User's Manual

Appendix D: Glossary
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 179 Version 1.0.1.
reside on the server and may produce HTML output that downloads to the web
browser. Alternatively, PHP can be embedded within HTML pages that are then
saved with a .php file extension.
See also: HTML, JavaScript
patTemplate: patTemplate is a system within Joomla! to help create Joomla! site templates.
Parameters:
Parameters can be used to alter the presentation of specific items, menus, or
modules.
Polls:
A core Joomla! component that allows a poll to be displayed on your Joomla! web
site. You can define the Poll title, the time delay in seconds (Lag) between votes,
up to 12 vote options and on which page(s) it should be displayed.
Preview:
The
Preview button enables a popup window for you to see from the , Back-end
that your Content Item would look like in the , Front-end of your site.
Projects:
Projects can be components, modules, templates, Mambots, and scripts that are
freely set up and managed by their authors at http://developer.joomla.org
.
Public Back-end: See Back-end
Public Front-end: See Front-end
Publish(ed):
This defines the state of various parts of your Joomla! installation. For example,
installed elements will only display on your web site if they are published. Content
Items can be managed with a start and end date of publishing. See also:
Unpublish(ed)
Publisher:
A user level within Joomla!. Publisher users only have access to Front-end
functions.
See also: Author, Editor and Registered
Record:
A database record is a description of a single item as stored in a database. In a
relational database, each row of each Table is a database record.
See also:
Database
Registered User :
A user level within Joomla!. Registered users only have access to Front-end
functions.
See also: Author, Editor and Publisher
Server-side scripting:
Programs that are interpreted by the web server when a page is requested.
Scripts have special extensions such as .php, .asp, and .jsp. When the server
finishes processing a script, it usually sends a HTML page that can be viewed in
any web browser.
See also: Client-side scripting
Static Content Item:
A Static Content Item is a Content Item that does not belong to the
Sections/Category/Content Item hierarchy.
See also: Content Item
Section:
A Section is a collection of Categories that are related in some way. It is part of
the Section/Category/Content Item hierarchy. A section might be called
'Transport', categories in this section might be 'Boats', 'Cars’, and 'Airplanes'. See
also: Category.
Site:
The Joomla! Site is the Web site displayed to your visitors or users, containing all
the content added in the Admin Section. It is sometime referred to as the 'Front-
end'.
Site Templates:
Site Templates define the layout of your Joomla! Web sites Front-end.
See also:
Admin Templates and Templates
Super Administrator:
User level within Joomla! with access to all Administrator (Back-end) and Site
(Front-end) functions.
See also: Administrator, Manager.