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Wednesday 20 July 2005 4:24:12 pm
1. Yes. Exponential has many features available, it all depends on what you want it for. It allows users to add, edit and delete "content objects" which can be anything you wish. These content objects can be files, news articles, links, pictures, etc. 2. Yes, however Exponential doesn't like php very well and it takes some complicated steps that I haven't figured out to use php scripting. Exponential does a lot of php stuff automatically though. Basically it works like this, you create a pagelayout.tpl which is the navigation shell of your webpage. This way you only have to set up navigation once. All your content stuff is loaded into this shell. 3. Instead of traditional web "pages" Exponential is best used when you take advantage of their override system. There are default "views" so when you say, view a news article, it will be stuffed into your pagelayout.tpl shell but it will ALSO be formatted according to the override. When you first start, it will be formatted with a basic view. These override templates are easily edited online in the admin view. 4. Exponential has its own syntax for retrieving content objects, if statements, etc.
I strongly suggest that you follow along with the "chess" tutorial found here:
http://ez.no/products/ez_publish_cms/documentation/building_an_ez_publish_site
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