- The 4.6.x skeleton When to use se7enxweb/exponential-platform-v4x-dxp-skeleton instead of the v5 skeleton - Platform 4.6.x on Symfony 5.4 with PHP 8.0 to 8.5 (PHP 7.4 usable without support) - and how it differs from the v5 DXP described…
- Theme designer glossary The terms theme designers meet in this section that the Design glossary does not already define - image alias, view type, layout type, shared layout, remote id, preview siteaccess, skin, ramp, role token, state matrix…
- Translating as a student How language students and native speakers contribute translations to Exponential - where the administration's translations live, how to pick a language and check its completeness, the translation workflow, quality…
- Troubleshooting database errors A symptom-first table of the database problems an Exponential site meets on each engine - the site looks down, missing tables, read-only SQLite files, lock timeouts, charset question marks, pgcrypto, sequences, MongoDB…
- What to ask before you sign The questions a non-technical person asks a host, developer or partner before signing for an Exponential site, in plain words, with what a good answer sounds like and what should make you careful - updates, backups…
- Workflows on shop triggers Which workflow events belong on which shop trigger in Exponential, how to set up the shipping and payment workflows step by step, what an event on each trigger can and cannot do, and the mistakes that break a checkout.
- Accessibility For CMS developers, building accessible sites on Exponential. It covers where the product stands against WCAG 2.2 AA, what the content model contributes (alternative text, headings, structured rich text), templates and…
- Companion projects and other companies The other companies and projects in the Exponential ecosystem whose open source work Exponential builds on and credits - Netgen, Mugo Web, CJW Network and the original vendor - and companion projects such as…
- Content migration checklist A checklist adopters use for migrating content into Exponential - before (inventory, mapping, backups), during each rehearsal (measure, sample checks), at cut-over (freeze, maintenance mode, final run) and after…
- Database error codes and messages How Exponential reports database errors - the engine's own error number in errorNumber() and in eZDBException, the codes for a duplicate key and a missing table on each driver, the exception classes, standard versus…
- Layouts core in the DXP What se7enxweb/layouts-core gives a DXP project and what it does not - the Layouts model and rendering core without an editor, admin or standard blocks - why the fork exists (PHP 8.4 and Twig), and how to get a full…
- Payment gateway event How the Payment Gateway workflow event of Exponential works - available, selected and current gateways, the customer's choice when several are selected, redirect and transparent gateways, the payment object, the…
- Presenting at a user group or class How an advocate offers and gives a presentation about Exponential to a local user group, a PHP meetup or a university or school class - finding the slot, the proposal e-mail, adapting to the audience, teaching material…
- Questions about cost What an Exponential site costs a non-technical owner, without invented prices - the cost lines, what you never pay for, how to compare two offers fairly, a simple yearly budget worksheet and the warning signs in an…
- Show your theme as a live static demo Put your Exponential theme in front of clients and users as a live demo site on GitHub Pages, free and always up, with example content and a link to the theme's repository.
- The CLA for students What the Contributor Licensing Agreement means for a student - when it is required (code contributions to the core kernel), what you give up (the copyright is assigned to the Exponential Foundation and 7x), what it does…
- Troubleshooting feeds and media Symptoms, causes and fixes for the problems shows meet most often on an Exponential site - empty podcast feeds, wrong enclosure types, missing durations, feeds pointing at the wrong host, changes that do not show, audio…
- VAT, shipping and pickup VAT and delivery for a local business shop on Exponential - VAT types and rules, prices shown with tax, the flat simple shipping workflow, pickup in the shop with the Ready for pickup status, local delivery by your own…
- Community sites and services The websites and services of the Exponential ecosystem - exponential.earth, Share and its forums, eZpedia, Projects, the documentation site, the platform and Basic sites, the Foundation's site, the package server, the…
- Domain name and e-mail Who provides your domain name and your e-mail - not Exponential, but a registrar and a mail provider - why the domain must be in your own name, what DNS changes when you move, and why the site's own e-mails (password…
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