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Wednesday November 04 2026
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Web framework developers: start here Updated Markdown page
Where developers who know Symfony, Laravel, Slim, CodeIgniter, Yii, CakePHP, Laminas, Django, Rails, Express or Spring start with Exponential - what it is in their terms, the first hour, a map of every page that…
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When to choose Exponential, and when a plain framework Updated Markdown page
A fair decision guide for teams choosing between Exponential and a general web framework such as Symfony, Laravel, Django or Rails - the project shapes where Exponential saves months, the shapes where a plain framework…
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Workflows and triggers: hooks on content operations Updated Markdown page
Where a framework developer writes model observers, post-save signals, state machines or process managers, Exponential offers workflows - event types run before or after operations such as publish and checkout, attached…
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Task: build a small CRUD module step by step Updated Markdown page
A hands-on task for framework developers - an extension with its own table, a persistent object model, a list view and an edit form with actions, validation, the CSRF token, a policy function, templates and a deploy…
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What changes for editors when the site is static Updated Markdown page
For editors whose public site is published as a static copy - you edit as before, but a change goes online when the site is published, not when you press Publish on the content; what stale means, how to publish one…
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What the Editor role allows Updated Markdown page
The roles an account in the Editors group has (Editor, Member, Member management, Editor account requests) and, in plain words, every permission of the Editor role: creating, editing, hiding, restoring, uploading many…
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New in 6.0.15: static publishing Updated Markdown page
Exponential 6.0.15 publishes a site as a free, fast and safe static copy on GitHub Pages or any git host - built, checked and published from Setup > Static publishing, with editing kept in Exponential and every publish…
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When something goes wrong Updated Markdown page
What to do when something goes wrong: understand the error page, tell your administrator, and file a bug in the right issue tracker with what is needed to fix it.
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Why Exponential supports PHP 7.4 Updated Markdown page
Supported - PHP 8.0 to 8.5; usable without support - PHP 7.4 (Exponential 6.0.15 and later). Who this is for, what works on PHP 7.4 and what needs PHP 8 (a table per feature), how one Composer metapackage picks the…
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December 2023 Updated Markdown page
This is where the story of Exponential 6 begins: the month a dormant code base changed hands. The page says what changed in December 2023, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site from…
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January 2024, first half (1 to 15 January) Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in January 2024 (1 to 15 January), why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide…
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January 2024, second half (16 to 31 January) Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in January 2024 (16 to 31 January), why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide…
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February 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in February 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the…
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March 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in March 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the month…
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April 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in April 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the month…
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May 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in May 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the month…
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June 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in June 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the month…
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July 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in July 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the month…
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August 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in August 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the month…
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September 2024 Updated Markdown page
What changed in Exponential in September 2024, why it matters, and where to read more. Read it when you upgrade a site across this period or want to know where a feature came from; the history guide explains how the…