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- Q: Can I use Exponential for commercial and client websites? (New)
Changed 10:06 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. The GNU General Public License lets you use Exponential for any purpose, including commercial websites, intranets and sites you build for clients. There is no license fee, and no separate commercial license is ne… - Q: Do I have to publish the changes I make? (New)
Changed 10:06 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Not just because you run them. The source code conditions of the GNU General Public License version 2 apply when you distribute Exponential, or a changed version of it, to others. Running a website: visitors who use a… - Q: How are attributes/metadata attached to content? (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: You define them. A content class lists the fields (attributes) of a kind of content, each with a datatype: text, rich text, image, relation, date and many more. Add or change fields under Setup > Classes ; every item… - Q: Does the system provide version and revision management? (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Every save of an item is a version. Manage versions in the editor, or the versions page (/content/history/<object id>), shows them all: filter them by status, translation and creator, compare two, make a new draf… - Q: Does the system manage a central repository for conten... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Images and files are content items like any other: they have versions, permissions and translations, and one item can be used on many pages. The Media tab opens the media library, a part of the content tree for f… - Q: Can documents and content be managed including version... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Every change is made in a draft, apart from the live content. You can preview the draft, send it through an approval workflow and publish it; the version before becomes archived. On the versions page you compare… - Q: How is content managed directly on the page? (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: On sites whose design shows the website toolbar, sign in on the public site: the toolbar above each page creates, edits, moves and removes content in place. Every edit is a new version, so the history shows what chang… - Q: Does the system provide a simple and intuitive user in... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: The edit form shows one field per row with a bar to jump between fields, and rich text fields have a WYSIWYG editor. Each user can switch the administration design for the session under Administration design in the In… - Q: Does the system manage a central repository for conten... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Images and files are content items like any other: they have versions, permissions and translations, and one item can be used on many pages. The Media tab opens the media library, a part of the content tree for f… - Q: Does the system have a test environment in which the p... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Every change is a draft until it is published, and Preview in the edit form shows the draft in the site's design: you choose the siteaccess, translation, location and view mode, and several screen sizes. An appro… - Q: Does the system have a built-in editor to easily devel... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Rich text fields, such as Intro and Body, have an editor with a toolbar: paragraph styles, bold and italic, lists, links, tables, embedded images and items, fullscreen and the source code. Under the field you can… - Q: How do you implement a multi-country, multi-lingual po... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: With one siteaccess per country or language, on one installation and one content tree: Each siteaccess has its own address (host name or path), design and settings. Each siteaccess lists its languages in site.ini [Reg… - Q: Does the system support and manage multi-lingual conte... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Every content item can be translated into the content languages of the site. In a content class you decide which fields are translated; a field that is not translatable, such as a product image, is the same in ev… - Q: Do sites cater for multiple language content (Unicode)? (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Exponential stores and serves content as Unicode, in UTF-8 (i18n.ini [CharacterSettings] Charset=utf-8), so every character of the Unicode standard can be used, and one site can hold content in many languages. Se… - Q: Does the system provide interface localization to cate... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Two things decide how the interface speaks to its users: Locales (share/locale/*.ini): dates, numbers, currencies and the direction of the text for a language and country. Hundreds ship with Exponential, and you… - Q: Are different language letter accenting & reading styl... (Updated)
Changed 10:05 am · Last updated by Graham Brookins on 11/06/2026
A: Yes. Content is stored as Unicode (UTF-8), so accented letters and every script can be used. Right-to-left languages are supported: the locale of such a language says so ([LanguageSettings] TextDirection=rtl), the pag… - Audit: what happens in Exponential, recorded (Updated, Markdown page)
Markdown documentation (help center) · Installation and upgrades · Changed 07:28 am
Exponential 6.0.15 records what happens in an installation: who signed in and who failed to, who moved, hid or removed content, who changed a role, a setting or a price, which command or cronjob ran, and what the audit… - INI settings (Updated, Markdown page)
Markdown documentation (help center) · Examples · Changed 07:28 am
Every shipped INI setting by file and block: comment, default and an override example. - error.ini [HTTPError-302] (Updated, Markdown page)
Markdown documentation (help center) · Examples · Changed 07:28 am
The settings of [HTTPError-302] in error.ini: HTTPName, HeaderList - error.ini [HTTPError-303] (Updated, Markdown page)
Markdown documentation (help center) · Examples · Changed 07:28 am
The settings of [HTTPError-303] in error.ini: HTTPName, HeaderList
