Glossary

The following words and phrases have a specific meaning when discussing Tribiq CMS:

Admin Mode

A special mode of the CMS, that allows for the site to be edited and managed.

Administrator

A person with the rights to edit or manage a site, who has logged into Admin Mode via the Admin login screen.

Permissions will govern the things which this person is allowed to do.

Note that Administrator accounts and the Admin login screen are separate to Extranet User accounts and the Extranet page.

Animation

A SWF/Flash movie, placed on a Content Item.

Content Item

A page on your site, with a distinct URL (e.g. www.mysite.com/mywebpage.html).

All Content Items (and the Wireframe Plugins on them) are version controlled.

Content Items can be publicly viewable, viewable to certain Extranet Users only, or viewable to Administrators only (i.e. unpublished).

Content Types

A type of Content Item, which are managed in a consistent way but have different properties.

You may find the following Content Types in a typical installation:

• HTML Page - a general purpose HTML web page
• Document - a Content Item which contains one File (such as a PDF, Word, PPT, ZIP file) and the usual meta data, title and so on
  • Downloadable Picture - a Content Item which contains one image, typically a large JPG, PNG or GIF which you want to manage in a special way (Pictures are kept separate from Images)
• News Item - an Item containing HTML but used for date sensitive information such as news and press releases
• Blog Item - similar to News, but used for creating a blog; each Blog Item is one entry, and the overall blog page is usually built using a Content Summary List
• Audio File - a Content Item which contains one audio file
• Streaming Video - a Content Item which contains one FLV (this requires Apache support).

Extranet

A site, or part of the site, which requires visitors to register an account, enter a username and password in order to access it.

Framework

A chunk of HTML which determines how the output of a Plugin which is in a Slot will appear on the web page.

Language

A human language in which a visitor may view a website.

For each language in which visitors will view a site, there must be a Language Pack enabled in Tribiq CMS.

Language Packs contain Phrases. When Modules are installed, they may add Phrases into the Language Pack, which are then used by their Plugins to display phrases in the enabled languages.

Where necessary, Language Packs and Phrases may be added manually by an Administrator.

Menu Node

The Menu system is the principal kind of hierarchical navigation for visitors of a Tribiq CMS site. A Menu Node is a single navigational item in a menu, which may be in a variety of styles.

A Menu Node usually links to a Content Item. However, a Menu Node can be "unlinked" if it does not link to a Content Item (such as when it it used in a popout menu merely to cause the level beneath it to appear).

Module

A software package which may be installed into a Tribiq CMS site to enhance its functionality.

Some Modules are visitor-facing (they can create a Plugin that can be inserted into a Slot), while some are designed to work inside Storekeeper only. Some Modules do both.

Modules can be enabled or disabled via the Modules panel in Storekeeper.

Phrase

A word or phrase which may be displayed via the front-end of a Tribiq CMS site to a visitor.

Phrases are grouped into Language Packs and may be added by Modules or manually.

A phrase consists of a code of the format "_SOME_PHRASE", containing a leading underscore and no spaces.

Phrases can be exported in CSV format, edited in a spreadsheet application such as Excel, and re-imported, thereby creating a new Language Pack.

Plugin

A Module on its own cannot appear in a Slot; in order to appear in a Slot it must have some  settings, which will depend on the nature of the Modules. A configuration of a Module's settings is called a Plugin.

Whenever an Administrator wishes to insert a Module into a Slot, a Plugin is created.

Reusable Plugin

A Reuseable Plugin is a Plugin that is used in several different places on a site. Changing the settings of a Reuseable Plugin in one place will change it everywhere it has been used.

An Administrator may place a Reusable Plugin on multiple Content Items at once by placing one on the Template layer or the Template Family layer, or place it in multiple locations one location at a time.

Reusable Plugins are intended to be multilingual, and always use Phrases.

Unlike Content Items and Wireframe Plugins, Reusable Plugins are not under version control.

Site Setting

A site-wide setting.

Site Settings are controlled via an Administrator in Storekeeper, in the Administration section.

Slot

A rectangular area within a Content Item into which a Plugin Instance can be inserted.

The precise location of a Slot is determined by the Template file and Skin which a Content Item uses, and the appearance of any Plugin that is in a Slot will be determined by the Framework of that Plugin, and the Theme which is assigned to the Plugin.

Swatch

This is the specific appearance of a Plugin when it appears in a Slot. A Swatch is made up of CSS rules and images.

A Swatch can come from within the Module, or from the Skin which the current Content Item uses.

Tribiq User Interface XML (TUIX)

An XML based User Interface Markup Language developed by Tribiq to facilitate easy and consistent development of Storekeeper interfaces and Admin Boxes. The XML written in TUIX defines the screens and actions an Administrator interacts with in Storekeeper, Admin Boxes and the Admin Toolbar.

(Extranet) User

A visitor to a site who has created an account and logged in via the Extranet system.

Wireframe Plugin

A Wireframe Plugin is a Plugin with content that is only used in one place, on one Content Item.

An Administrator may still place a Wireframe Plugin on multiple Content Items at once as a "placeholder", by placing one on the Template layer or the Template Family layer; however the contents on each Content Item will be different.

Wireframe Plugins are version controlled. Their settings cannot be changed unless they are on a Draft.

Reusable Plugins do not need to be multilingual, as each instance of their settings will only ever appear on one Content Item. However they can still use Phrases.