Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
-
Talking points: Exponential Layouts Updated Markdown page
Sourced talking points about Exponential Layouts, the visual page builder (layouts, zones, blocks, mappings, shared layouts, drafts), a one-minute demo, the credit to Netgen, and what not to claim.
-
Talking points for administrators Updated Markdown page
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…
-
Talking points for decision makers Updated Markdown page
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…
-
Talking points for developers Updated Markdown page
Talking points for conversations with PHP developers, about the content model, the stack, Git-first installation, extensions and the RAD tools, the REST API, Velocity, tests and how contributions are treated, each with…
-
Talking points for editors Updated Markdown page
Talking points for conversations with editors and content teams, about drafts and versions, preview, the layouts editor, languages, the writing assistant, built-in help and keyboard work, each with the screen to show…
-
Talking points: the help and free documentation Updated Markdown page
Talking points about the documentation built into Exponential - the help system with context help, search, audiences, print and PDF - and about its license, the GNU FDL, which lets anyone copy, translate and improve it.
-
Talking points: hosting, databases and freedom Updated Markdown page
Sourced talking points about the freedom to choose where Exponential runs - six databases, operating systems in four tiers, web servers and engines, containers and hosting panels, moving between databases - and the…
-
Talking points: languages and right to left Updated Markdown page
Sourced talking points about Exponential's languages (locale files, content languages, administration translations and their support levels, fallbacks, right-to-left scripts) and how advocates can turn a language…
-
Talking points: longevity and history Updated Markdown page
How to use Exponential's long history as a strength - a code base kept since 1999, a public history since 2002, 7x's stewardship since 2023, the Foundation since 2026 - with sourced points, the timeline and the honest…
-
Talking points: open source and licensing Updated Markdown page
How to talk correctly about Exponential's licenses, the GPL v2 or later for the code and the GNU FDL 1.3 or later for the documentation, what they allow and require, how contributions are licensed, and the mistakes to…
-
Talking points: security Updated Markdown page
How to talk about Exponential's security honestly, as a process with evidence rather than a promise, with sourced points on vulnerability reporting, supported versions, the Content Security Policy, the audit trail…
-
Talking points: speed and Velocity Updated Markdown page
How to talk about Exponential's speed and Exponential Velocity without invented benchmarks, with sourced points on the persistent-worker engine, caches, HTTPS and HTTP/2, the engines side by side, and how to measure and…
-
Testing the development line Updated Markdown page
How advocates test the current development line of Exponential (the main branch, dev-main) on a separate test installation and report what they find, so releases are better - never on production, with a test routine and…
-
The advocacy ladder: user, advocate, leader Updated Markdown page
The steps from Exponential user to advocate to community leader, what each rung looks like, the one documented next action at each step, and how to help others climb.
-
The story of Exponential in two minutes Updated Markdown page
A short, correct story of Exponential that an advocate can tell in 30 seconds, two minutes or five minutes, with every fact sourced and the wording rules for the old name.
-
The system card in demos Updated Markdown page
Open a demo, a talk or a video with ./console exp:about - one screen with the Exponential "e", the facts of the installation and what the project is, its license and its links, all taken from the documentation. How to…
-
The Telegram chat Updated Markdown page
How advocates use the Exponential community chat on Telegram (t.me/exponentialcms) - quick help, welcoming people, moving long answers to the forums, privacy and security in a chat, and chat etiquette.
-
Tracking your contributions Updated Markdown page
How advocates keep a simple, private log of their contributions - answers, posts, talks, pull requests, translations, issues - with links and no personal data of others, and how to use it for reviews, recognition and…
-
Twenty-minute talk slide outline Updated Markdown page
A slide-by-slide outline for a 20-minute talk about Exponential - 16 slides with what goes on each, what you say, the source, and where a short live demo fits - plus tailoring notes and a question bank.
-
Welcoming newcomers Updated Markdown page
How advocates welcome people who are new to Exponential or to its community - the first reply, finding out what they need, pointing to the first step for each kind of newcomer, and making them feel the project is open…