Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Migrating to Exponential Updated Markdown page
The landing page of the migrating stage for adopters - which migration path fits where your site runs today, what drives the effort, the phased plan with rehearsals and a rollback, and the pages for content and URLs.
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Content migration checklist Updated Markdown page
A checklist adopters use for migrating content into Exponential - before (inventory, mapping, backups), during each rehearsal (measure, sample checks), at cut-over (freeze, maintenance mode, final run) and after…
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From an older Exponential release Updated Markdown page
How an adopter with an older Exponential site moves to the current 6.0 line - from an older 6.0.x release, from 5.4 or the 4.x and 3.x lines of the eZ Publish years, and from 5.x on the Symfony stack - why to move now…
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From another system Updated Markdown page
How an adopter moves content from another CMS, a site builder or static HTML into Exponential - export, map to the content model, import, keep URLs with redirects - with the migration guides of the installation book and…
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From eZ Platform or Ibexa Updated Markdown page
How an adopter running eZ Platform or Ibexa DXP/OSS moves into the Exponential family - the two destinations (Exponential Platform Nexus as a like-for-like package swap, or the Exponential 6 kernel as a data and…
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URLs and redirects when migrating Updated Markdown page
How adopters keep links and search rankings when moving a site to Exponential - URL aliases, mapping old addresses to new ones, redirects, languages, checking 404s after launch, and the documentation for each.
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Planning the adoption Updated Markdown page
The landing page of the planning stage for adopters - the team and its roles, skills and training, a timeline built from measurements, the first content model, hosting and database choices, and adopting in stages.
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Adopting in stages Updated Markdown page
How adopters reduce risk by adopting Exponential in stages - a pilot site or section first, then more sites, languages and features - with criteria for choosing the pilot, what to learn from it, and when to move to the…
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Content modeling first steps for adopters Updated Markdown page
The first steps of designing an Exponential content model during an adoption - inventory, content types and their fields, relations, the content tree, languages and sites, and the mistakes of copying the old system…
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Hosting and database choices for adopters Updated Markdown page
The technical choices an adopter makes before building - PHP version, database in the project's order of preference, web server or Velocity engine, operating system, and the environments needed - with the reasons for…
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Skills and training for the adoption Updated Markdown page
What each role in an Exponential adoption needs to learn and where to learn it - the help pages for each role, the course material of the trainers' section, training partners and the Student partner level - and when to…
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Team and roles for the adoption Updated Markdown page
The roles an Exponential adoption needs - owner, project lead, content lead, developer, administrator, editors, provider contacts - what each does during the adoption and after launch, and a worksheet to name them.
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The adoption timeline Updated Markdown page
How adopters build a timeline for an Exponential adoption from their own measurements instead of guesses - the phases, what to measure in a rehearsal, buffers, fixed dates, and a template.
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Try Exponential and publish a free site Updated Markdown page
A low-risk way to evaluate Exponential - install it, build a small site, and publish it as a static site on GitHub Pages for free, so your team can judge the editing and the result without buying hosting.
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What adoption means Updated Markdown page
The difference between installing Exponential and adopting it - the five things an adoption changes (software, content, people, processes, providers), what success looks like, and the most common reasons adoptions stall.
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7x and the Exponential Foundation, explained for advocates Updated Markdown page
How to explain the two organizations behind Exponential, the company 7x and the nonprofit Exponential Foundation, without mixing them up, with sentences to use, mistakes to avoid and what the sources do not say.
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A 90-day advocate plan Updated Markdown page
A plan for your first quarter as an advocate, in three 30-day phases (learn, contribute, multiply), with goals you can check yourself and a template to copy.
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A table at someone else's event Updated Markdown page
How an advocate proposes and staffs a small Exponential table or community booth at an open source, PHP or web event run by others - the request to the organizers, what to bring, a demo loop, conversation starters, and…
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Accessible slides and visuals Updated Markdown page
How to make slides, images, diagrams and social media visuals about Exponential accessible and honest - contrast, size, alternative text, captions, color independence, readable code, and screenshots without personal…
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Advocate checklists Updated Markdown page
All advocate checklists in one place to copy - before posting, before a talk or demo, before publishing a tutorial or case study, when answering, when someone reports a vulnerability, for events, and a monthly routine.