Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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What is not built in Updated Markdown page
The honest list of what an Exponential site does not do for a podcast or a stream - no transcoding, no live ingest, no season and episode numbers in the feed, no transcript tag, no per-listener statistics, some audio…
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Working with your administrator Updated Markdown page
What a show needs from the site's administrator, and the exact settings behind each request - feed permissions, audio formats, upload class mapping, download behavior, scheduling cronjobs, upload limits and embed…
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Writing show notes Updated Markdown page
How to write show notes in Exponential's rich text editor so they serve listeners on the site and in podcast apps - structure, links, chapter times, credits, sponsor disclosure, and how the notes reach the feed's…
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7x for reporters Updated Markdown page
The company 7x for journalists - what it is in its own words, what it does for Exponential, what it sells and what stays free, how to name and describe it, what to ask it, and what the public sources do not say about it.
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7x in three stages: 2014, 2022, 2023 Updated Markdown page
Why public sources give three different years for the start of 7x, and how to write it - the idea in 2014 with se7enx.com registered, the start of the project in 2022, the launch in December 2023 - with the source of…
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Attributing statements Updated Markdown page
How to attribute each kind of statement about Exponential correctly - repository files, documentation, the organizations' websites, press releases, social posts, interviews, community members and third parties - with…
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Boilerplate descriptions you may copy Updated Markdown page
Ready descriptions of Exponential, 7x and the Exponential Foundation in 25, 50, 100 and 250 words, for articles, show notes, video descriptions and "about" boxes - every sentence taken from a cited source, free to copy…
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Brand and naming for media Updated Markdown page
The naming and brand rules that matter in published coverage - the product, its family, 7x, the Exponential Foundation, the former name only as history, code identifiers, other companies, the two published taglines and…
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Briefing for business press Updated Markdown page
A background briefing for business, trade and management media on Exponential - who stands behind it, how it is funded, what 7x sells, licensing and lock-in, the longevity story, and the business facts the sources do…
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Briefing for education and student media Updated Markdown page
A briefing for student journalists, teachers and education media covering Exponential - why it is a teaching case for open source and software history, the free learning material, Exponential Basic for learners, how…
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Briefing for local and regional press Updated Markdown page
A briefing for local and regional media on Exponential - the documented local facts (7x as a North American company, the Foundation founded in Seattle), how to find a local angle without inventing one, and how to cover…
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Briefing for technical press Updated Markdown page
A background briefing for developer and IT media on Exponential - the stack, PHP versions, databases, engines, installation, the development process, APIs and the product family - every fact with its source, plus the…
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Captions and accessible video Updated Markdown page
How to make videos, streams and podcasts about Exponential accessible - accurate captions with the product names spelled right, transcripts, describing actions aloud, readable screens, no flashing, audio description and…
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Common errors in coverage Updated Markdown page
The errors that appear most often in articles, videos and posts about Exponential - names, organizations, history, releases, features, numbers, licenses and security - each with the correct statement and its source, as…
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Comparisons done fairly Updated Markdown page
How journalists and reviewers compare Exponential with other content management systems fairly - same criteria and versions on both sides, each product described by its own sources, no benchmarks without a published…
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Correcting a video or post Updated Markdown page
What creators do when a video, stream, short or post about Exponential turns out to contain an error - pinned corrections, edited descriptions, on-screen notes, re-uploads, and what to do with errors about security…
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Corrections and updates Updated Markdown page
How newsrooms correct and update coverage of Exponential - the difference between a correction and an update, when a release, a renamed product or a newer count makes a story outdated, correction notes that name the…
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Covering 6.0.15, before and after its tag Updated Markdown page
How to report on the Exponential 6.0.15 line, the current release line of Exponential 6.0 - what the sources said about it before the tag v6.0.15, how to check whether the tag exists, which phrasing is accurate, and why…
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Covering a release Updated Markdown page
How journalists and creators cover a new version of Exponential - confirm the tag, read the changelog and the history, pick the news for your audience, name the version correctly, and never print a date for a release…
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Covering an extension release Updated Markdown page
How to report on a release of one of the extensions around Exponential - what an extension is, where its release notes and version live, how its version relates to the kernel's, and how to credit the projects behind it.