Glossary
- Access Rights
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The ability to edit a web page or part of a web page.
- ADA Section 508 Compliance
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Compliance with ADA Section 508, which specifies text descriptions of graphic elements that may not be viewable by certain persons.
- Audit Trail
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List of actions with person, date and time noted.
- Bottleneck
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Delay caused by numerous website additions and updates being sent to the webmaster for placement on the web.
- Brand Integrity
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The characteristic look, feel, and persona of a website are maintained.
- Browser-Based
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All web CMS editing and administration is done via a browser accessing a web page. No other software components, other than a standard browser, are required.
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
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A specification of the formatting style for various elements of a web page.
- Chat
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Online web-based text messaging, usually in real-time between two or more users.
- Check-In/Check-Out
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Access control where a page currently being edited is checked out and not available for others to edit. The page is checked in upon cancellation of the edit or publishing of the page.
- Direct Edit from Web Page
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The ability to access the web CMS editor from a (usually hidden) link on any web page and immediately edit the page without requiring users to find their pages in the web CMS directory.
- Editable Regions
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Sub parts of a web page that are deemed accessible and editable by a particular content editor.
- File Management
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The ability to perform standard file functions within the web CMS such as copy, move, rename, delete, etc.
- Friendly URL
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The URL designator for a web page that is composed of human readable text, as opposed to unintelligible strings of characters, usually with meaning only in a database structure.
- Granular Control
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Control access that can be refined to particular and even small parts of a web page for editing or applied to the selection of particular editing tools.
- Group Management
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Sets up groups such that membership in a group allows users certain access and editing tool privileges.
- HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
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The standard markup language used on the Web to apply formatting to text.
- In-Context Editing
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The ability to edit a web page in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) manner. The actual web page is displayed during editing as opposed to a lesser text field element.
- Insert Media
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The web CMS capability to insert graphics, audio, video and other multi-media types.
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
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Used to simplify the maintenance of user login information for multiple services. Active Directory uses the LDAP protocols and is often used synonymously with LDAP.
- Multi-Browser Preview
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The ability to display a preview of a web page in different browsers and different platforms before publishing.
- Multi-Browser Support
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The ability to access a web CMS and edit web pages through any number of popular browsers.
- Multiple Operating Systems Support
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The ability to operate a web CMS in the browser application that can be run on any number of operating systems (e.g. Windows, Macintosh, Linux, etc.).
- Presentation Consistency
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The maintenance of a desired presentation across the pages of a website. Usually effected via CSS or XSL techniques.
- Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
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A format that allows users to pull new content for viewing upon request.
- Repurposing Content
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The breaking down of content into appropriate sized chunks so that the content can be combined and re-used in various situations and formats.
- Schedule Content
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The publishing of a web page through a web CMS at a particular time or removing and replacing content at a certain time with a special redirection or notice.
- Search
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The ability to index and offer a look-up search field to find pages on the website that match the search criteria.
- Separate Content and Design
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A modern, best practice website design approach where the page content is maintained separately from the manner in which the page is to be formatted and displayed.
- Single Sign-on
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The ability to access any number of applications using one sign-on event.
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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A modern software deployment approach where the application runs on the vendor's servers and all customer use is via a web browser.
- Tagging
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The inclusion of tags that are used to specify certain actions to a web CMS.
- Templates
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Structured documents that indicate how text will conform to a specified format.
- Track Content Changes
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The ability of a web CMS to determine the difference between two succeeding versions of a web page.
- Version Control and Rollback
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The ability of a web CMS to store different versions of a website at given times and roll back the pages to be displayed to a previous version.
- What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG)
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An editing approach supported by web CMS that enables the user to view and edit content in context of the entire page.
- Workflow
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A web CMS requirement that allows certain tasks to be done in a specified manner, subject to certain approvals.
