Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Trainer toolkit Updated Markdown page
The checklists and templates a trainer reuses for every course, before, on the day and after, a lab sheet, a learner pre-work message, a handout skeleton, a question board, a feedback slip and a follow-up message.
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Trainers: start here Updated Markdown page
Where everyone who teaches Exponential starts. What the trainer material is, how courses, modules and lessons are built, how to choose a course for a group, how to build the lab, and the rules every trainer keeps.
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Workshops and bootcamps: course overview Updated Markdown page
Ready programs for compact training, planning a workshop, six one-day agendas, four three-day bootcamps, three five-day bootcamps and three capstone project briefs with rubrics, all built from the lessons of the trainer…
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Module 1: Planning a workshop Updated Markdown page
The first module of Workshops and bootcamps, choosing a format, venue, kit and helpers, pre-work for learners, and the run sheet. Four lessons, 2 hours 5 minutes.
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Lesson 1.1: Choosing a workshop format Updated Markdown page
Choose between a half-day taster, a one-day workshop, a three-day bootcamp and a five-day bootcamp, from the group's goal, time and starting level, and pick the matching agenda in this course. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 1.3: Pre-work for learners Updated Markdown page
Send learners a short, clear preparation a week before, machine checks, accounts or installs, two help pages to read, and the arrangements question, so the workshop starts with everyone ready. 30 minutes.
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Lesson 1.4: The run sheet Updated Markdown page
Write the minute-by-minute run sheet of a workshop day, who does what, when, which help page and exercise, the checkpoint of each block, the cut items, and the end-of-day clean-up. 35 minutes.
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Lesson 1.2: Venue, kit and helpers Updated Markdown page
Prepare the room and the equipment for a hands-on workshop, network, power, projector, spare machines, printed quick cards, one helper per eight to ten learners, and an accessible room. 30 minutes.
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Module 2: One-day agendas Updated Markdown page
Ready one-day workshop agendas, editors, administrators, developers, layouts, a mixed group, and a half day for decision makers, each with blocks, checkpoints, cut items and a capstone.
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Agenda 2.2: The administrators day Updated Markdown page
A one-day workshop for new site administrators, install a site, users and roles, sections, caches, cronjobs, logs, system information and the upgrade check, each practised once on the learner's own installation. 6 hours…
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Agenda 2.6: The decision makers' half day Updated Markdown page
A half-day session for managers and boards deciding whether to use Exponential, what it is, a guided demo, licensing and support, hosting and databases, and a structured decision discussion, with sourced facts only. 3…
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Agenda 2.3: The developers day Updated Markdown page
A one-day workshop for PHP developers new to Exponential, a Git installation, the content model, a content class, templates and an override, the console, and a first extension with the RAD tools. 6 hours of sessions.
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Agenda 2.1: The editors day Updated Markdown page
A one-day workshop that takes new editors from signing in to publishing an article with an image, a link and a second version, built from the Editors 101 lessons, with a run of six blocks and a capstone. 6 hours of…
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Agenda 2.5: Exponential in a day (mixed group) Updated Markdown page
A one-day introduction for a mixed group of editors, administrators and developers, a shared morning on content and publishing, and three parallel afternoon tracks, with one trainer per track or rotating stations. 6…
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Agenda 2.4: The layouts day Updated Markdown page
A one-day workshop on Exponential Layouts, layouts, zones and blocks, creating and publishing a layout, block properties, shared layouts and linked zones, and mappings that decide where a layout is used. 6 hours of…
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Module 3: Three-day bootcamps Updated Markdown page
Four three-day bootcamps, editors, administrators, developers and site builders, each with a daily plan, a capstone that grows over the three days, and an end-of-bootcamp quiz.
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Bootcamp 3.2: The three-day administrator bootcamp Updated Markdown page
Three days for people who take over running an Exponential site, day 1 installation, users and roles, day 2 sections, settings, caches, cronjobs and logs, day 3 security, two-factor sign-in, backups, upgrades and an…
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Bootcamp 3.3: The three-day developer bootcamp Updated Markdown page
Three days for PHP developers, day 1 Git installation, content model and classes, day 2 the template language, overrides and debugging, day 3 extensions, the console, INI settings, Velocity and a pull request.
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Bootcamp 3.1: The three-day editor bootcamp Updated Markdown page
Three days that turn new editors into independent ones, day 1 content and publishing, day 2 rich text, media, versions and search, day 3 languages, layouts basics and a capstone section, built from Editors 101 with…
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Bootcamp 3.4: The three-day site builder bootcamp Updated Markdown page
Three days for people who build websites without writing PHP, the content structure, content classes, layouts and blocks, shared layouts and mappings, languages, and a complete small website as capstone.