Recent changes
Tuesday October 05 2010
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Uninstalling packages New
Installed packages can be uninstalled. For example, let's say that you have chosen the "Shop" standard site package in the setup wizard while installing Exponential and then you decided to use only multi-price products ,…
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package.xml format Updated
This section describes important XML tags that are used by the packages system. These tags are used in a "package.xml" file that is located in a package directory. Items to be installed The package installation process i…
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Custom install scripts Updated
Packages that can be installed via the administration interface may include specific custom install and uninstall scripts. A custom script can be called at any stage during the package installation/uninstallation process…
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Clustering Updated
The clustering feature makes it possible to run an Exponential site on several web servers. A site that is running on a cluster of servers will have better performance and will be able to handle more traffic. Before Expo…
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Cluster File Handlers New
The cluster file handler mechanism makes it possible to store, retrieve, rename, delete, etc. files using the database. The following file handlers are known to the system by default: eZFS (located in the "kernel/classes…
Monday October 04 2010
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Reverting a cluster setup Updated
You can always switch from using the clustering functionality to the standard configuration where images, binary files and content-related caches are stored on a file system. The following instructions explain how this c…
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Cluster Configuration Settings New
The cluster settings are located in an override of your "settings/file.ini" file (most likely "settings/override/file.ini.append.php"or "settings/siteaccess/<SITE_ACCESS>/file.ini.append.php") When using the eZDB file ha…
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Managing URL aliases New
The administration interface makes it possible to easily manage the virtual URLs that belong to a site. Management happens through the manipulation of two lists. While one of them is related to node URL aliases, the othe…
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URL transformation rules Updated
When a site administrator enters a value for a new virtual URL, the system will perform cleanup of the input by using so-called URL transformation rules. This is done in order to avoid problems with certain characters an…
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Custom transformation commands Updated
In order to transform the URLs according to specific needs, it is possible to create and use so-called custom commands. The commands can be created as extensions and added to the system using an override of the "transfor…
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Multi-language Updated
In Exponential 3.7 and earlier versions, you have to specify one primary / main language that affects every content object (i.e. each object must exist at least in this language). In addition, you are allowed to specify…
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Multi-language Updated
In Exponential 3.7 and earlier versions, you have to specify one primary / main language that affects every content object (i.e. each object must exist at least in this language). In addition, you are allowed to specify…
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Configuring the site languages Updated
No site languages are specified by default (i.e. after downloading and unpacking the Exponential distribution). During the installation process, the setup wizard allows the user to choose the languages that should be use…
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Managing the translation languages New
The administration interface allows you to manage the translation languages for your site. This can be done by manipulating the global translation list. To access the list of translation languages, click the "Setup" tab…
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Translatable class attributes New
In Exponential 3.9.0 and later versions, it is possible to translate the names of the attributes when editing the different classes. This allows the system to display the attribute labels in the correct language when use…
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Translatable country names Updated
From 3.9, it is possible to translate the names of countries to different languages. For example, you can instruct the system to use "Frankrike" instead of "France" and "Norge" instead of "Norway" whenever the list of co…
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Multi-lingual objects New
The following text describes how you can create new multilingual objects, make an object always available , set the initial/main language for an object and so on. Creating new objects The administration interface allows…
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Working with translations New
You can use the translations window to view the languages that the object exists in. The following text reveals how you can create, edit and remove the object translations. Editing a translation All content editing is do…
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The bit-field algorithm New
The following text reveals some technical details related to the bit-field algorithm that is used for language filtering and prioritizing. The system stores information about all the translation languages in the "ezconte…
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Language-based permissions New
The "create" and "edit" functions of the "content" module support limitation on the language level. For example, it is possible to configure the system so that a group of users are allowed to create and translate objects…