This is meant as a general dictionary of commonly used phrases for clients to better understand things being referred to. It is not for coding terms or developer terms.
Term or Word | Definition | |
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1 | AdminCP | The AdminCP is your Administrative Control Panel and is where you'll manage your entire site. It contains all of the settings and options to use when setting up and maintaining your website. See how to log into the admincp |
2 | Blocks | Blocks are containers on your website that hold the content or showcase features (such as featured users, recent logins, birthdays). Blocks can be manipulated, removed, and added within the Block Manager in your AdminCP. Each theme has set block positions (locations). |
3 | Cache | The site's cache is a set of files that are small dumps of the database in most cases. They can also be processed pieces of information put together for later use. By caching content in this way the script saves resources and improves your site's performance. See clearing cache |
4 | CMS | Content Management System. This is the same term used for many different website scripts. It is where you manage the static Pages (such as terms of use, privacy, about), site Blocks and Menus. |
5 | Debug | Debug is a term used in relation to troubleshooting your website for issues. See enabling debug |
6 | FTP | File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the process of uploading files to, or downloading files from your server. Typically, tools such as Filezilla, FlashFXP, CyberDuck and many others are used to transfer the files to or from the server. |
7 | Theme | A theme is comprised of various files that create the look for your website. It will typically have the HTML files, CSS styling, extra blocks (to showcase content, add sliders, etc), Javascript if used. Examples are our Neutron and Bootstrap themes. |
8 | Style | A style is part of a theme that serves the site's design and formats it with fonts, colors, positions of content blocks, icons, etc. A theme can have several styles to choose from. Each style can change the theme to look a little different than its default theme. |