<s>
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
open	O
standards	O
modular	B-Architecture
enterprise	B-Application
software	I-Application
framework	B-Architecture
and	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
(	O
CMS	O
)	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
editing	O
system	O
allows	O
website	O
content	O
to	O
be	O
edited	O
on	O
the	O
page	O
as	O
it	O
appears	O
-	O
without	O
back-end	B-Architecture
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
default	O
installation	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
modules	B-Architecture
for	O
managing	O
a	O
typical	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
modules	B-Architecture
are	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
developers	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
via	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
can	O
be	O
installed	O
in	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
or	O
Windows	B-Application
environment	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
platform	O
that	O
supports	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
web	I-Application
server	I-Application
and	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
language	I-Application
(	O
version	O
5.6.x	O
+	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
currently	O
requires	O
a	O
MySQL	B-Application
(	O
5+	O
)	O
or	O
MariaDB	B-Application
database	O
to	O
store	O
content	O
and	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
written	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
James	O
Hunt	O
of	O
,	O
starting	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bug	B-Error_Name
fixes	O
were	O
done	O
on	O
Exponent	O
by	O
Dirkse	O
from	O
2005	O
-	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2007	O
OIC	O
hired	O
Phillip	O
Ball	O
who	O
was	O
an	O
active	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
Open	O
Source	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
trying	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
0.97	O
release	O
ready	O
,	O
Kessler	O
started	O
planning	O
out	O
a	O
new	O
model	O
–	O
view	O
–	O
controller	O
(	O
MVC	O
)	O
framework	B-Architecture
for	O
Exponent	O
and	O
Ball	O
was	O
involved	O
with	O
the	O
YUI	B-Language
Library	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kessler	O
wrote	O
the	O
new	O
Exponent	O
Framework	B-Architecture
and	O
Ball	O
cleaned	O
up	O
and	O
re-wrote	O
the	O
interface	O
,	O
trying	O
to	O
tightly	O
integrate	O
the	O
YUI	O
Javascript	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2.0	O
version	O
of	O
Exponent	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2014	O
the	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
site	O
switched	O
to	O
new	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
a	O
software	B-Error_Name
bug	I-Error_Name
reporting	O
system	O
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
functionality	O
of	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
and	O
Exponent	O
Framework	B-Architecture
is	O
still	O
managed	O
by	O
OIC	O
Group	O
with	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
developers	O
making	O
module	B-Architecture
,	O
translation	O
and	O
theme	O
contributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
software	O
news	O
is	O
provided	O
via	O
the	O
website	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
with	O
designers	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Themes	O
for	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
are	O
written	O
using	O
HTML/XHTML	O
and	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hooks	O
are	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
theme	O
file	O
to	O
integrate	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
into	O
the	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
html	B-Language
based	O
design	O
can	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
an	O
Exponent	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
content	O
and	O
presentation	O
have	O
been	O
separated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
accomplish	O
this	O
the	O
Smarty	B-Language
template	O
engine	O
was	O
used	O
for	O
creation	O
of	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translations	O
for	O
Exponent	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
interface	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
3	O
languages	O
:	O
US	O
English	O
(	O
the	O
default	O
)	O
,	O
Danish	O
and	O
German	O
.	O
</s>
