] setting it writes, the server-add and… AdministratorsDevelopersHosting companies Installation and upgrades
Testing the development line How advocates test the current development line of Exponential (the main branch, dev-main) on a separate test installation and report what they find, so releases are better - never on production, with a test routine and… Advocates Advocacy and community
Verifying a release yourself Three ways for a reporter to confirm that an Exponential release exists, when it was made and what it contains - GitHub Releases in a browser, a few Git commands, and Packagist - with expected output and what to do when… Press, media and influencers Press and media
Covering 6.0.15, before and after its tag How to report on the Exponential 6.0.15 line, the current release line of Exponential 6.0 - what the sources said about it before the tag v6.0.15, how to check whether the tag exists, which phrasing is accurate, and why… Press, media and influencers Press and media

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