Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Understanding caches Updated Markdown page
Caches explained for learners - why Exponential keeps stored results, the content, template and INI caches you will meet in exercises, how to clear the smallest cache from the administration or the shell, what the php…
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Understanding the content model Updated Markdown page
An explanation of Exponential's content model for learners - content classes, attributes and datatypes, objects, versions and translations, nodes and the content tree, sections and object states - with a worked example…
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Using Git as a student Updated Markdown page
How learners use Git with Exponential - three repositories every learner keeps (the kernel clone on your own branch, your own extensions, your notes), daily habits, reading the project history to learn, commit messages…
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Your first contribution, step by step Updated Markdown page
A learner's first contribution to Exponential in three paths - a documentation fix through Edit on GitHub, a translation, or a small code fix through a fork and a pull request - with the commands from Develop with Git…
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Your first hour in the administration Updated Markdown page
A guided first hour on your study site's administration - signing in, the header, the left and right columns, the dashboard, an item's page, a first edit and publish, the versions, the help, and signing out - each with…
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Your first site: three ways Updated Markdown page
The three ways a learner gets a first Exponential site - the public demo, the one-command install on your own computer, and the browser setup wizard - plus Git clones for future developers, with what each needs, what…
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Advocacy: telling others about Exponential Updated Markdown page
How supporters spread the word about Exponential truthfully - what you can say with sources, where to say it, writing and speaking, the Powered by Exponential credit, naming it right, and what not to claim.
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Contributing code Updated Markdown page
How individuals contribute code to Exponential - finding something to work on, setting up from Git, the branch and pull request workflow of CONTRIBUTING.md, commit messages, the file manifest, tests and CI, the merge…
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Contributing documentation Updated Markdown page
How to improve the Exponential documentation and this help - fixing a page with Edit on GitHub, writing a new help page with front matter, style rules, sources, the GFDL, and other places to write (eZpedia…
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Contributing translations Updated Markdown page
How native speakers translate Exponential - where the translation catalogues live, which languages are complete, how to translate and test, review by a second speaker, right-to-left languages, and translating the…
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Funding the work Updated Markdown page
Why money matters for an open source project like Exponential, what funding pays for, the two organizations you can fund (7x and the Exponential Foundation) and the ways to give, from a few dollars a month to sponsored…
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Helping others in the community Updated Markdown page
How experienced users support Exponential by helping others - the community places (forums, Telegram, Slack, Discord, eZpedia), how to answer well, turning answers into documentation, and welcoming newcomers.
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Recognition for supporters Updated Markdown page
How supporters of Exponential are recognized, as far as the sources say - credit in the Git history, sponsor badges and mentions by tier, README and website listings, partner points - and what is not yet defined.
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Supporter FAQ Updated Markdown page
Short answers to common questions from people who want to support Exponential - skills needed, where to start, licenses, money, 7x versus the Foundation, recognition and companies - with links to the full pages.
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Supporters: start here Updated Markdown page
The landing page for everyone who wants to help Exponential - individuals and companies. Why the project needs support, the ways to help (code, documentation, translations, testing, community help, advocacy, funding)…
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Supporting Exponential as a company Updated Markdown page
How companies and organizations that rely on Exponential support it - a support policy, staff time for contributions, sponsoring as an organization (including GitHub's invoice option and fees), partnership, publishing…
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Testing and reporting bugs Updated Markdown page
How any user supports Exponential by testing and filing good bug issues - which tracker to use, what a good bug description contains, testing development versions, security problems that must be reported privately, and…
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Ways to support Exponential Updated Markdown page
Every way to support Exponential compared in one place - code, documentation, translations, testing, community help, advocacy, funding, partnership - with the time or money each takes, the skills it needs and the impact…
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The template language Updated Markdown page
The Exponential template language (eZ TPL, ezpl) in depth - what it is and where it came from, its syntax side by side with Smarty, values, variables and namespaces, control structures, the object model of nodes…
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Attribute access Updated Markdown page
How $a.b and $a[b] are resolved - arrays by key, objects through attributes(), hasAttribute() and attribute(), eZPersistentObject fields and function attributes, dynamic keys, numeric indexes, attributes after an…