All Glossary Definitions

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Anonymous User by samk — last modified 2006-06-29 13:06

Anyone who is not logged into your site is considered an anonymous user. Plone doesn't know anything about this kind of user, and therefore, they cannot edit or add any kind of content. All content in Private state is not accessible to an anonymous user.

Blog (short for weB LOG) by samk — last modified 2006-05-30 14:04

A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in chronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominently. It is common for blogs to be available as RSS feeds.

Breadcrumb Navigation by Christopher Johnson — last modified 2006-11-06 08:33

"Breadcrumbs" are a navigation tool that lets you see the structure of the site relative to where you are. In Plone, you can see this below the banner and above the main content area that says: "You are here: home --> plone documentation --> glossary definitions" Breadcrumbs allow you to click on a link and quickly jump to another place in the site based on its hierarchy. For example, you can jump up a level (to the folder containing the document displayed now) or to the home page ("root") of the site.

Colophon by Christopher Johnson — last modified 2006-11-06 08:41

In a Web site, a colophon is a description of the tools, systems and resources used to create the Web site and keep it operational. The colophon serves to acknowledge and give credit to all the resources that combined to produce the specific site. In Plone, the colophon usually appears at the bottom of the page, under the footer (which usually contains contact information), and typically has the "Plone Powered" button, the accessibility, web standards, or other buttons.

Compression by samk — last modified 2007-01-23 17:40

Compression is useful because it helps reduce the consumption of resources, such as disk space or transmission bandwidth. The design of data compression tools involve trade-offs between various factors, including the degree of compression, the amount of distortion introduced, and the computational resources required to compress and uncompress the data.

Contact Form by Christopher Johnson — last modified 2006-11-06 08:39

A Contact Form is a way to let people send an email through a web site (instead of an email client). Contact Forms general have a set of fields that the user fills in (Name, Email, Phone, Subject, Message) and then the user submits that. Contact forms are handy in that they don't expose your email address online, protecting your from spammers that harvest emails from web pages. The web site routes that information to designated email addresses.

Content Editor by samk — last modified 2007-01-12 18:26

The content editor is the tool you use in Plone to edit the body text of a page, news item, event or other type of content.

Content Management System (CMS) by samk — last modified 2006-05-30 14:59

A content management system is frequently a web application used for managing websites and web content. The advantage to using a CMS is that they allow for people to work on a website together from any geographic location. Plone is an open source CMS, which means that it can be modified to any extent by the end user.

Content Type by samk — last modified 2006-06-29 12:27

A content type is a term you'll hear used in Plone when referring to things like a page, document, file, image, news item, folder, event, etc . . . Essentially anything you can add using the "add item" tab is going to be a content type. Your web site may also contain certain custom content types that you do not see in the above list.

Contents Tab by samk — last modified 2007-01-22 13:48

A tab that appears above the content area when you are logged in, usually to the left of View. Useful for looking at a listing of the contents of a folder. This is also where you can rearrange the order of content items, delete, cut, copy, paste, and rename.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) by samk — last modified 2006-05-30 14:00

A standard for specifying the appearance of text and other elements. CSS is typically used to provide a single "library" of styles that are used over and over throughout a large number of pages in a web site. A CSS file might specify that all numbered lists are to appear in italics. By changing that single specification the look of a large number of documents can be changed.

Domain Name by samk — last modified 2006-05-30 14:06

The unique name that identifies an Internet site. Example: plone.org is the domain name of the Plone website.

Download by samk — last modified 2006-05-30 14:07

The act of transferring a document, webpage, audio file, video or any other type of data from a remote computer to your local computer.

Edit Tab by samk — last modified 2007-01-22 13:53

A tab that appears above the content area when a user is logged in, usually to the right of View. This tab is used to do almost all of editing of any content item (webpage, image, file, etc . . .)

Event by samk — last modified 2006-06-29 11:41

A content type used to describe a meeting, convention, workshop or other scheduled event. Plone displays events in a portlet, in a smart folder, or by a direct link.

Expiration Date by samk — last modified 2007-01-22 13:59

You can set the expiration date via the <a href="../glossary/properties-tab">Properties Tab</a> on almost any content type. When the expiration date arrived the item is no longer publicly accessible but can still be accessed if you are logged in. This feature is particularly useful with news items to keep old news from piling up on your website.

External Link by samk — last modified 2006-06-20 15:33

An external link is a link that takes you away from your Plone site to a different website.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) by samk — last modified 2006-05-30 14:14

A section of your site that will assist your visitors with the common questions they may have about your site. Often displayed as a series of questions and answers listed numerically or by topic.

Fields by samk — last modified 2007-01-23 17:58

A field is a part of a form on a webpage. Many fields are little boxes where you can input some text. For example, when you are editing a page there is a Title, Description and Body Text field.

File by samk — last modified 2006-06-29 12:17

A file is any content such as a Word, Excel, Powerpoint, PDF etc . . . Linking to a file in Plone allows users to download the file.