User Guide

CSS - See Styles.

Dashboard - An overview of the website with key links and statistics.

Database - How a website stores and provides information.

Delete - Remove from the website.

Dialog box - A “popup” area that appears on the screen prompting the user.

Discussion - A term to describe all the posts and comments on a blog, or the

concept of a forum on a website.

Download - Get a file or set of files from another website, retrieving them to

your own computer or on to your website.

Draft - A version of a page or post that is not ready to publish.

Drop-down Menu - A way to select pages on a website related to a menu item.

Only appears when the main menu item is selected or hovered over.

Editor - Allows you to enter content for a page or post.

Feature - Something that extends the functionality of the website, often that

isn’t included in the core software that you add or enable.

File - Anything from a Word Document to an image, or a PHP script to a movie.

It’s how things are stored on a computer.

File Type - What the file is for, for example a .DOC file is a Word Document.

Form - A defined area of the screen into which information can be entered,

nearly always with a submission button to confirm entry.

Forum - A website feature that allows users to discussion in an organised

manner.

Front End - What a visitor to your website will see and experience.

WordPress 3 User Guide" Glossary