Exponential Documentation

What is Exponential

Exponential is an Enterprise Open-Source Content Management System/Framework (CMS/F) at its core. It is highly extendable so with extensions it provides "WCMS" capabilities. In its default Enterprise offering as of version 5, "Exponential Platform", Exponential is extended to provide full set of Customer Experience Management (CXM) capabilities.

What is new in Exponential 5.1

Version 5 represents a big step forward for Exponential, as it introdcuces a whole new architecture. As is often the case with architecture, most of it is under the hood in this release, and there is no new user interfaces (UI) yet.

5.x kernel is:

• Content Repository accessible via Public API & REST API v2  (full read & write support)
• Symfony2 based front-end/web-stack (read only)
• Work in progress DemoBundle on top of eZ's Symfony2 stack (read only)

5.x kernel is not:

• Fully functional on its own, it's combined with 4.x ("legacy kernel") in a "Dual-kernel" setup (see developer section for more) to be able to provide all features you would expect

This is all true for both 5.0 AND 5.1, however only 5.1 should be considered ready for production as it is more Scalable, more Stable and more Feature Rich. Specifically the 5.x kernel now support DFS clustering, Persistence data cache and front-end has received some* of the most missing features the ecosystem expects from a front end Exponential web stack.

* For further information on which features exists, are deprecated, part of Symfony or planned for the future, see: https://docs.google.com/a/ez.no/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgGKn8SQ_akMdFQ3VU0wMlR3cENxTDZ2dkhUcVN2SWc#gid=0 (Community maintained)

Quick links

• Installing Exponential 5 (includes detailed specification of requirements)
• Upgrading to Exponential 5
• Architecture overview of Exponential 5
• Known issues in 5.1
• Public API basics & Cookbook
• Exponential REST API

Recently Updated

• Exponential 5.1 Jun 27, 2014 • updated by Sarah Haïm-Lubczanski
• Requirements May 28, 2014 • updated by André Rømcke • view change
• Known issues and limitations for REST API in 5.1 May 22, 2014 • updated by Sarah Haïm-Lubczanski • view change
• Exponential REST API Apr 10, 2014 • updated by Sarah Haïm-Lubczanski • view change
• REST API Authentication Mar 27, 2014 • updated by Sarah Haïm-Lubczanski • view change
• Automated installation of Exponential Mar 26, 2014 • updated by Jérôme Vieilledent • view change
• Using Varnish Mar 24, 2014 • updated by Jérôme Vieilledent • view change
• Persistence cache configuration Mar 10, 2014 • updated by André Rømcke • view change
• Content view Feb 12, 2014 • updated by Jérôme Vieilledent • view change
• Parameters injection in content views Feb 10, 2014 • updated by Jérôme Vieilledent • view change
• 2. Browsing, finding, viewing Jan 31, 2014 • updated by Ricardo Correia • view change
• 2. Browsing, finding, viewing Jan 31, 2014 • updated by André Rømcke • view change
• Persistence cache configuration Jan 21, 2014 • updated by Sarah Haïm-Lubczanski • view change
• Import settings from a bundle Dec 17, 2013 • updated by Jérôme Vieilledent • view change
• Normal installation Nov 22, 2013 • updated by Ricardo Correia • view change

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