Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Getting started: local business websites Updated Markdown page
The first decisions for a small or single-location business planning a website on Exponential - what the site needs, which pages to plan, whether to do it yourself or hire help, working with a local partner or…
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Choosing hosting for a small business Updated Markdown page
Hosting options for a small business website on Exponential in plain words - shared hosting, a managed host, a small virtual server or the partner's servers - what each means for you, what Exponential needs from a…
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Doing it yourself or hiring help Updated Markdown page
An honest comparison for small business owners - which website tasks an owner can do with Exponential after a short introduction, which need a technical person, the three common arrangements, and the signs that it is…
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Planning your pages Updated Markdown page
A page list for a local business site - shop, restaurant, trades, salon or practice - with the content class behind each page, where opening hours and contact details live so they are written once, and how to keep the…
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What a small business website needs Updated Markdown page
The five jobs a local business website does - be found, answer the basic questions, build trust, take contact, and sometimes sell - with the Exponential feature or outside service behind each and what you can leave out…
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Working with a local partner or freelancer Updated Markdown page
How a small business finds and works with a local partner or freelancer for an Exponential website - what to ask before hiring, what to get in writing, the accounts and files you keep yourself, the handover, and a…
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Local businesses FAQ Updated Markdown page
Short answers to the questions owners of shops, restaurants, trades, salons and practices ask about a website on Exponential - cost, doing it yourself, maps, opening hours, local search, forms and spam, reviews…
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Local businesses glossary Updated Markdown page
The words a local business owner meets when getting a website on Exponential, explained in plain language - from administration, alias and API key to siteaccess, sitemap, structured data, VAT type and workflow - each…
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Local businesses reading path Updated Markdown page
The suggested order for reading the local businesses section - four stages from deciding to launching to running the site, with three shorter paths for a restaurant, a trade and a shop that sells online, and the time…
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Local businesses: start here Updated Markdown page
The landing page for small and single-location businesses - shops, restaurants, cafes, trades, salons and practices - that want a website people find, trust and use, with a realistic cost picture, local search, maps…
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Maps and hours: where and when you are open Updated Markdown page
The pages for showing a local business's location and opening hours on an Exponential site - the ezgmaplocation datatype and the layouts map block, API keys and privacy, modeling opening hours without a special…
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Holiday and seasonal hours Updated Markdown page
Holiday closures, summer hours and other exceptions on a local business site - edited by hand, prepared in advance with scheduled publishing and hiding at a date, shown as a notice, and kept in step with outside…
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Opening hours without a special datatype Updated Markdown page
Exponential has no opening-hours datatype; three ways to model opening hours with what ships - a text block in one shared object, a small opening hours class with time and matrix fields, or a table in rich text - with…
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Several locations Updated Markdown page
Showing two or more branches, a market stall or a mobile service on one Exponential site - one location object per address with its own hours and map point, a locations folder, a nearest-location list with the…
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Showing your location on a map Updated Markdown page
Two ways to show a local business's location on an Exponential site - the ezgmaplocation datatype (a point stored on content, Google Maps with an API key) and the Map block of the layouts editor (Google with a key…
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Marketing for local businesses Updated Markdown page
The pages for bringing customers back and drawing new ones with an Exponential site - events and specials, newsletters with cjw_newsletter, photos that show your work, a second or third language for visitors from…
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Events and specials Updated Markdown page
Announcing events, daily specials and seasonal offers on a local business site - the event and event calendar classes from ezwebin, specials as articles that appear and disappear on a date, a seasonal landing page with…
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Mobile visitors Updated Markdown page
What visitors on phones need from a local business site - the five facts at the top, a dialable phone number, a directions link, readable hours, fast pages, forms that work with a thumb - what the responsive default…
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Multilingual for tourist areas Updated Markdown page
A second or third language for a local business in a tourist area - which pages to translate first, how Exponential shows languages and gives each its own addresses, what happens when a translation is missing, who…
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Newsletters for local businesses Updated Markdown page
A newsletter for the regulars of a local business with cjw_newsletter, which ships with Exponential - double opt-in sign-up, editions as content, sending by cron, unsubscribe, what it needs from the host (mail, cron, a…