- Not associated with eZ Systems or Ibexa The project's notice that Exponential is not associated with eZ Systems or Ibexa, where it is published, what it means for coverage, how to describe the shared code history without implying a company link, and how to…
- Objection: "Why not another CMS?" How an advocate answers "why not use a more popular CMS?" fairly - compare checkable properties, never describe the other product, ask about needs, name where Exponential is not the right fit - with questions and reply…
- Operating systems in the ecosystem The operating systems the Exponential ecosystem runs on, by the four tiers of the operating system support page - tested here, known to work, expected to work, not possible today - and how users can move a system up a…
- Project 10: capstone, a complete small site The capstone study project - plan, build, document and present a complete small site on a fresh installation, combining content classes, structure, a design override, layouts, a second language, roles, search, a backup…
- Several locations Showing two or more branches, a market stall or a mobile service on one Exponential site - one location object per address with its own hours and map point, a locations folder, a nearest-location list with the…
- The index.xml format The package index of a release folder, element by element and attribute by attribute, with what the setup wizard and ezupdate actually read from it, the rules they apply, and a minimal index of your own.
- The tables a database administrator should know A map of the Exponential kernel's tables for database administrators, grouped by purpose (content, classes, users and permissions, URL aliases, search, sessions, queues, site data, files, shop, audit, mail, API), with…
- Tools for theme designers The tools a theme designer uses with Exponential - the settings that reveal which template drew what, the debug output, packed or unpacked stylesheets, the preview siteaccess, the template editor and the design…
- Translating a page Add a page in another language on an Exponential site in plain steps - choose the new language and the one to copy from, translate every field, publish - and why a translation may not show on the site yet.
- Web and history tools The three read-only tools of Exponential Intelligence that look outside the content tree - web_fetch for pages of allowlisted sites, web_search through a search service, and project_history for the team's own commits…
- workflow.ini for the shop The parts of settings/workflow.ini that matter to a store - the available event types, the four shop triggers in AvailableOperationList, the SimpleShippingWorkflow amount and description, and how extensions add event…
- Browsing the package server in a browser How to look at the package server in a web browser, what the generated directory listing pages show and do not show, how to read a package index there, and how to see the history of a file on GitHub instead.
- Console commands and renames The console commands a DXP developer uses, the exponential prefix and its ibexa aliases, the commands that keep their upstream names, and how to find and migrate old names in scripts and cron files.
- Crediting Netgen, Mugo Web and CJW Network Which parts of Exponential build on the open source work of other companies - the concept of the upstream layouts packages, Netgen's AdminUI, Mugo Web's LoveStack, CJW Network's newsletter and request-shield, the Qbix…
- Hosting and database choices for adopters The technical choices an adopter makes before building - PHP version, database in the project's order of preference, web server or Velocity engine, operating system, and the environments needed - with the reasons for…
- Objection: "Is open source secure?" How to answer "open source is less secure" or "anyone can read the code and attack it" with Exponential's documented security process, the evidence a skeptic can check, and the limits an honest advocate states.
- paymentgateways.ini walkthrough How Exponential finds payment gateways - paymentgateways.ini AvailableGateways and GatewaysDirectories, the automatic loading of a gateway class from an active extension, registerGateway, and the provider files…
- Rights and licensing of what you publish How to handle the rights in episodes you publish on an Exponential site - your own license, music and clips, guest releases, artwork and photos, embedded third-party players - which fields Exponential has for it and…
- Service tools How read services of expservices become tools of Exponential Intelligence - opting in with 'ai' => true or the ServiceTools settings, the services expservices opts in itself (node, section, state, tags), what the model…
- Sessions in the database When Exponential keeps sessions in the ezsession table and when in PHP's own storage, what the table holds, how to switch, how expired rows are removed (ezsessiongc.php and the session_gc.php cronjob script, which no…
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