Start with the shared part, then follow your track. You do not have to read everything: stop when you know enough for your job.
Contents
- Everybody: the words
- Track A: you edit the site
- Track B: you own or pay for the site
- Track C: you do not have a site yet
- Whenever you are stuck
Everybody: the words
About 45 minutes.
- Non-technical people: start here
- Glossary for non-technical people
- What Exponential is, in plain words
- Content items and the tree
- Drafts, versions and publishing explained
- The site and the administration
Track A: you edit the site
About two hours, spread over a week.
- Signing in for the first time and the First day checklist
- Finding your way around
- Changing a page
- Undoing a mistake
- Adding a news item
- Adding a picture and Adding a document for download
- Adding a link
- Finding something
- Hiding and removing
- Your password and two-step sign-in
- Before you publish checklist and Accessibility checklist in plain words
- When your site has them: Making a page with Layouts, Translating a page, Using the writing assistant
- Roles and permissions explained and Caches explained
Then continue with the User manual when a new question comes up.
Track B: you own or pay for the site
About ninety minutes.
- What you never have to do
- Hosting, domains and HTTPS explained
- Extensions explained
- Roles and permissions explained
- What a host does for you
- Domain name and e-mail
- Who to call: fill it in
- Monthly checklist for site owners
- Handover checklist when someone leaves
Then continue with the Customers section for owners.
Track C: you do not have a site yet
About an hour, then conversations with providers.
- What Exponential is, in plain words
- Three ways to get a site
- Questions about cost
- What to ask before you sign
- Domain name and e-mail
- Then the section for your kind of site: Individuals, Local businesses or Non-profits.
Moving an existing site? Read Moving to a new host.
Whenever you are stuck
Something looks wrong, Reading an error message, How to ask for help, and the FAQ.
Related pages
- Non-technical people: start here
- FAQ for non-technical people
- Getting started
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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