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Though you may not have immediately noticed a difference, both the main Exponent CMS site (this site) and the Exponent CMS Documentation web site have an updated look which is based on Twitter Bootstrap (3). While we've attempted to keep the basic look and feel for both sites, they will now be much more small device friendly.  Please be patient as we tweak a few things, especially in regards to how menus/navbars operate, etc...

This patch fixes some issues in the v2.3.8, v2.3.8 Patch #1, v2.3.8patch #2, and v2.3.8 Patch #3 releases, especially with 'minification'. It also provides several tweaks and new features. In particular this release adds a new dynamic/drag-n-drop form designer to Bootstrap 3 themes. Patch #4 to v2.3.8 is found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/exponent-2.3.8-patch-4.zip/download​

This patch fixes two security vulnerabilities, plus several issues in the v2.3.8, v2.3.8 Patch #2, and v2.3.8 Patch #1 releases. It also provides several tweaks and new features. In particular this release adds small device support to the elFinder file manager. Patch #3 to v2.3.8 is found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/exponent-2.3.8-patch-3.zip/download​

There are two security vulnerabilities in Exponent 2.x found on June 1, 2016. The first has been present in all versions of Exponent (2.x), and the second is found in all versions since and including v2.1.0. The fix(es) is:

Though they are both extremely old versions, they were the release before a major version change and are/may still be in use. Please bear in mind we strongly recommend your installations be updated to a much newer version which contains many more fixes and new features. Having said that, these patches (v2.1.4patch8 and v2.2.3patch11) fix a security vulnerability with the database manager and pixidou editor. And in v2.2.3 we correct some very annoying debug output (warnings) that practically makes the site unusable when error reporting is turned on.

This patch fixes several issues in the v2.3.8 and v2.3.8 Patch #1 releases. It also provides several tweaks and new features. In particular this release adds remote/external calendar event caching (using a cron script) and importing. Patch #2 to v2.3.8 is found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/exponent-2.3.8-patch-2.zip/download​

This patch fixes several issues in the v2.3.8 release. It also provides several tweaks and new features, though the main focus is providing several regression fixes.  Patch #1 to v2.3.8 is found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/exponent-2.3.8-patch-1.zip/download​

This version, code-named 'Mayday Mayhem' fixes many issues in the previous version(s) and adds several new features. There is a new Social Feed module which allows aggregating and displaying items from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and/or Pinterest.  The changes include:

This patch fixes several issues in the v2.3.7 release and v2.3.7 patch #1, patch#2, and patch#3.  It also provides several tweaks and even some new features, though the main focus is providing several regression fixes.  It should be noted that the new optional 'Upgrade permissions' upgrade scripts will attempt to lock down the site by fixing file and folder permissions (except for cgi-bin) which means also turning off the 'execute' permission.   It must be noted that this patch (like the previous patches to v2.3.7) will break any custom text module view templates using in-place editing.  Unlike previous patches, this patch file also includes all the 'installation' files in the event you secured your site by deleting or renaming the /install folder. Patch #4 to v2.3.7 is found at http://sourceforge.net/projects/exponentcms/files/exponent-2.3.7-patch-4.zip/download​

(updated Jan 29th) After being out of service for quite some time, we have the Exponent CMS forums back up and running (forums.exponentcms.org) with a few caveats: