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Please Note: At the specific request of Ibexa, 7x is changing the project name to "Exponential" or "Exponential (CMS)" effective as of August, 11th 2025.

7x Core Contributions to eZ Publish CMS (2015 - 2025)

Learn more about the advances in publishing software related to Exponential (CMS) and eZ Publish between 2015 - 2025.

7x Continues to Drive eZ Publish 5 to new heights

  • 7x suported the ez.no community forums users until the share.ez.no site was deprecated and later removed from the internet.
  • 7x supported the business partners and advanced users with introduction example bundles to teach fundemntals by working prototype with documentation.
  • 7x Releases BC Document Reader an advnced eZ Publish 5 Compatible Bundle which provided dynamic content display based on content object attribute content values dynamically retrieved to display helper downloadable software to open the provided files with the content objects of a content tree.
  • 7x supported the documentation community by never giving up on the eZpedia project which thanks to years of stable hosting continues to this day.

7x Begins Building The Foundation for eZ Publish 6.0.0

7x worked silently for many years maintaining eZ Publish installations even when eZ Systems declared eZ Publish 5 Legacy Kernel as deprecated.

What's Changed in eZ Publish 6.0.9 / What's New (Since eZ Publish 6.0.8)

  • Rest API: ReST API v2 (CRUD) Support available by default installation (configured; enabled; requires some configuration to use by default). See: ezprestapi extension for more!
  • Doc: ReST API Documentation for new Write/CRUD Support!
  • Database: Support for Installation via Setup Wizard for PostgreSQL 17.

Notable Changes (Since eZ Publish 5):

Extensions:

The following extensions are now installed and activated by default:

  • New design/admin3 default responsive admin design refined by actual designers.
  • sevenx_themes_simple (the new default user design basis)
  • ezautosave
  • ezgmaplocation
  • ezmultiupload
  • ezjscore
  • ezodf
  • ezprestapi
  • ezstarrating
  • ezwt
  • swark
  • owsimpleoperator
  • ezpaypal
  • bcwebsitestatistics
  • bcgooglesitemaps
  • ezwebin
  • ezflow
  • ezdemo
  • bcwebshop
  • bccie
  • birthday
  • xrowextract
  • xrowmetadata
  • enhancedezbinaryfile
  • enhancedselection2
  • recaptcha
  • hcaptcha
  • ezupdate
  • With several other extensions being installed for use at a composer level.
  • With several other extensions being recommended at a composer level.

Documentation:

  • Doc: Refined and expanded REST API v2 Support added in v6.0.9
  • Doc: Refined user introduction content (Project HomePage Website).
  • Doc: Book Learning eZ Publish Released (Project HomePage Website).

Features (Code Level Improvements):

  • Feature: PHP 8.4 Support Added Into eZ Publish At Version 6.0.8 by @se7enxweb in #49
  • Template: Debug Output By Method Debug Output Identification (by default, User and IP Address supported)
  • Doc: Moved Documentation Site (With redirect for old url) to https://ezpublish.doc.ezpublish.one
  • Admin: Feature Addition: Sub items displayed selection based subtree Node / Location Copying (Kernel Level Implementation)
  • Design: Admin and Admin3 templates extended to prevent errors in admin design code (inherited) which prevented usage of detailed tab forms.
  • Template: Debug Output support refactored to now provide div ids and wrapper divs used to provide enhanced styles to debug output.
  • DB: Enhanced Postgres 17 Support to prevent large amounts of deprecation notices.
  • Package: Replaced deprecated package server url for standardized replacement hostname: ezpublish.packages.ezpublish.one
  • Design: Admin Update to Object Relations Modal Uploading Initial Displayed Position. Bugfix for admin3 design.
  • Template: PHP8 Support for eztpl for loop template language usage.
  • Setting: Added [SiteSettings] SiteDescription setting variable for use in modern designs.
  • Setting: Unhide shop admin menu item.
  • Template: eZ Online Editor : Added default support to editor link dialog for telephone links.
  • Javascript: Upgraded jquery library to version 3.7.1.
  • Feature: Admin can now navigate and use the entire content tree.
  • Design: Admin design is now responsive to provide admin UI to cell phones.