- Create or change a content class A migration that creates the content class news_article with its attributes and class group, the same way on development, staging and production, and the pattern for changing a class (its name, its name pattern) in a…
- Migrations for administrators For administrators who apply migrations that developers wrote - reading the status and the dashboard block, the routine before and after a deploy, running from Setup > Migrations or the console, what a failure looks…
- New in 6.0.15: static publishing Exponential 6.0.15 publishes a site as a free, fast and safe static copy on GitHub Pages or any git host - built, checked and published from Setup > Static publishing, with editing kept in Exponential and every publish…
- The advocacy ladder: user, advocate, leader The steps from Exponential user to advocate to community leader, what each rung looks like, the one documented next action at each step, and how to help others climb.
- The press kit What the official Exponential press kit on exponential.earth contains, how to download it, its usage guidelines word for word, which parts were still planned when this page was written, and which facts in it are older…
- What static publishing is Static publishing in plain words - a copy of your site as ordinary files, served for free, while editing stays in Exponential; how it differs from the static cache and what visitors see.
- Who is the Exponential Foundation? The nonprofit behind the Exponential open source project, and the family of products it stands for, from the Exponential 6 kernel to the Symfony based Exponential Platform distributions, Velocity, Exponential…
- Fact sheet for journalists A one-page fact sheet about Exponential for newsrooms - what it is, who leads and operates it, the history in dates, releases, license, platforms, headline features, security process, languages and contacts - with a…
- Is static right for my site? A short checklist to decide whether a static copy suits your site - good fits such as brochure sites, blogs, documentation, portfolios, events, nonprofits and schools, and poor fits such as shops, members' areas and…
- Change content in bulk A migration that walks every object of a class in batches, publishes a new version of each one that needs the change, commits per object, logs its progress and is safe to run again - the pattern for any change to many…
- Develop with Git: grow from user to developer The recommended way to build websites with Exponential. Install the kernel and every se7enxweb extension as Git clones with their full history, turn an existing site into clones, keep them up to date, and send your…
- Logging into the Editor Sign in to the Editor, the simplified interface for people who write and publish content: its address, the sign-in form, two-step sign-in, a forgotten password, signing out and what to do when it does not work.
- Logging into the admin Sign in to the administration: its address, the sign-in form, e-mail or username, two-step sign-in, failed sign-ins and lockout, a forgotten password, choosing the design and the interface language, signing out, and…
- Timeline for reporters The dated history of Exponential for journalists, from the first eZ Systems copyright year in 1999 through 7x's three stages (2014, 2022, December 2023), the 6.0.x releases, the rename in August 2025 and the Foundation…
- Contribute extensions back: share your work with everyone Why and how to give the extensions you build back to the Exponential project so everyone can use them; what the GNU GPL really requires when you distribute an extension (and what it does not require for a site you only…
- Application creators: start here The landing page for application creators - what Exponential gives an application, a first-week plan, and every page of this section grouped by task, from the first extension to APIs, AI, queues, testing, deployment…
- Creating and editing content Create a new item, edit an existing one, use the rich text editor and relations, and move, copy or edit many items at once.
- Database support Which databases Exponential 6.0.x supports and in which order (SQLite first, then PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, Oracle and MySQL), with the versions, PHP extensions, settings, installers, character sets, performance…
- Distributing a theme: start here The map for publishing a theme - GitHub repository, version numbers and permanent tags, releases and changelogs, Packagist, licensing choices, screenshots and demo sites, and the community sites share.exponential.earth…
- Exponential: frequently asked questions The answers of the FAQ on exponential.earth, retold and checked against the software - what Exponential is and how it relates to eZ Publish, why choose it, modules, designs and distributions, changing core files, code…
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