- Getting help step by step The order in which to look for help with Exponential - the help in your administration, the documentation, the community, the issue trackers, and paid support from 7x or a partner - with what each step can and cannot…
- Images, files and downloads Which images, style sheets, scripts, fonts and downloads go into a static copy, how storage images of published content are copied, what is never copied, and how to keep a build within the host's size limits.
- Install items and handlers What an install item in package.xml is, how the kernel finds the handler for it through package.ini HandlerAlias, what each shipped handler (ezcontentclass, ezcontentobject, ezextension, ezfile, ezsql, eziniaddon…
- Migrations: remotes and deploys Setup > Migrations > Remotes and Deploys in the administration. Add the other installations this one deploys its migrations to with the wizard, test their connection, deploy to a selection or a group all at once and in…
- The import editor of 7x SQLI Import Creating and changing an import in the administration with the import editor of 7x SQLI Import 2.0 - the six steps with a worked example, the catalogue of source types, conflict rules, undo days, notifications…
- Dependencies and install order How a site package declares the packages it needs (require type ezpackage with min-version), how the setup wizard and the kickstarter fetch them, how min-version is compared, and the exact order in which packages are…
- For site administrators What the exp:user commands give a site administrator who already manages accounts in the administration - when the console is faster, the commands for daily work, the safety rules, and a weekly routine.
- Member areas and registration What a site owner decides and runs when visitors get accounts on an Exponential site - open or approved registration, e-mail verification, the Member role, members-only areas, unfinished registrations, account clean-up…
- Migrations: the migration editor Setup > Migrations > Editor step by step with screenshots. Create a YAML migration without a shell - name it, choose where it goes, add steps with the form of each step type, reorder and remove them, check it, preview…
- SEO on a static site How a static copy keeps what search engines need - sitemap.xml, robots.txt, canonical and social card links on the public address, redirect pages for old addresses and aliases - and the optional minify, precompress and…
- Staying informed How community members keep up with Exponential - releases and changelogs, the history chronicle, GitHub notifications, Packagist, the commit feed on the developers' landing page, and where announcements are discussed.
- Large data migrations: batches, time limits and resume Change thousands of objects or rows in one migration without running out of memory or locking the site - batches, transactional() returning false, an idempotent up(), pauses, maintenance mode, and resuming a run that…
- Migrations: generating migrations The ways to get a migration without writing it by hand - from a recording and in the editor in the administration, and on the console from content, classes, roles, sections and settings that exist, from the difference…
- Reporting problems How a site owner's team reports a problem with an Exponential site so it gets fixed - one contact, the facts to collect, where each kind of problem goes (your administrator, host, partner, the public trackers or the…
- For agencies and hosting Run the exp:user commands across many installations - scripted onboarding of a client's editors, the same offboarding everywhere, regular account reviews per site, and the rules for passwords, siteaccesses and personal…
- GitHub Pages limits and terms What GitHub Pages allows - 1 GB a site, 100 MB a file, about 100 GB of traffic a month, a public repository on a free plan, no shops - how static publishing checks a build against it before every push, and how to make a…
- How the setup wizard uses packages What the setup wizard does with packages, step by step - Site types (index download, list, download and import with requirements, upload), Package language options, and Create sites (install scripts and installation of…
- Migrations: add a remote step by step Setup > Migrations > Remotes step by step with screenshots. Prepare the secret, add a remote (a target host such as dev, stage or production) with the five steps of the wizard - the remote, the connection, the…
- The help report page The Report an error page of the help in the Exponential administration - who can open it, what it prepares (the right tracker, a drafted issue, safe diagnostics, the private path for security problems), and how a site…
- URLs, redirects and moved pages What a site owner needs to know about page addresses on Exponential - renaming and moving keep old addresses working, removing does not - and which tool to ask for when a page goes, a campaign needs a short address or a…
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