User's Manual

Appendix D: Glossary
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 178 Version 1.0.1.
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Joomla! User:
Joomla! Users are arranged in two groups with different levels of access control.
Users with access to the Front-end include Anonymous, Registered, Author,
Editor, and Publisher. There are also three levels with access to the Back-end
Manager, Administrator, and Super Administrator.
Mambot:
A Mambot is a small, task-oriented function that intercepts content before it is
displayed and manipulates it in some way. Joomla! provides a number of
Mambots in the core distribution, e.g. WYSIWYG editors, 3rd party component
and module searchers, etc.
Main Body:
Defined in the PHP code as <?php mosMainBody(); ?>, this displays content from
Joomla! components, e.g. calendar of events and Content Items etc.
Main Text:
When creating or editing a Content Item, the Main Text box contains the text you
do not want to show on the Front Page. It shows up after clicking the 'Read On'
link in the Front-end of your site.
See also: Intro Text
Manager:
A user level within Joomla!. Manager users have access to some Back-end and
all Front-end functions. See also: Administrator, Super Administrator
Mass Mail:
A core Joomla! component that allows E-mails to be sent to All User Groups, a
single Group or a User Group and Child Groups.
Media Files:
Media files such as .gif, .jpg, .png or .bmp files can be used in Content Items and
are organised via the Media Manager. Media files can be included in Content
Items via Image Tab on Edit Content Item pages, WYSIWYG editors' include
media managers, third party components, etc.
Modules:
Modules extend the capabilities of Joomla! giving the software new functionality.
Modules are small Content Items that can be displayed anywhere that your
template allows it to be displayed. Modules are very easy to install in the Admin
Section. Joomla! modules may include: Main Menu, Top menu, Template
Chooser, Polls, Newsflash, Hit Counter, etc. Members of the Joomla! Community
produce Joomla! modules on a continuous basis. They are freely available on
http://developer.joomla.org
for download. An example of a module PHP code is
<?php mosLoadModules ( 'module position' ); ?>. See also: Module
Position
Module Position:
Names for the placement of modules within a template. There are 27 pre-named
positions, e.g. left, right, top, bottom and 23 author-defined positions. Module
positions are not confined by their name. Thus, the left module position, coded as
<?php mosLoadModules ( 'left' ); ?> may be placed anywhere in the
template.
See also: Modules
Newsfeed:
A Newsfeed is a way of sharing content between different sites. The types of
Newsfeeds currently available to display and produce (RSS versions, Atom, etc).
The code is produced by the DOMIT parser. This sharing method is meant for
creating a news introduction in the way the provider wants it and it normally has a
link to the provider's web site. Joomla! offers you the possibility to both offer and
display Newsfeeds.
Open Source (OS):
Open Source is a general term describing several parts of the Free Software
Licence movement. All the source code for Joomla! is open source and is
readable and changeable by any user.
PHP:
Hypertext Pre-processor is an Open Source server side programming language
extensively used for web scripts and to process data passed via the Common
Gateway Interface from HTML forms etc. PHP can be written as scripts that