Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Payment gateway event Updated Markdown page
How the Payment Gateway workflow event of Exponential works - available, selected and current gateways, the customer's choice when several are selected, redirect and transparent gateways, the payment object, the…
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Simple shipping event Updated Markdown page
The flat shipping workflow event of Exponential in detail - what eZSimpleShippingType adds to an order, currency conversion, why it is added only once, its VAT, its limits, and when to replace it with a shipping handler.
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Temporary orders and activation Updated Markdown page
Why an Exponential order exists before the customer has paid - the temporary order created at checkout, how it shares the basket's product collection, what activation changes (order number, status history, mail, audit)…
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Workflows on shop triggers Updated Markdown page
Which workflow events belong on which shop trigger in Exponential, how to set up the shipping and payment workflows step by step, what an event on each trigger can and cannot do, and the mistakes that break a checkout.
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E-commerce FAQ Updated Markdown page
Short answers, each with its source, to the questions merchants, store managers, developers and agencies ask about selling with Exponential - what the shop includes and lacks, payments, VAT, shipping, orders, data…
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E-commerce glossary Updated Markdown page
The words of the E-commerce section explained - from product class, price field and product collection to temporary order, trigger, payment object, callback, shop account handler, dynamic VAT and expservices - each with…
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E-commerce reading path Updated Markdown page
The order in which to read the E-commerce section and the store pages it builds on, in four stages (decide, set up, launch, run), with a one-hour path for busy merchants and separate paths for store managers, developers…
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E-commerce: start here Updated Markdown page
The hub for everyone who sells online with Exponential - merchants, store managers, e-commerce developers and agencies - with a path per role, the deeper topics the store pages leave out (catalog modeling, shop…
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Extending the shop Updated Markdown page
The extension points of the Exponential shop in one place - shipping, VAT, basket info, shop account, confirm order and exchange rate handlers, payment gateways, price datatypes and workflow events - with how each is…
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Basket info and confirm order handlers Updated Markdown page
Two small handlers of the Exponential shop - the basket info handler that adds shipping to the basket's totals per VAT rate, and the confirm order handler that sends the order mail - what each does, when to replace it…
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Custom price datatypes Updated Markdown page
Making a datatype of your own count as a price in the Exponential shop - the ProductDatatypeStringList setting, what the shop reads from the datatype's content, building on eZSimplePrice, and when a custom price…
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Custom shipping handler Updated Markdown page
Writing a shipping handler for an Exponential store - the three methods eZShippingManager calls, the array getShippingInfo returns with several shipping items and their VAT, how the basket info handler adds shipping to…
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Custom VAT handler Updated Markdown page
Replacing the VAT decision of an Exponential store with a handler of your own - the getVatPercent contract, extending eZDefaultVATHandler, registration in shop.ini, RequireUserCountry, and cases such as business…
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Exchange rate handlers Updated Markdown page
Where an Exponential store gets its exchange rates - the eZECB handler, the eZExchangeRatesUpdateHandler base class with its rate list and error codes, writing a handler for another rate source, registration, and…
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Payment gateway development Updated Markdown page
Building a payment gateway for a provider Exponential does not support yet - redirect or transparent, the files of the extension, the gateway class, the payment object, the callback view with its checks, registration…
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Shop account handlers Updated Markdown page
Writing a shop account handler for an Exponential store to collect different customer data at checkout - the five methods, how data is stored with the order, the form view and templates, registration in shopaccount.ini…
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Operating a store Updated Markdown page
Running an Exponential store as an operation - testing, accessibility, several stores and sites, landing pages with Layouts, analytics, reporting and export, product imports, headless commerce, the commerce audit trail…
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Analytics for stores Updated Markdown page
What an Exponential store can measure - the Store dashboard, order statistics, bestseller and also-bought fetch functions, view counts, search statistics and the audit trail - and what the bcwebsitestatistics extension…
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Commerce audit trail Updated Markdown page
What the Exponential audit trail records about a store - the commerce events for orders, payments, VAT, currencies and discounts, what is never recorded, who may read the commerce channel, retention, verification and…
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Content commerce with Layouts Updated Markdown page
Selling with content in Exponential - landing and campaign pages built with the Layouts editor that list products, time-limited rules for sales, editorial content next to products, and the line between layouts and the…