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Wednesday November 04 2026
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Module 6: Installing sites with the kickstarter and exp:install Updated Markdown page
The last module of Multisite and site packages. Learners compare the install methods, install a multisite with exp:install and with the kickstarter, reinstall and regenerate settings safely, and build a multisite from…
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Lesson 6.5: Capstone, a multisite from scratch Updated Markdown page
Learners build a two-brand multisite on a fresh installation on their own, from exp:install to host matching, a language redirect, a site extension, logs per site and a content package, and the trainer checks it against…
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Lesson 6.2: Installing a multisite with exp:install Updated Markdown page
Learners install a fresh site with host matching in one command, check it first with --print and --dry-run, read the summary and the password file, and test the three siteaccesses with curl. 55 minutes.
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Lesson 6.1: One installer engine, three front ends Updated Markdown page
Learners explain the step classes every install method runs, compare the setup wizard, the kickstarter and exp:install, and choose a method for a given situation with the decision guide. 40 minutes.
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Lesson 6.4: Reinstalling, resetting and regenerating settings Updated Markdown page
Learners choose between DatabaseAction remove, ignore and skip, back up before a reinstall, reset a training site with the same kickstart.ini, regenerate the settings while keeping the data, and recover from a failed…
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Lesson 6.3: The kickstarter and kickstart.ini Updated Markdown page
Learners write kickstart.ini with exp:kickstarter ini --yes, review the values marked REVIEW, set port matching for three siteaccesses, run a dry run and an install, and read kickstart.log and setup.log. 55 minutes.
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Newsletters with CJW Newsletter: course overview Updated Markdown page
The course for people who write, send and run newsletters with the cjw_newsletter extension - 6 modules and 20 lessons, 16 hours of lessons, on a training installation that writes every mail to a file and uses only test…
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Module 1: Getting started Updated Markdown page
The map of CJW Newsletter, a training installation that cannot send mail, and the newsletter dashboard. Two hours.
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Lesson 1.2: Preparing a safe training installation Updated Markdown page
Trainers and administrators set every mail transport of a training installation to files, check the result in the settings and on the dashboard, and prove that no mail can leave the machine. 60 minutes.
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Lesson 1.3: The newsletter dashboard Updated Markdown page
Learners read the newsletter dashboard section by section, find the lists, the last sends and the problems, and know which buttons start work in the background. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 1.1: What a newsletter system does Updated Markdown page
Learners can name the parts of CJW Newsletter (systems, lists, editions, subscriptions, sending, bounces) and explain how an edition travels from the content tree to a subscriber. 30 minutes.
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Module 2: Systems, lists and editions Updated Markdown page
The content side of the newsletter - the newsletter root and systems, a configured list, editions with articles, and the editorial tools of 4.2. 3 hours 30 minutes.
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Lesson 2.2: Creating and configuring a list Updated Markdown page
Learners create a newsletter list in their system and fill in its configuration (siteaccess, output formats, skin, sender, test receiver, personalization) with safe training values. 60 minutes.
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Lesson 2.1: Newsletter systems and the tree Updated Markdown page
Learners find the newsletter root, explain RootFolderNodeId and the CJW Newsletter section, and create a newsletter system of their own. 45 minutes.
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Lesson 2.4: Recurring sends, article pools and approval Updated Markdown page
Learners read the editorial tools of CJW Newsletter 4.2 (recurring sends, article pools, the approval of editions), fill in a recurring send form, and follow an approval request through the collaboration inbox. 45…
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Lesson 2.3: Writing an edition Updated Markdown page
Learners create an edition in their list, add two newsletter articles, publish, and look at the HTML and text previews on the edition's page. 60 minutes.
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Module 3: Subscribers Updated Markdown page
The people side of the newsletter - the subscribe form and double opt-in, users and subscriptions, CSV import and export, consent, unsubscribing and the blacklist. 3 hours 15 minutes.
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Lesson 3.4: Consent, unsubscribing and the blacklist Updated Markdown page
Learners unsubscribe a test subscriber through the public page, add an address to the blacklist, and explain how the blacklist and the suppression list of the e-mail preferences work together. 45 minutes.
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Lesson 3.3: CSV import and export Updated Markdown page
Learners prepare a CSV file of test subscribers at example.invalid, import it with the column mapping (preview, dry run, consent source), and export the list again. 45 minutes.
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Lesson 3.2: Managing users and subscriptions Updated Markdown page
Learners find newsletter users with the filters of the Users page, read a user's subscriptions, create a test user, and approve a pending subscription. 45 minutes.