Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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File formats for preservation Updated Markdown page
For public bodies keeping web content and documents for the long term - general guidance on open, documented file formats, what formats Exponential stores and exports (rich text as XML, images, uploaded files as…
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Hiding content Updated Markdown page
For editors and administrators - what hiding a node does in Exponential (visitors no longer see it or anything below it, it stays in the tree and can be revealed), how the administration shows hidden items, scheduled…
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Legal holds Updated Markdown page
For public bodies that must preserve website content and system records during litigation, an investigation or an information request - Exponential has no legal hold feature, so this page gives a process built from…
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Long-term audit retention Updated Markdown page
For public bodies whose records rules require keeping audit records for years - the audit guide's long-retention configuration (archives per channel, compression, write-once storage, signed checkpoints off the server)…
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OAIS and handing content to an archive Updated Markdown page
For public bodies that transfer website content to a digital archive - the OAIS reference model (ISO 14721) framed generally, where Exponential sits (a producer, not an archive), and what a submission from Exponential…
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Object states for records Updated Markdown page
For administrators of public sites - how to use Exponential's object states to mark the lifecycle of content (current, archived, under legal hold, cleared for publication), control who may see and change content in each…
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Packages for export Updated Markdown page
For administrators and developers - how Exponential packages carry content objects, classes and files out of an installation (the package wizard, .ezpkg in classic XML or JSON, download, ezpm.php export), the…
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The PDF export Updated Markdown page
For administrators and records staff - what Exponential's PDF export (Setup > PDF export) produces from a node or a tree, generated once or on the fly, the fact that stored PDFs are public by address, fonts for any…
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Preserving URLs Updated Markdown page
For public bodies whose addresses are cited in decisions, letters and laws - how Exponential keeps URLs stable (URL aliases, history aliases that redirect after a rename or move, global aliases, wildcards), what breaks…
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Records management and a web CMS Updated Markdown page
For records managers of public bodies - how a website run with Exponential relates to records management practice (ISO 15489-1 framed generally), which website content and system data may be records, what Exponential…
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Redirects after restructuring Updated Markdown page
For public bodies reorganizing their site (a merger of departments, a new navigation, a relaunch) - a redirect plan with Exponential's aliases, global aliases and wildcards, testing with curl, and watching 404.log…
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Exporting with the REST API Updated Markdown page
For developers moving content to a records system, an archive or an open data portal - the read routes of Exponential's REST API (v1 and v2), authentication with OAuth2 tokens or personal API keys, permission checks…
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Retention schedules for website content Updated Markdown page
For records managers and project managers of public bodies - how to write and apply a retention schedule for website content and system data with Exponential, given that the product has no retention schedule feature…
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Sections for archives Updated Markdown page
For administrators - how an Exponential section can hold archived content so that roles decide who reads it (public archive, staff-only archive), how content gets into a section, what moving does to sections, and the…
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The trash and restoring content Updated Markdown page
For editors and administrators - how Exponential's trash works (who trashed what, where it was, restore to its place), that users never go to the trash, how long items stay (KeepItemsForDays and the trashpurge cronjob)…
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The version history limit Updated Markdown page
For administrators and records managers - how many versions Exponential keeps per object (45 by default, per class configurable), what happens when the limit is reached, how to raise it for record-keeping classes, and…
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Versions and content history Updated Markdown page
For editors and records staff - how Exponential keeps every save of an object as a version (draft, published, archived, pending, rejected), how to see who changed what and when, compare versions, bring back an earlier…
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Making the site friendly to web archiving Updated Markdown page
For public bodies whose sites are harvested by a national or institutional web archive - Exponential's shipped robots.txt and what to change in it, sitemaps from bcgooglesitemaps or xrowmetadata, stable URLs…
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Security for public bodies Updated Markdown page
The security section of the Governments help - Exponential's documented security posture (OWASP Top 10, ASVS, CSP), hardening, the audit trail, two-step sign-in, CSP enforcement, request-shield, passwords and sessions…
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Account lockout Updated Markdown page
For administrators of public sites - Exponential's account lockout after failed sign-ins is off by default; how to enable it, how to keep your own network out of it, the trade-off with deliberate lockouts, and how to…