- Run a proof of concept on SQLite in one command Step by step, install Exponential on a test machine with one command on SQLite, sign in, try the tasks your requirements name, and remove it afterwards - so a public body sees the product itself before or during an…
- Runbook: PHP upgrade A planned move of an Exponential site to a newer PHP 8.x version: check support and extensions on a staging copy, switch the web PHP and the command-line PHP together, reload PHP-FPM or restart Velocity, clear caches…
- Security updates and disclosure What a business needs to know about security fixes for Exponential - which versions are supported, how fixes are published, how to tell whether a site is patched, who applies updates and how fast, and how to report a…
- Security updates and patching cadence How security fixes reach an Exponential site - private reporting, fixes on main, the next release - how a public body learns about them, and how to agree a patching time with a supplier or host without inventing the…
- Shared services for the municipalities of a region How a regional body can host websites for the smaller municipalities of its territory on one Exponential installation - a siteaccess and section per municipality, a shared accessible design, shared content - and what…
- Shipping and handling What shipping options an Exponential store has out of the box - the flat simple shipping workflow and custom shipping handlers - and how a business chooses and grows its shipping model.
- SQLite for hosts SQLite 3, the default database of Exponential, from a host's point of view: what the driver adds, the four files and their permissions, the shared settings, backups and restores without copying a live file, monitoring…
- Switching to Exponential What a business needs to know before moving a site to Exponential 6 - from an older release of the eZ Publish years, from eZ Platform or Ibexa, from another host, or from another system such as WordPress or Drupal - the…
- Switch the administration's CSP to enforce Step by step - after the template audit and a period of clean reports, change the Content Security Policy of the administration siteaccess from report-only to enforce, deploy it to every process, and check the header.
- The audit trail for public bodies For public bodies that must show who did what in their website - what Exponential's audit trail records by default (and what it does not, such as publishing), where it is kept, who may read it, how long it is kept, and…
- The open source license (GPL) Under which license Exponential comes (GNU GPL version 2 or any later version), what the license lets a public body do, what it asks when copies are passed on, and where to check it in the product and the repository.
- The static cache For public-sector IT teams asked whether to turn on Exponential's static cache. What it is, why it ships off and the installation book says to leave it off, the rare cases where it still fits (for example an emergency…
- Transition to another provider, same software How a public body moves its Exponential site to a new hosting provider or support partner without changing the software - roles of the old and new provider, the documented move procedure, settings that name the old…
- Two-factor and sign-in What an organization decides about how staff sign in to an Exponential intranet - password rules, lockout after failed sign-ins, password expiry, two-step sign-in with sevenx_authentication_2fa, social login, sessions…
- Two-step sign-in for staff How to require a second step at sign-in for staff with the sevenx_authentication_2fa extension (authenticator app or e-mail code): turning it on, enforcing it, protecting the secrets, lost phones, and combining it with…
- Varnish and reverse proxies Putting a reverse proxy or a caching proxy such as Varnish in front of Exponential sites: whether you need one, trusting the proxy for HTTPS and the visitor's address, what may and may not be cached, and how to purge…
- Velocity for public-sector teams For in-house IT teams that run Exponential Velocity, the recommended engine. How it is started, kept running after a crash, deployed to, watched and secured, with the points an internal security assessment usually asks…
- What you have after installing sevenx_multisite A checklist of a finished sevenx_multisite installation - sites, siteaccesses, settings files, extensions, content, roles, caches and feeds - with the files to look at to confirm each one.
- A diagnosis workflow with the console A worked example of a coding agent that diagnoses a problem on a development copy without changing anything - "a setting has no effect, and anonymous visitors cannot see an article" - using read-only console commands…
- Intranet reading path The pages an intranet team reads in its first week, month and quarter on Exponential, in order: sign-in and roles, department editing, news, documents and search, joiners and leavers, audits and upkeep.
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