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- Your account and signing in Sign in and out, register, reset a forgotten password, change your password and profile, turn on two-step s...
- Extension development: the book (start here) A complete book on growing from user to builder, extension developer and theme developer with Exponential:...
- User manual One question per page for the work in the Admin 4 administration - the tabs, the daily tasks of editors, an...
- Non-technical people: start here The landing page for people who are not technical and want to use, run or pay for an Exponential site: plai...
- The Exponential project: start here A map of the Exponential project as its website exponential.earth presents it, mapped onto this help - what...
- Velocity is part of Exponential 6.0.15 As of 6.0.15 the Velocity Internet and web application server is part of Exponential itself, installed with...
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Who is 7x?
The company behind Exponential. Nearly thirty years with one code base, from eZ Publish in 1999 to Exponential 6 in 2026; the product, the CMS, CMF and e-commerce stack, the platform distributions, the extensions, the…
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Who is the Exponential Foundation?
The nonprofit behind the Exponential open source project, and the family of products it stands for, from the Exponential 6 kernel to the Symfony based Exponential Platform distributions, Velocity, Exponential…
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Develop with Git: grow from user to developer
The recommended way to build websites with Exponential. Install the kernel and every se7enxweb extension as Git clones with their full history, turn an existing site into clones, keep them up to date, and send your…
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Logging into the Editor
Sign in to the Editor, the simplified interface for people who write and publish content: its address, the sign-in form, two-step sign-in, a forgotten password, signing out and what to do when it does not work.
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Contribute extensions back: share your work with everyone
Why and how to give the extensions you build back to the Exponential project so everyone can use them; what the GNU GPL really requires when you distribute an extension (and what it does not require for a site you only…
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Exponential: frequently asked questions
The answers of the FAQ on exponential.earth, retold and checked against the software - what Exponential is and how it relates to eZ Publish, why choose it, modules, designs and distributions, changing core files, code…
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All pages for Users- Getting started Sign in to the administration, find the content you work on, make a first change, and know where to get help.
- When something goes wrong What to do when something goes wrong: understand the error page, tell your administrator, and file a bug in the right issue tracker with...
- Getting support: free help and paid help Every way to get help with Exponential, following the support page of exponential.earth - first the documentation, eZpedia and the articl...
- Build with Exponential: why, which product, first steps The "Build with Exponential" page of exponential.earth, checked against the software - why build on it (simple, stable, upgradable), what...
- Contribute to the project: every way to help build Exponential How to take part in building Exponential, following the "Support Exponential!" FAQ and the community pages of exponential.earth and the k...
- The Exponential code of conduct The code of conduct of the Exponential project - the Contributor Covenant 2.1 with Exponential additions for partners and commercial cond...
- Give and donate: fund the work on Exponential The "Give Support" page of exponential.earth explained - becoming a partner, donating, a sustaining support subscription, sponsoring new...
- Help for editors and users Where to start: the help pages for people who write, edit and publish content, and for everyone with an account.
- Glossary for non-technical people Every word you meet in the Exponential administration and in conversations with a host or developer, explained in one or two plain senten...
- FAQ for non-technical people Short, plain answers to the questions non-technical people ask most about Exponential - whether they can break the site, whether they nee...
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