Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Web server and engine choices for bundles Updated Markdown page
Which web servers and engines can serve a bundled Exponential - Velocity (recommended), FrankenPHP, Apache, nginx, Caddy, LiteSpeed, IIS with PHP-FPM - the routing rules every one of them must implement, the checked…
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What a bundle is Updated Markdown page
What counts as a bundle of Exponential, the parts every bundle is made of, what changes legally and practically the moment you hand a bundle to someone else, and the questions to answer before you build one.
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Your own package server for a bundle Updated Markdown page
When a bundle needs its own package server or a mirror of the public one, the settings that point an installation at it (RemotePackagesIndexURL, RemotePackagesIndexURLBase, Vendor, ezupdate servers), the warning that…
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Brand and naming rules: Exponential, 7x and the Foundation Updated Markdown page
How to write the names of the product, its family, the company 7x and the Exponential Foundation correctly; when the old name eZ Publish may appear; which code identifiers never change; with a Do and Don't table and a…
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Writing case studies and content marketing Updated Markdown page
A step-by-step process and a fill-in template for case studies about real Exponential projects, with a mandatory consent and approval step, plus a content marketing plan you can run inside Exponential itself.
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The community and ecosystem as a selling point Updated Markdown page
How to present the Exponential community, the two organizations behind it and the open package ecosystem to a buyer, using only facts the documentation can prove, with talk tracks, a proof table and questions to ask.
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Comparing Exponential factually Updated Markdown page
How to compare Exponential with other options using only properties a buyer can verify: the GPL license, self-hosting, the full Git history, the choice of databases, operating systems and web servers, published versions…
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Demo scripts Updated Markdown page
Ready-to-run demonstrations of Exponential in 5, 15 and 45 minutes, on a demo installation you control: the setup checklist, the talk track, what to click and what can go wrong, for the administration, the layouts…
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Feature highlights mapped to customer needs Updated Markdown page
The features of Exponential 6.0.x mapped to the needs customers bring: what to say, where to show it in the administration, the documentation that proves it, and the limits to state honestly.
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Growing the community Updated Markdown page
How sales, marketing and project managers help the Exponential community grow through its documented channels only, with a contributor funnel from user to maintainer, a content calendar template, ways to support the…
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Licensing explained for buyers: GPL code, GFDL documentation Updated Markdown page
What a buyer may do with Exponential under the GNU GPL v2 or later, and with its documentation under the GNU FDL 1.3, in plain words; what the licenses ask in return, where other licenses apply, and how to check it all…
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Handling objections: security, longevity and support Updated Markdown page
The objections buyers raise about Exponential (security, whether it is maintained, longevity, support, PHP versions, hosting lock-in, skills, upgrades, AI) with an answer built only from sources, the page that proves…
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Positioning and value proposition Updated Markdown page
Where Exponential stands and why it matters to a buyer: the position statement, the differentiators with their sources, a value proposition canvas, and elevator pitches of 1, 3 and 10 sentences built only from…
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Sales and marketing: start here Updated Markdown page
The landing page for sales and marketing: what this section offers, the ground rules for telling the Exponential story truthfully, a first-week plan, and links to every business page and the help pages you will use most.
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Who Exponential is for: personas and industries Updated Markdown page
The organizations, industries and people Exponential serves according to its own sources, as personas with their needs, the product of the family that fits each, qualification questions, and the signals that another…
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Associations and small groups Updated Markdown page
The landing page of the associations section - what clubs, societies, user groups, parent associations and other volunteer-run groups can run on Exponential, the pages of the section, and the order to read them.
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Events and news for groups Updated Markdown page
How a club, society or small group publishes news and events on Exponential - the shipped article, event and event calendar classes, keeping the calendar current, feeds of news and events, notifications for members who…
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Forms and member feedback Updated Markdown page
How a small group collects contact requests, feedback, poll answers and registrations on Exponential - the shipped feedback form, the form, feedback and poll types, star ratings, who receives and reads submissions, spam…
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Handover when volunteers change Updated Markdown page
How a small group hands its Exponential site from one volunteer team to the next without losing access or knowledge - what to hand over, retiring accounts with Check user accounts and Deactivate and move, changing…
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Shared editing with volunteers Updated Markdown page
How a small group lets several volunteers edit its Exponential site safely - one account per person, a few simple roles limited to sections, two-step sign-in, optional approval before publishing, versions to undo…