User Guide

Fullscreen - Allows editing using the whole of the computer screen.

Home Page - The “welcome” page on a website, the first page that users see.

HTML - HyperText Markup Language, how web pages are written to be

displayed by a web browser.

HTML Tab - Allows the user to edit content in RAW HTML

Hyperlink - Text, that when clicked on, will take the user to a different web

page, or display additional content.

Icon - A small picture that represents a feature or function.

Image - Describes a file that displays a picture.

Link - See Hyperlink

Media Library - Stores files for use on your website, including images, movies,

documents, audio and so on.

MySQL - The database used by WordPress to store the site content, users,

settings, etc.

Page - Represents a typical web page on a WordPress website.

Password - A hidden word used to log in to a website.

Permalink - A “human” version of a website address, rather than using a

parameter. Eg. /pages/contact instead of ?p=189

Permanently Delete - Remove something, that cannot be recovered.

PHP - Hypertext PreProcessor, the programming language that runs

WordPress.

WordPress 3 User Guide" Glossary