- Sponsoring 7x on GitHub The GitHub Sponsors page of 7x (se7enxweb) - what 7x says it offers sponsors, every tier as listed on 18 October 2026 from $2 a month to large contracts, how to choose a tier, and what the tiers promise and do not…
- SQLite and Velocity for small teams The two Exponential choices that make a non-profit's site cheap to run - SQLite, the default database that keeps the whole site in one file with no database server, and Velocity, the bundled web server that needs…
- Supported versions Which Exponential versions receive security fixes according to SECURITY.md, what "supported" means for a public body, what happens to older lines, and how to require a supported version in a contract.
- Tagging and subject headings How a library or archive keeps controlled subject headings with the eztags extension - a tag tree with broader and narrower terms, synonyms, closed and open vocabularies, translations, subject pages, lists by subject…
- Tags and releases are permanent Why a pushed tag and a published release can never be moved, replaced or re-cut - Packagist and every installation keep what they first saw - and what to do instead when a release went out wrong.
- Taking inventory of an old extension Find out what an old extension contains and what will need work before you change a line: files, settings, PHP entry points, JavaScript, inline code, database tables, with the commands to list each.
- Tender template: accessibility clause Clause text for the accessibility obligations of a CMS contract - WCAG 2.2 AA for the public site and the administration, EN 301 549 and Section 508 references, evaluation before acceptance, accessibility statement and…
- The GPL and selling: what is allowed Selling GPL software is allowed - what you may charge for, the rights every buyer receives, what you may not restrict, and common misunderstandings, in plain words. Not legal advice.
- The log viewer Reading Exponential's logs in the administration (Setup > Log files) and on the shell (exp:logs) - which logs exist, permalinks, following a file live, searching, finding an error by its reference, masking of personal…
- The package server Overview of the package server that publishes Exponential's site installer packages, exponential.packages.exponential.earth, with a map of the pages that explain what it is, what it holds, how it is built and released…
- The PHP stack of the Exponential ecosystem The landing page of the PHP stack part of the ecosystem section - PHP versions, databases, web servers and engines, operating systems, the upstream projects Exponential uses and gives back to, and the standards and…
- The roadmap: what is planned and how to shape it Where the Exponential roadmap lives (the official roadmap and the community roadmap on Share Exponential), what it lists for Exponential 6, the Platform distributions, Basic and the community websites, which items the…
- The service page and plain language A fixed order for every service page, the template that shows the Service class in that order and hides empty parts, and writing rules for plain, accessible service text that editors can follow.
- The technical section of a grant proposal How to write the technology part of a grant proposal for an Exponential website in plain language a reviewer understands - platform, license and ownership, hosting, accessibility, data protection, languages and…
- The tools you need The short list of tools for extension development with Exponential - a terminal, PHP 8, Composer 2, Git, a text editor, a browser with developer tools, xmllint and PHPUnit - with the command that checks each one.
- The urgent notices pattern How to show urgent notices on every page or the front page of an Exponential site without a built-in alert feature - a notices folder the template lists when it is not empty, a short notice class with an end time hidden…
- TLS and HTTPS How a host serves every Exponential site over HTTPS only: who terminates TLS, redirecting plain HTTP, HSTS in the kernel and in Velocity, secure session cookies, proxies and load balancers that terminate TLS…
- Translation workflow How a business organizes translation in Exponential - translators limited to their language, translating in the editor, approval per language, keeping translations current, moving content between languages, and what…
- Upgrades and the SQL update files How Exponential's database update files are organized per engine and version in update/database, which chain a database walks from 3.10 to 6.0.15, the rules for applying them, the 6.12, 7.2 and 7.3 directories that must…
- Uptime practice The daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly routine that keeps an Exponential site available, who does each part, and which shipped commands and pages make it quick.
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