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Coming from Exponential 6 A translation table for Exponential 6 developers who start on the DXP - classes to content types, nodes to locations, INI to YAML, TPL to Twig, extensions to bundles, modules to controllers, fetch to the repository… DXP Developers DXP development
Downloads and statistics What an Exponential site can tell a show about its audience - the download counter of file fields, page view counts, web server logs, analytics on episode pages - what it cannot count, such as plays in podcast apps, and… Podcasters, radio and streaming Podcasting and streaming
From eZ Platform or Ibexa How an adopter running eZ Platform or Ibexa DXP/OSS moves into the Exponential family - the two destinations (Exponential Platform Nexus as a like-for-like package swap, or the Exponential 6 kernel as a data and… DevelopersProject managersHosting companiesAdopters Adopting Exponential
Improving the help as a student How learners improve the Exponential help - why learners find the best documentation bugs, the quick way with Edit on GitHub, the thorough way with a clone, the front matter and style rules of help pages, what the GNU… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Monitoring the database What to monitor on the database of an Exponential site and where to read it - the Database card of Setup > System information, exp:system:info for scripts and alerts, the log files and the patterns that matter, the… Database Administrators Database administration
Performance For CMS developers, how to make an Exponential site fast and keep it fast. It covers measuring with exp:benchmark, what the content model and templates decide, fetch rules, caching per layer, the server side (Velocity… CMS Developers CMS development
Temporary orders and activation Why an Exponential order exists before the customer has paid - the temporary order created at checkout, how it shares the basket's product collection, what activation changes (order number, status history, mail, audit)… Application creatorsWebsite creatorsE-commerce E-commerce
The Exponential Foundation in the ecosystem The role of the Exponential Foundation in the ecosystem - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in Seattle on 19 March 2026 that operates the project, its mission, what it decides, what the sources do not say about it, and how… PartnersSponsorsCommunityEcosystem Ecosystem
Theme designer FAQ Short answers to the questions theme designers ask most about Exponential - do I need to write templates, why no inline styles, how dark mode works, why my change does not show, how editors change pages, fonts, images… Theme designers Theme design
Twenty-minute talk slide outline A slide-by-slide outline for a 20-minute talk about Exponential - 16 slides with what goes on each, what you say, the source, and where a short live demo fits - plus tailoring notes and a question bank. Advocates Advocacy and community
Version numbers in print How to write version numbers of Exponential and its family in published copy - full numbers without "v", major lines, releases versus development, extension and Velocity numbers whose last position keeps counting… Press, media and influencers Press and media
What a host does for you The jobs a hosting company can take off a non-technical person's hands for an Exponential site - server, HTTPS, updates, backups, monitoring, mail - which of them are often not included, and how to find out what your… CustomersNon-technical people Plain-language help
When the package server cannot be reached What the setup wizard, the kickstarter, exp:install and ezupdate do when a download from the package server fails - the retries, every error message and reason, where they are logged - and a checklist of what to try… AdministratorsDevelopersHosting companies Installation and upgrades
From another system How an adopter moves content from another CMS, a site builder or static HTML into Exponential - export, map to the content model, import, keep URLs with redirects - with the migration guides of the installation book and… DevelopersProject managersCustomersAdopters Adopting Exponential
Hands-on workshop outline Outlines for a 90-minute and a half-day hands-on Exponential workshop - install, edit and publish, build a page with layouts, define a content class, override a template, write an extension with the RAD tools, send a… Advocates Advocacy and community
Partners in the ecosystem The place of Exponential Partners in the ecosystem - companies that fund the project, contribute back and engage directly with 7x and the Foundation - the kinds of partners, the levels, and how customers and community… PartnersHosting companiesBusinessesEcosystem Ecosystem
Payments: PayPal and Authorize.Net How a local business takes payments in the Exponential shop - PayPal through ezpaypal (in the standard distribution, a redirect to PayPal) and card payments through ezauthorize (Authorize.Net, an on-site card form, a… BusinessesCustomersLocal businesses Local business
Privacy and third-party players How embedding players from video and streaming services affects listeners' privacy on an Exponential site - click-to-load in the External video block and the NG Video view, the privacy-friendlier YouTube and Vimeo… Podcasters, radio and streaming Podcasting and streaming
Security checklist For CMS developers, the security work of a site project as checklists. It covers the content model and roles, templates and output, forms and uploads, your own code, APIs, configuration and deployment, and the go-live… CMS Developers CMS development
Style and spelling for coverage Editorial style for writing about Exponential - American English as the project writes it, interface terms as they appear on screen, code in code style, version and date formats, capitalization of product and feature… Press, media and influencers Press and media

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