User's Manual
Appendix D: Glossary
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 175 Version 1.0.1.
AppendixD:Glossary
Glossary Term Definition
Admin Templates:
Templates used to define the layout of the Administrator (Back-end) area of your
Joomla! web site.
Administrator:
A User level within Joomla! with access to some Administrator (Back-end) and all
Site (Front-end) functions.
Alt attribute:
Author-defined alternate text for an image. The browser displays this text rather
than the image, and it describes to the reader what he or she is missing on a
page. It is a good practice to include the alt attribute for each image on a page to
improve the display and usefulness of your document for instances in which the
browser cannot load images, for users unable to view images due to sight
impairment, or for people who have text-only browsers.
See also: Image Tag
Archive:
Content Items can be archived and managed through the Administrator (Back-
end). The Archive Module provides a way of displaying archived items on your
web site.
Article:
Discrete piece of content within the Joomla! hierarchy, which may be associated
with a particular Section/Category combination or may be a Static Content Item;
usually displayed in the main body of your page. Within the Content hierarchy,
Section is the top level and is a container for Categories. Category is the next
level and is a container for the third level, Articles. See also: Content Item.
Author:
User level within Joomla! with access only to Site (Front-end) functions.
See
also: Editor, Publisher, and Registered.
Back-end
(Administrator Back-
end):
Administrator’s Control Panel, where site Managers, Administrators, or Super
Administrators log in to manage all aspects of their web site, including both
features and content.
See also: Front-end (Site Front-end).
Banners:
A Joomla! core Component, which allows you to manage and display banner ads
for your web site. In the Administrator (Back-end), you can set up banners, input
and associate clients with their specific banners, and specify impressions as a
number or unlimited. The number of impressions seen and clicks are recorded
and displayed in the Back-end under Components/Banners/Manage Banners.
Banners are displayed on the Site (Front-end) using the banners module.
Blog:
A style of content presentation within Joomla!, displaying some or all of the
Content Items in a certain section or Category. The title may appear as a link or
both the title and the introductory text, with a Read More link displayed. Often the
News page is written in Blog style.
Browser:
A Software program used to view and interact with various types of Internet
resources available on the World Wide Web. FireFox, Internet Explorer, and
Safari are three common examples.
Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS):
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) provide the ability to separate the layout and
styles of a web page from the data or information. Styles such as fonts, font sizes,
and margins can be specified in one place, then the web pages feed off this one
master list, with the styles cascading throughout the page or an entire site.
Cascading Style Sheets are contained in a .css file.
Category:
Collection of related Content Items; for instance, the Category Airplanes may
contain the Content Items Biplanes, Fixed wing, and Jets. Within the Content
hierarchy, Section is the top level and is a container for Categories. Category is