- Lesson 1.1: What Exponential Intelligence is, and what it never does Learners explain what the writing assistant does, where it appears, that it writes only drafts as the signed-in editor, and what it never does. 30 minutes.
- Lesson 1.1: What Exponential is, for an editor Learners can explain content items, the content tree, drafts, publishing and roles in their own words before they touch the administration. 30 minutes.
- Lesson 1.1: Where people search in Exponential Learners name every place an Exponential installation offers a search, who uses each one, and which rules decide what a search may return. 25 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: A development installation with Git Learners get the kernel and its extensions as Git clones, install a site on SQLite with exp:install, start a web server with Velocity and sign in. 60 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Apache and nginx with PHP-FPM Learners set up an Apache virtual host with PHP-FPM for a training installation, compare it with the derived nginx server block, and fix file ownership so every writer uses one user. 45 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: A tour of the Setup area Learners find their way around the Setup area of the administration, name what each group of the Setup menu is for, and find any Setup page in under a minute. 35 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Finding your way: the dashboard and the editor Learners open the Layouts tab, read the Layouts Dashboard and its menu, tell the form-based screens from the visual editor, and find a layout, its preview and its mappings. 45 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Inventory and scope Learners take a complete inventory of a site before a migration (addresses, content types, media, users, data that is not content, integrations, custom code, legal rules) and decide the scope and the owner of each part…
- Lesson 1.2: Planning several sites on one installation Learners choose between the shapes of a multisite (separate content, shared content, languages, site extensions) and decide when separate installations are the better answer. 40 minutes, mostly discussion and a planning…
- Lesson 1.2: Preparing a safe training installation Trainers and administrators set every mail transport of a training installation to files, check the result in the settings and on the dashboard, and prove that no mail can leave the machine. 60 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Reading the design chain of a siteaccess Learners read the design chain of a siteaccess with exp:ini (SiteDesign, AdditionalSiteDesignList, StandardDesign, DesignExtensions) and predict which file a template lookup will find. 45 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Signing in and out Learners sign in to the administration or the Editor, recover from the usual sign-in messages, know how a forgotten password works and sign out safely. 45 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: The built-in search engine Learners explain how the built-in engine eZSearchEngine stores words in the database, how it matches words and phrases, and which shipped limits shape every search. 30 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: The Exponential Intelligence dashboard Learners read the Exponential Intelligence dashboard, the status line, the period and scope, the four figures, Start writing, limits, budget, the chart, models and recent drafts, and know the dashboard block on the main…
- Lesson 1.2: The Help center as your textbook Use the Help center inside the administration as the textbook of every course, search, audience filters, the All pages tree, bookmarkable search addresses, context help, print and PDF. 45 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Translating an item Learners add a translation to an item, starting from an existing translation or empty, publish it on its own, and change an existing translation. 45 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Venue, kit and helpers Prepare the room and the equipment for a hands-on workshop, network, power, projector, spare machines, printed quick cards, one helper per eight to ten learners, and an accessible room. 30 minutes.
- Lesson 1.2: Writing written tests with a sourced answer key Write multiple choice and short answer questions that check understanding, with an answer key in which every answer cites the help page that proves it, and keep the key hidden from learners until the test is over. 45…
- The code of conduct for community members What the Exponential Code of Conduct asks of community members - the Contributor Covenant 2.1 with Exponential additions - where it applies, how to report a problem, how the Exponential Foundation decides, and what it…
- Lesson 1.3: Adding a second site step by step Learners add a second public site to their training installation, with its own root folder, siteaccess, start page and name, register it and reach it by its URL path. 60 minutes.
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