Story: Exponential Basic
This page is for journalists who write about small sites, education or software history. Exponential Basic is the smallest member of the family and has the longest thread of history behind 7x.
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The story in one paragraph
"Exponential Basic is the simple to us to use CMS Framework that is for everyone, educational purposes, personal use
and worldwide general" (repository description, quoted as published). It descends from the second generation of the
code base: its repository is a fork of brookinsconsulting/ezcommunity2, the eZCommunity2 repository that Brookins
Consulting created for eZ Publish 2.2 (Exponential Basic,
Who is 7x?, Exponential Basic).
Facts you can print
| Fact | Source |
|---|---|
| Version v2.4.0.3, PHP 8.4 and 8.5, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Informix, GNU GPLv2+ | repository description, quoted on Exponential Basic |
| Website https://basic.exponential.earth | same |
| One of the three products the Foundation names, with Exponential and Exponential Platform | The product family at a glance |
| For learners, personal sites and small sites | Which product is for you |
What not to claim
| Do not say | Say instead |
|---|---|
| "A light version of Exponential 6" | A separate line, descending from the 2.x generation |
| "eZ Publish 2 is back" | Exponential Basic continues that line under its own name |
Angles and headline ideas
- "The smallest CMS in the family, with the longest memory."
- "A CMS for classrooms, kept on current PHP."
Related pages
- The product family for reporters
- Briefing for education and student media
- Story: a code base kept alive
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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