Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Unlock a locked account Updated Markdown page
Step by step - find out why an account is locked, check the failed sign-ins in the audit trail, and unlock it on Check user accounts or the account settings, without unlocking an attacker.
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Procurement and training tasks Updated Markdown page
Step-by-step tasks for public bodies that buy and introduce Exponential - writing requirements, building the evaluation team, running a proof of concept and a demo, checking claims and history, quotes and hosting costs…
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Build an evaluation team Updated Markdown page
Step by step, put together the panel that evaluates bids for an Exponential site or services - the roles to cover, conflicts of interest, preparation with a test installation, and the division of work.
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Check a vendor's accessibility claims Updated Markdown page
Step by step, check what a bidder says about the accessibility of Exponential and of the site it will build against the project's own accessibility evidence, and turn vague claims into verifiable commitments.
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Check license obligations for custom code Updated Markdown page
Step by step, check that custom code delivered for a public body's Exponential site respects the GPL and gives you the rights you need - source received, licenses of extensions and libraries, third-party assets, and…
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Check the project's release and security history Updated Markdown page
Step by step, check for yourself how often Exponential is released, how security issues are handled and how changes are documented - from the tags, the changelogs, SECURITY.md and the hardening records in the repository…
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Compare hosting offers Updated Markdown page
Step by step, compare hosting offers for an Exponential site of a public body - requirements met, engine, database, backups and restore, security, data location, service levels, support line and exit - on one comparison…
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Enroll administrators in the site administration course Updated Markdown page
Step by step, get the people who will run a public body's Exponential site through the Site administration course - prerequisites, schedule options, the security and audit modules, the lab, assessment and the hand-over…
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Estimate hosting costs with your own figures Updated Markdown page
Step by step, estimate what hosting an Exponential site will cost a public body over a contract term - sizing from measurements, the cost lines, in-house versus outsourced, and a worksheet - using only your own figures…
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Estimate staff and training effort Updated Markdown page
Step by step, estimate the internal staff time and training effort an Exponential site needs in a public body - roles, hours per routine task, training hours from the course catalogue, and turnover - with your own…
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Hand over documentation at contract end Updated Markdown page
Step by step, collect and check the documentation an outgoing supplier hands over when a contract for an Exponential site ends - content model, roles, settings, code, deployment, operations, open issues - so a successor…
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Onboard a new editor Updated Markdown page
Step by step, give a new editor in a public body an Exponential account, a limited role, self-study, training and a supervised first publication, and then the full role - the site administrator's side of onboarding.
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Plan editor training for a department Updated Markdown page
Step by step, plan Exponential training for the editors of one department - who, which course or agenda, a lab with the department's content model, timing close to the first publication, and a sign-off.
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Plan the first upgrade in the budget Updated Markdown page
Step by step, plan and budget the first routine upgrade of a new Exponential site in a public body - the version you start from, the upgrade check, staging, hours from the supplier, a maintenance window and the record…
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Prepare a demo for the evaluation panel Updated Markdown page
Step by step, prepare a scripted demonstration of Exponential for an evaluation panel - the same script for every bidder, built from the requirements and the existing demo scripts, with test data, timing and scoring.
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Request a support quote from a partner Updated Markdown page
Step by step, ask 7x or an Exponential partner for a support quote a public body can compare - scope, severities, response times you choose, hours, security updates, escalation, reporting and exit - without personal…
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Run a proof of concept on SQLite in one command Updated Markdown page
Step by step, install Exponential on a test machine with one command on SQLite, sign in, try the tasks your requirements name, and remove it afterwards - so a public body sees the product itself before or during an…
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Run an exit drill Updated Markdown page
Step by step, test once a year that a public body can really leave - export the whole site with an xrowextract archive, copy the storage, dump the database, check the archive against the admin's counts, and record the…
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Train an in-house trainer Updated Markdown page
Step by step, prepare a member of staff of a public body to teach Exponential - choosing the person, the Train the trainer course, the subject course, a lab, a first supervised course and keeping the material current.
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Write a data processing requirement Updated Markdown page
Step by step, write the data protection requirements for a tender for an Exponential site and its hosting - data location, processors, third parties, retention, individuals' rights and return of data - based on what the…