- Release policy and version numbers What a version number of Exponential promises to a public body - permanent tags, the next release as the only fix, the last position counting on, changelogs per version - and how to use that in a contract and an asset…
- Roles, policies and limitations How Exponential decides who may do what - roles made of policies, policies limited by section, subtree, class, owner, language, siteaccess or state, and roles assigned to groups - explained for public-sector web teams…
- Runbook: site down What to do when an Exponential site returns errors or nothing: identify the error page, check the engine, the database, maintenance mode, vendor and permissions, read the right log, fix and verify.
- Set the minimum password length to 12 Step by step - raise Exponential's minimum password length from the shipped 10 to 12 (the OWASP ASVS 4.0.3 level 1 value) or more, without locking anyone out, and check that new passwords follow it.
- Shared editing with volunteers How a small group lets several volunteers edit its Exponential site safely - one account per person, a few simple roles limited to sections, two-step sign-in, optional approval before publishing, versions to undo…
- Staff intranets with Exponential What a public body needs for a staff intranet and how Exponential provides it: a siteaccess that requires sign-in, sections and roles for internal content, sign-in options (local accounts, LDAP handler, two-step…
- Storage layout What an Exponential installation keeps on disk, which directories must be writable, which hold customer data and which can be thrown away, and how a multi-site installation spreads logs and caches.
- Supporter newsletter with cjw_newsletter Running a non-profit's supporter and volunteer newsletters with cjw_newsletter in Exponential - systems, lists and editions as content, double opt-in, a rehearsal that writes mail to files, switching to real sending…
- Take the site into maintenance for an upgrade Step by step - switch a public website into maintenance mode for a planned upgrade with a clear message for citizens, an expected end, access for testers and the administration, and check that visitors get the 503 page.
- The audit trail of migration runs Where a migration run leaves its traces - the tables exp_migration and exp_migration_run, the status file and the run log in git, var/log/migration.log and the audit events system.migration.* - and how to answer "what…
- The local package repository Where an installation keeps its packages (var/storage/packages), how the vendor directories, local and the system repository are chosen, what the .cache directory is, how a local index.xml makes an offline install…
- Transparency in Exponential at a glance One overview of the Exponential features a public body uses for transparency and freedom of information work (publishing, request forms, approval, version history, audit trail, exports), with what each does and the gaps…
- Upgrade overview for the public sector The upgrade of an Exponential site as a public-sector project - which upgrade path applies, the steps from backup to verification, what to put before the change board, and the people to involve - built on the upgrading…
- User management from the console: FAQ Short answers about the exp:user commands - permissions, passwords, dry runs, protected accounts, removing versus disabling, the audit, MongoDB, and what is deliberately not offered - merging accounts, passwords in…
- Weekly checklist Thirty minutes a week for the site manager of an Exponential site - content that needs attention, broken links and not-found pages, accounts, searches without results, the store, and the questions for the host - with…
- What open data means for a public body For people in a public body who are asked to "publish open data": what the term means in the Open Definition and the EU Open Data Directive, what DCAT is, and which parts of the job a content management system like…
- What to back up For public-sector IT teams that define the backup of an Exponential site. The two halves of every backup (database and files), the files that hold keys which cannot be recreated, what can be left out, and how to take a…
- Which way: the decision table For each kind of change on a site - layout, block look, menu, chrome, content view, new block type - which way to build it (Layouts editor, template override, settings, content) and why, with the Fit & Healthy example…
- Who may publish: roles and policies The four policies of static publishing - staticpublish/read, build, publish and setup - each limited to targets if you like, which steps ask Verify it's you, and how to let an editor publish one target.
- Classic and JSON packages The two storage formats of an Exponential package - classic package.xml and JSON package.json - what differs, how the kernel tells them apart, what this means for site packages and the package server, and how to convert…
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