- Media library upkeep How a site owner keeps the media library of an Exponential site usable over the years - folder rules, who uploads where, the quarterly look at unused images and files with the content checks, missing files and storage…
- Migrations: recording changes Setup > Migrations > Recording step by step with screenshots. Record your own changes, or every change of the site in a site-wide window that closes by itself after a number of minutes; the Recording bar; what a…
- Package types The package types Exponential knows (site, sitestyle, contentclass, contentobject, extension), where the type is declared, what each one is for, which types the 6.0.15 index really uses, and what the type changes in the…
- Relations and embeds For CMS developers, how objects refer to each other. It covers relation attributes, embeds and links in rich text, the four relation types, reading relations and reverse relations in templates and PHP, and what happens…
- Reset two-step sign-in after a lost phone Help someone who lost the phone with the authenticator app - confirm who is asking, reset the second step and the failed sign-ins with exp:user:2fa --reset, end the old sessions, and let the person set up the app again.
- Reviewing a migration in code review A checklist for reviewing a migration in a pull request - the file and header, the order, plan(), up() and down(), engines and transactions, ids that differ between installations, personal data, and what the reviewer…
- Roles and permissions explained Why what you can do in Exponential depends on your role and not on your skill, the four roles a standard installation starts with, what groups and sections add, and how to ask for more (or less) access - with a key-ring…
- RSS and podcast feeds What a site owner does with the feeds of an Exponential site - RSS, Atom, OPML and Apple Podcasts exports, importing other sites' feeds, what to decide per feed, a podcast in owner's terms, and the checks that keep…
- Setting up MySQL and MariaDB How to prepare MySQL or MariaDB for an Exponential site - a utf8mb4 database, an account with per-database privileges only, the settings block with host, port or socket, the console install, and what differs between…
- Site packages for learners What a learner needs to know about site packages - what the installer installs, the default sevenx_multisite with its two demo websites, the clean variant without demo content, the CJW starter site, how to choose one…
- Spacing and grid How theme designers define spacing and a layout grid for an Exponential theme - one spacing scale as tokens, space inside and between components, a page grid that also works inside narrow layout zones, logical…
- Speed and caching What an owner needs to know about the caches of an Exponential site - why a change sometimes does not show at once, what to report when the site is slow, what is on by default, and what to ask your host before a busy…
- Talking points for decision makers Talking points for managers, owners and boards who decide whether to use Exponential, about risk, longevity, cost of freedom, lock-in, support, security process and the community, with honest limits and the business…
- The 6.0.x releases at a glance Every Exponential 6.0.x release with its date and its documented highlight, for reporters who need a release history - plus where each release's changelog is, how to check the list yourself, and how to write about the…
- The evaluation scorecard for adopters A scorecard adopters fill in to evaluate Exponential against their own requirements - weighted criteria for content, editing, languages, commerce, integration, operations, security, cost, support and longevity - with…
- The project directory layout A map of a DXP project's folders - src, config, templates, assets, public, var, vendor - what goes where, what Flex writes, what you commit and what you never commit.
- Working with 7x and the project What a site owner can expect from the people behind Exponential - 7x, the company that leads the project, and the Exponential Foundation - free community help, issue trackers, private security reports, paid services…
- Working with a local partner or freelancer How a small business finds and works with a local partner or freelancer for an Exponential website - what to ask before hiring, what to get in writing, the accounts and files you keep yourself, the handover, and a…
- Writing show notes How to write show notes in Exponential's rich text editor so they serve listeners on the site and in podcast apps - structure, links, chapter times, credits, sponsor disclosure, and how the notes reach the feed's…
- AdminUI and the admin designs The administration interfaces of the Exponential ecosystem - admin4, admin4l built from layouts, AdminUI ported from Netgen Admin UI, admin3 and the classic designs - how a user switches between them, and the shared…
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