Exponential Platform is 100% source-compatible with the original eZ Publish software stack.
Trademark usage has been removed. The underlying technology, content model, and APIs are identical.
Everything you learn from these books applies directly to Exponential Platform today.
These are the best training materials ever produced for this platform. They are free. They are here. Use them.
Three professional-grade books written by the original development team cover everything from first install to advanced content modelling. They were originally sold commercially, then released for free to grow the developer community. We mirror them here so they are never lost and always one click away.
Right-click → Save As, or click View raw on the PDF page to download.
| Book | What you will learn | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Exponential Platform Basics | Installation, templates, content classes, views, the full beginner path | |
| Content Management Basics | Day-to-day editorial workflows, content objects, sections, permissions | |
| Advanced Content Management | Deep content modelling, custom datatypes, advanced permission schemes, workflow |
Start with Basics. Move to Content Management Basics. Finish with Advanced.
That path will take a complete beginner to a confident Exponential Platform developer.
Exponential Platform — driven by 7x — keeps this PHP CMS alive, maintained, and running on PHP 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 and beyond. The architecture these books describe has not changed. The content model, the template engine, the permission system, the REST API — all of it is the same. There is no other documentation as complete, as well-structured, or as practical as these three books.
If you are:
- A developer picking up Exponential Platform for the first time
- A site owner who wants to understand how the system works
- A team onboarding new contributors to an existing Exponential Platform project
→ These books are your fastest path to productive.
These materials exist because the original community believed in sharing knowledge. If these books help you, pass the link on:
- Share this repo with your team
- Link to it from your project documentation
- Star the repo so others can find it
Mirror also hosted at: https://mirror.ezpublish.se7enx.com/
Historical scripts for building and preparing the platform from SVN. Preserved here as a reference for understanding the project's build history.
Additional loose files of interest to platform developers — browsable in the repository file tree.
Note: This project is not affiliated with eZ Systems or Ibexa.
Maintained by 7x / se7enxweb — 24+ years supporting this platform.
