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Exponential Layouts in the ecosystem Exponential Layouts' place in the ecosystem - the visual page builder that brings the concept of the upstream layouts packages to the Exponential kernel, its packages, who it is for, how it relates to Nexus and the DXP… EditorsDevelopersDesignersEcosystem Ecosystem
Installing from Git clones for study How a developer student installs Exponential as Git clones with their full history, following Develop with Git - the one Composer setting, cloning the kernel, your own branch, installing the site, checking that every… Students and learners Learning Exponential
Introducing yourself to the community How to introduce yourself in the Exponential forums or chats - what to say, what to leave out, a template to copy, and how to reply when someone else introduces themselves. AdvocatesSupportersCommunity Community
Maintenance mode and planned work How an owner plans work that takes an Exponential site offline - what visitors and search engines see, what to write in the message, who still gets in, what to announce and what to check before and after. EditorsAdministratorsCustomers Customer success
Migrations in the website sidebar The Migrations panel of the website sidebar (expwt) on the site's own pages with a screenshot - Record my changes, the run going on, the failed and pending migrations, the orphans, the last run and the latest deploys… AdministratorsDevelopers Migrations
Operating PostgreSQL: sequences, case and gotchas Day-to-day knowledge for running Exponential on PostgreSQL - how auto-increment columns map to sequences named table_column_seq, how to correct them after loading data, the sequence rename that sites from 5.x need… Database Administrators Database administration
package.xml reference Every element and attribute of package.xml as eZPackage reads it (parseDOMTree) and writes it (domStructure), with what is required, what is checked, what is ignored and what is lost when the kernel writes a package… AdministratorsDevelopers Installation and upgrades
Publishing an episode The whole path of one episode from draft to podcast apps - create it in the right folder, fill in title, audio and show notes, preview, publish now or at a date, and check the page and the feed - with what happens… Podcasters, radio and streaming Podcasting and streaming
Recover a locked-out administrator Get an administrator back into the administration from the server's shell - find out why the sign-in fails, unlock the account, enable it, reset a forgotten password with a generated one, or reset two-step sign-in. AdministratorsHosting companies Administration
Search, forms and comments on a static site What happens to the parts of a site that need a server when it is published as static files - the search gets a page of its own, information collectors post to the live site or show a short text, comments, the basket… EditorsAdministratorsDevelopersWebsite creators Administration
Talking points for administrators Talking points for system administrators and hosting people, about installation, databases, operating systems, engines, hardening, logs, the audit trail, upgrades and the upgrade check, each with its source and a… Advocates Advocacy and community
The product family for reporters Every product of the Exponential family in one line a reporter can print - Exponential 6, Basic, the four Exponential Platform distributions, Velocity, Exponential Intelligence, Exponential Layouts, AdminUI, the help… Press, media and influencers Press and media
The site and the administration One Exponential installation with several doors - the public site, the administration, often a simpler Editor, sometimes a second language or a second site - what each door is for, why signing in to one does not sign… EditorsEnd usersNon-technical people Plain-language help
Type scale How theme designers choose a type scale for an Exponential theme and turn it into tokens - a small number of steps, fluid sizes with clamp(), line height and measure, headings that editors create in rich text, other… Theme designers Theme design
Using AI drafts responsibly House rules for a team that uses Exponential Intelligence - a person is responsible for every published word, what to check in an AI draft, what not to ask for, sensitive content, images and alternative texts… EditorsProject managersCustomers Customer success
Web server setup Serve a DXP project with Apache 2.4 or Nginx and PHP-FPM, or the Symfony CLI for development - the document root, the rewrite to public/index.php, the APP_ENV, APP_DEBUG and APP_HTTP_CACHE settings, HTTPS and the reload… DXP Developers DXP development
Agency path A delivery path for agencies and partners who build Exponential stores for clients - discovery questions, scoping what the kernel does against what must be built, a build order, test and handover packages, and… PartnersBusinessesE-commerce E-commerce
Asking a good question How to ask a question in the Exponential forums or chats so that someone can answer it in one reply - search first, describe the goal, include the environment from the system card, show what you tried, and close the… EditorsAdministratorsDevelopersEnd usersCommunity Community
Exponential Intelligence in the ecosystem Exponential Intelligence's place in the ecosystem - a writing assistant in the administration that writes drafts only, as the signed-in editor, with hosted providers in the US or EU or a local open-weight model - its… EditorsAdministratorsProject managersEcosystem Ecosystem
Languages on a static site A multilingual site as static copies - one target per siteaccess, the language links (hreflang) pointing to the right copy or the live site, a search index per language. AdministratorsDevelopersWebsite creators Administration

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