Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
-
Update opening hours or contact details Updated Markdown page
For editors - change opening hours, a holiday closure or a phone number once in the contact point or office object, so every service page that relates it shows the change, and find pages that still type the old details.
-
Upload a PDF report with an accessible summary Updated Markdown page
For editors - publish a report as an HTML summary page with the PDF attached, so everyone can read the key points without downloading, with format and size shown and the file checked before upload.
-
Upload many files at once Updated Markdown page
For editors - upload many documents or images in one go with the upload page - target location, the queue with titles and alternative texts, duplicates, Keep as drafts, ZIP import - and tidy up afterwards.
-
Write a plain-language summary Updated Markdown page
For editors - write the short summary at the top of a page or document (the In short, Intro or Summary field) so anyone understands what it is, who it is for and what to do, with a method, before-and-after shapes and a…
-
Tasks for sites and languages Updated Markdown page
Step-by-step tasks for public bodies on multilingual sites, department sites, intranets and extranets, open data, transparency publishing, search, newsletters and maps in Exponential, each with prerequisites, steps…
-
Add a custom locale for a minority language Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators: add a language that has no locale file yet by writing share/locale/<code>.ini from a related locale, adding it as a Custom content language, and having a speaker check it.
-
Add a language switcher Updated Markdown page
Task for site builders: put an accessible language switcher on every page of a multilingual public site with TranslationSA and the language_switcher operator.
-
Add a license field to a dataset class Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators: add a required License selection to the dataset class with the licenses your body approved, and fill it for existing datasets.
-
Add a map location to a service point Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators and editors: give the service point class a GMap Location field (ezgmaplocation) and set the location of an office; Google Maps is a third party and needs an API key, without which coordinates…
-
Add a new content language Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators: add a content language in Setup > Languages, then make it visible through a siteaccess, and give translators access.
-
Add a newsletter list for alerts Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators: add an alert list (for example consultations) to cjw_newsletter, link its subscribe form from the topic's pages, and send a first alert after a rehearsal.
-
Add a right-to-left language site Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators and site builders: add an Arabic, Hebrew, Persian or Urdu language site, with the direction printed in the pagelayout and logical CSS, and test it.
-
Change the main language of an item Updated Markdown page
Task for editors: make another existing translation the main language of an item in its Translations tab, for example before removing a translation created in the wrong language.
-
Check interface translation coverage Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators: find out how complete the administration's translation into a language is, which translation a regional locale really shows, and what is untranslated, with ezchecktranslation, exp:i18n and Setup…
-
Connect staff sign-in to LDAP Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators: let intranet staff sign in with their directory account through the kernel's LDAP login handler, configured in ldap.ini, tested on a test installation first because no 6.x guide exists.
-
Export a list of content as CSV Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators and editors: export the objects of one class below a folder (a register, a list of service points) as CSV, with xrowextract in the administration or the kernel's exp:ezcsvexport, and check it…
-
Export and delete collected requests Updated Markdown page
Task for the FOI team: export the submissions of a request form as CSV from Setup > Collected information for the case file, then remove them from the website according to the retention rule.
-
Find who changed a page Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators and lead editors: find out who changed, moved or removed a page and what changed, with the Versions page (compare two versions) and the audit trail (console or exp:audit).
-
Give a department its own design Updated Markdown page
Task for site builders: create a thin design layer for one department site that overrides the shared base design only where needed, set it in the siteaccess, and test accessibility.
-
Give a language its own address Updated Markdown page
Task for administrators: create a siteaccess for a language and reach it by a path (/fr/) or a host (fr.example.gov), with the RegionalSettings that make it show that language first.