Part 1, chapter 11. Share Exponential is the community portal of the Exponential project. This chapter tells you what a developer finds there and how to use it well. The description is as of October 2026; the portal itself is the authority on its current sections.
What it is
The portal describes itself as the place where developers, users and contributors work together. Its footer states that its content is copyright 7x and that the project "is not associated with the original eZ Publish software or its original developer, eZ Systems or Ibexa". It runs on Exponential itself.
The sections a developer uses
| Section | Address | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Forums: Extensions | share.exponential.earth/forums/extensions | Ask about a specific extension, announce yours |
| Forums: Developer | share.exponential.earth/forums/developer | Kernel APIs, PHP questions, "how do I hook into ..." |
| Forums: Setup & design | share.exponential.earth/forums/setup-design | Templates, overrides, designs |
| Forums: Install & configuration | share.exponential.earth/forums/install-configuration | Installation and settings |
| Forums: Translation | share.exponential.earth/forums/translation | Translating the kernel and extensions |
| Learn | share.exponential.earth/learn | Tutorials, links to the books and documentation, code standards |
| Code standards | share.exponential.earth/learn/exponential-code-standards | How code for the project is written |
| Write a tutorial | share.exponential.earth/learn/write-a-tutorial | Give back what you learned |
| Get involved: Develop | share.exponential.earth/get-involved/develop | How to contribute code |
| Blogs | share.exponential.earth/blogs | News from the team and contributors |
| Roadmap | share.exponential.earth/roadmap | Where the project is going |
The Project menu links the downloads, the pull requests and the repository on GitHub, the project forge (Exponential Projects) and the chat channels. The Telegram channel t.me/exponentialcms is also named in Who is 7x?; the portal lists Slack, Discord and a LinkedIn group as well.
How to search it
- Use the portal's own search for words from your error message or the name of the class or setting.
- Search the forums of the old product name too: many answers from the earlier years still apply to the kernel, whose code base Exponential continues.
- When you find an answer, check which version it was written for. Settings and templates rarely changed; PHP code written for PHP 5 needs the changes in Part 4.
Using what you find
The portal's content is copyright 7x unless a page says otherwise. That means:
- Link to a forum thread or tutorial rather than copying it into your own documentation.
- Quote a short passage when you need to, with a link and the date you read it.
- Code posted in a forum carries no license statement by itself. For a few lines that solve a common problem this is rarely a concern, but for anything substantial, ask the author in the thread whether you may reuse it under your extension's license. Reading licenses before you reuse anything explains why.
Giving back
A portal like this lives on answers. Once you have solved something:
- Answer the question in the forum where you found it unanswered.
- Write a tutorial (the Write a tutorial! page explains how).
- Announce your extension in the Extensions forum when you release it; see Announcing a release.
Related pages
- Previous: Finding ideas on Packagist
- Next: Exponential Projects (projects.exponential.earth)
- Asking the community for help
- Who is the Exponential Foundation?
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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