Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Measured steps and times Updated Markdown page
How the steps and times quoted in these pages were measured - on a throwaway copy of a real Exponential 6.0.15+ installation - and the raw numbers, so anyone can repeat them on their own site.
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Change the prefooter in the Layouts editor Updated Markdown page
Step by step with screenshots - add an article to the "Most popular articles" list of the shared layout Prefooter in the Layouts editor, reorder it, publish, and see it on every article and recipe page. No code, no…
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Reorder or remove header menu items Updated Markdown page
Change the order of the header menu or take an item out, in the administration (edit the lines) or with exp:ini rem and exp:ini clear, with the real diffs the console shows.
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Roll a layout back Updated Markdown page
Take a safety copy of a layout before you change it and put it back afterwards with exp:layouts - export, change, import with overwrite and publish, which purges the page cache. Worked through on the shared layout…
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Shared layouts and zone linking Updated Markdown page
Why one header serves every page - shared layouts, linked zones and the real link map of the Fit & Healthy site - and the "why doesn't my change appear" cases that come from it.
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Styling your blocks Updated Markdown page
Where the CSS for your own blocks, view types and template blocks goes on the Fit & Healthy theme - the theme lists its own files in pagelayout/head/style.tpl and then loads what extensions add to design.ini - and how…
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Your own template blocks Updated Markdown page
The Template block is the bridge between the two ways - a developer writes explayouts/tpl_block/<name>.tpl, an editor places it anywhere with the Layouts editor by typing its name. Tested example latest_fitness, and how…
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Two ways to build Updated Markdown page
Exponential 6.0.15+ builds pages two ways - template code in a design extension, and the Layouts editor with no code - and the two meet in blocks and template blocks. What each way is, who uses it, when to choose which…
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Why doesn't my change appear? Updated Markdown page
A check list for a change that does not show on the site - draft not published, linked zone, wrong layout mapping, wrong siteaccess or settings file, compiled template, page cache, Velocity - with the command or screen…
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Your own design extension Updated Markdown page
Set up a small design extension (here "mysite") next to a theme, activate it in the right order, and override any template of the theme or of Layouts without touching their files. Every step tested on a copy of the Fit…
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Adding and removing extensions in a bundle Updated Markdown page
How a bundle adds an extension (Composer, autoloads, caches, ActiveExtensions or the site package), how it leaves a required one out, the loading order, extension exports and their secret check, and a checklist for…
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Agency starter kits Updated Markdown page
How an agency bundles Exponential, its extensions, a theme and a site package into a starter kit for new projects - the repository layout, Composer, a reviewed kickstart.ini per environment, its own site package, second…
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Appliances Updated Markdown page
How to bundle Exponential as a hardware or sealed virtual appliance - what an appliance owes its owner under the GPL, a first-boot setup, updates and security fixes over the appliance's life, backups, support, and an…
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Bundle checklists Updated Markdown page
The short checklists of the bundler pages in one place - before you build, the build, the artifact, first boot, the installed site, licenses, the release, after the release - each item linking to the page that explains…
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Bundler reading path Updated Markdown page
Every bundler page in reading order, in seven stages from understanding bundles to life after release, with what each stage answers and a short path for readers in a hurry.
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Bundle release checklist Updated Markdown page
The checklist to work through before a bundle release goes out - versions chosen from what is published, pinned parts, licenses and notices, security defaults, tests, integrity, documentation, the source offer, naming…
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Bundle worksheet Updated Markdown page
A worksheet to fill in once per bundle and review at every release - identity, base and versions, parts, licenses, installation, database and server, security, updates, support and partnership - with the page that…
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Bundler glossary Updated Markdown page
The words of the bundler pages in one place - bundle, base, distribution, release tag, lock file, site package, package server, installer, kickstarter, exp:install, CreateSites, demo mode, manifest, Velocity, engine…
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Bundlers: start here Updated Markdown page
The landing page for people and companies who bundle Exponential with other software and ship the result - server images, containers, panel installers, distribution packages, agency starter kits, distributions, site…
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Caches and autoloads after building Updated Markdown page
What a bundle build and an update must refresh - the autoload arrays (ezpgenerateautoloads.php -e, -k, -o, .autoloadignore), the caches (ezcache.php --clear-tag, --clear-id, --clear-all, cache.php), Velocity's workers…