- The life cycle of a theme The stages a theme passes through - development, first release, active maintenance, security-only maintenance, end of life, archive or handover - what each stage promises users, and how to announce a change of stage.
- The local package repository Where an installation keeps its packages (var/storage/packages), how the vendor directories, local and the system repository are chosen, what the .cache directory is, how a local index.xml makes an offline install…
- The standard design and your theme What ibexa/standard-design really provides (the standard design and the default view templates), where the standard theme's templates come from, and how to build your own theme on top - pagelayout, full and line views…
- The structure of a CMS total cost of ownership model How to build a total cost of ownership model for a website or intranet on Exponential - the time horizon, the phases, one-off and recurring costs, internal and external costs, risks and exit - so that bids with and…
- The upgrade checklist The whole job of bringing an old extension to Exponential 6 on one page: preparation, PHP, metadata, browser, administration, tests and release, each step with the chapter that explains it.
- Translate a page into the second official language Task for editors and translators: add the translation of an existing page in the second official language, starting from the first language, publish it and check it on that language's site.
- Transparency in Exponential at a glance One overview of the Exponential features a public body uses for transparency and freedom of information work (publishing, request forms, approval, version history, audit trail, exports), with what each does and the gaps…
- Two organizations, two sponsor pages Why Exponential has two GitHub Sponsors pages - 7x (se7enxweb) and the Exponential Foundation (exponentialcms) - how their missions differ, what each sponsorship supports, and how to choose between them or sponsor both.
- Understanding caches Caches explained for learners - why Exponential keeps stored results, the content, template and INI caches you will meet in exercises, how to clear the smallest cache from the administration or the shell, what the php…
- Upgrade overview for the public sector The upgrade of an Exponential site as a public-sector project - which upgrade path applies, the steps from backup to verification, what to put before the change board, and the people to involve - built on the upgrading…
- User management from the console: FAQ Short answers about the exp:user commands - permissions, passwords, dry runs, protected accounts, removing versus disabling, the audit, MongoDB, and what is deliberately not offered - merging accounts, passwords in…
- Users and registration For CMS developers building member areas and sign-up, users as content objects, user groups, self-registration and its settings, activation by e-mail or by an administrator, passwords, login handlers, two-factor…
- Volunteer sign-up form, step by step Building a volunteer sign-up form in Exponential from start to finish - a class with information collector attributes, the form object on a Volunteer page, the receiver and mail, a redirect to a thank-you page, a…
- Ways to support Exponential Every way to support Exponential compared in one place - code, documentation, translations, testing, community help, advocacy, funding, partnership - with the time or money each takes, the skills it needs and the impact…
- Weekly checklist Thirty minutes a week for the site manager of an Exponential site - content that needs attention, broken links and not-found pages, accounts, searches without results, the store, and the questions for the host - with…
- What a court publishes The content courts and tribunals typically publish - guidance for court users, locations, hearing information, decisions, rules, forms and fees, news - and what each needs from Exponential.
- What a municipality publishes The content cities, towns and councils typically publish - service pages, council business, notices, news, local information, events - and what each needs from Exponential.
- What an agency publishes The content regulators, inspectorates and executive agencies typically publish - guidance, decisions and enforcement, registers, programs, data and corporate information - and what each needs from Exponential.
- What a national government publishes The kinds of content ministries and central departments typically publish, who reads them, and what each asks of a content management system, mapped to the Exponential feature that answers it.
- What an emergency service publishes The content fire and rescue services, civil protection and emergency management bodies typically publish - incident and warning information, preparedness, prevention, services, recruitment, reports - and what each needs…
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