Joomla! 1.5 Glossary

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Access Control Level (ACL)

L'Access Control Level gestisce i permessi associati ai livelli utenti. Ci sono sette Gruppi di utenti/livelli in Joomla! Quattro hanno accesso solo al Front-end, Registered, Author, Editor e Publisher. Ci sono anche tre livelli di accesso per il lato amministrativo: Manager, Administrator e Super Administrator. Oltre ai gruppi di utenti registrati sopra elencati, c'è un livello Public (non registrati) o ospiti. Vedi anche: Registered, Author, Editor, Publisher, Manager, Administrator, Super Administrator.

Admin Template (template amministrativo)

Template utilizzato per definire il layout dell'area amministrativa del sito. Vedi anche: Site Template e Template.

Administrator

Livello utente di Joomla che accede ad alcune funzioni del lato amministrativo e quello pubblico. Vedi anche: Manager e Super Administrator.

Administrator Back-end

Pannello di controllo, dove Manager, Administrator, o Super Administrator possono gestire tutti gli aspetti del sito, comprese le caratteristiche e i contenuti. Vedi anche: Front-end, Site Front-end

Alias

Nome alternativo utilizzato per identificare un elemento nel menu.

alt attributo

Testo alternativo di un'immagine. Il browser visualizza questo testo al posto dell'immagine e descrive al visitatore cosa manca nella pagina. E' buona norma inserire l'attributo alt in ogni pagina per migliorare la visualizzazione e l'utilizzo del documento nel caso in cui il browser non possa caricare le immagini, o nel caso il visitatore non possa vedere le immagini. Vedi anche: Image Tag.

Apache

Apache è il web server Open Source su cui Joomla! viene primariamente sviluppato. Apache viene utilizzato da oltre il 70% dei siti. Ulteriori informazioni sul software:  http://httpd.apache.org. Vedi anche: MySQL e PHP

API

API è l'acronimo di Application Programming Interface. Ulteriori informazioni sull'utilizzo della API di Joomla! visita Joomla! Developer Network.

Archivio

Gli articoli possono essere archiviati e gestiti attraverso la Gestione articoli.

Articolo

Parte di contenuto della gerarchia di Joomla!, che può essere associato ad una particolare combinazione di Sezione/Categoria o può essere un articolo non categorizzato; di solito viene visualizzato nel corpo principale della pagina. Nella gerarchia dei contenuti, la sezione è il livello superiore ed è il contenitore delle categorie. La categoria è il livello successivo ed è il contenitore del terzo livello, cioè l'articolo. Vedi anche: Section e Category

Author

Livello utente di Joomla! con accesso solo alle funzioni del Front-end. Vedi anche: Editor, Publisher, e Registered User.

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Back-end

Administrator's Control Panel, where Managers, Administrators, or Super Administrators log in to manage all aspects of the Joomla! web site, including both features e content. Vedi anche: Front-end, Site Front-end.

Banner

Joomla! core Component which allows you to display e manage Banner advertisments on your web site. In the Back-end, you can set up Banners, input e associate clients with their specific Banners, e specify impressions as a number or unlimited. The number of impressions seen e clicks are recorded e displayed in the Back-end under Components->Banners->Manage Banners. A Banner is displayed on the Site Front-end using the Banner Module. Vedi anche:Client

Blog

Style of content presentation within Joomla!, displaying some or all Articles in a certain Section or Category. The tile may appear as a link or both the title e the introductory text, with a "Read more..." link displayed. Often the News page is written in Blog style.

Browser

Software program used to view e interact with various types of Internet resources available on the World Wide Web. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, e Safari are common examples.

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Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)

A Cascading Style Sheet provides the ability to separate the layout e styles of a web page from the data or information. Styles such as fonts, font sizes, e margins can be specified in one place, then the web pages feed off this one master list, with the styles cascading throughout the page or an entire site. Cascading Style Sheets are contained in a .css file.

Category

Collection of related Articles; for instance, the Categoria Airplanes may contain the Articles Biplanes, Fixed Wing, e Jets. Within the content hierarchy, Section is the top level e is a container for Categories. Categoria is the next level e is a container for the third level, Article. Vedi anche: Article e Section.

Category Manager

The main control screen for the various Categoria functions in Joomla!

Category Title

The full name of the Categoria as it is displayed in the Categoria Manager. Vedi anche: Category Manager

Check Out (an item)

When a User edits a file, he checks it out. This prevents other Users from being able to edit the item at the same time, preventing loss of data upon saving.

Check-in (an item)

This function, available from the Site Front-end for Registered Users with editing privileges, allows a User to make the previously locked e uneditable Articles they were working on, available again. If the items concerned have not been saved any new content will be lost. Vedi anche: Global Check-in.

Client

A Client should be considered an advertising customer. They may have purchased the opportunity to have a Banner displayed on your web site (if that is your choice) or simply you have agreed to display their Banner for free. Vedi anche:Banner

Client-side Scripting

Class of computer programming on the web which is executed client-side, by the User's web browser, instead of server-side (on the web server). This type of computer programming is an important part of the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) concept, enabling web pages to be scripted; that is, to have different e changing content depending on User input, environmental conditions (such as the time of day), or other variables. Vedi anche:Server-side Scripting.

CMT

Acronym for Component, Module, e Template.

CMTP

Acronym for Component, Module, Template, e Plugin.

Component

A content element or application that is usually displayed in the center of the main content area of a template. This depends on the design of the template in use. A Component is a core element of Joomla! functionality. A core element includes Banners, Contact, News Feeds, Polls e Web Links. Members of the Joomla! community produce third party Joomla! Extensions on a continuous basis. They are freely available to download from http://developer.joomla.org e a number of other web sites. Vedi anche: Modules, Plugins, Templates, Extensions.

Configuration File

The configuration.PHP file, found in the root directory of your Joomla! installation, contains global variable information specific to your own Joomla! installation, such as database username, admin password, or timezone for example. Vedi anche: Global Configuration

Content

Anything a web page can contain.

Content Management System (CMS)

Software for dynamically managing web site content using a steard web browser as the user interface to the server e therefore all the content of the site.

Control Panel

The Control Panel is the name given for the main administration interface in the Back-end of Joomla! It is effectively the home page for the administration of Joomla!. Vedi anche: Administrator Back-end

Core

Compressed file format collection of directories e files containing the official steard Joomla! installation. This may be downloaded from http://joomlacode.org. The Joomla! Core is released with a number of built-in CMT's, but it can also be extended with Third-Party Developer Extensions available from http://extensions.joomla.org.

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FOSS

FOSS è l'acronimo di for Free e Open Source Software. Vedi anche: Open Source

Front-end (Site Front-end)

Web site that your visitor (or Registered User) sees. Vedi anche: Back -end (Administrator Back-end).

Front Page

Built-in core Component that shows all the published Articles from your site marked with the parameter Show on Front Page set to Show. You may configure the display of the Front Page by editing the Menu Item associated with it, usually the Home Menu Item. The ordering of the Front Page Articles is completed in the Front Page Manager option under the Content menu option.

FTP

FTP è l'acronimo di for File Transfer Protocol. A method used to transfer data from one computer to another over the Internet, or across a network. There are many free FTP clients available on the Internet.

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Global Check-in

When an item is checked out and it is not saved or cancelled correctly (such as with a connection error or the use of "back" on the browser), it will remain checked out, and thus uneditable for all other Users. Performing a Global Check-in will make those items available again. This option is only available in the Administrator Back-end or as a User Menu Item for logged-in Users.

Global Configuration

The main screen for controlling Joomla!'s Site, Server, and System settings. It is located in the Site menu of the Control Panel

GPL

Acronym for the General Public License. The license is maintained by the GNU Project. All the source code for Joomla! 1.0 and 1.5 is released under the GNU GPL v2.0 open source license and allows access to, use, and modification of the core program by anyone. See also: Open Source

Group

Collection of User levels, classified as either Site Front-end or Administrator Back-end. See also: Administrator Back-end, Site Front-end.

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HTML

Short for HyperText Markup Language, the authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web. See also: JavaScript and PHP.

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Main Body

Defined in the PHP code as, this displays content from a Joomla! Component for example a.calendar of events e Articles.

Main Text

When creating or editing a Article, the Main Text box contains the text you do not want to show on the Front Page. It shows up after clicking the 'Read more...' hyperlink in the Front-end of your site. Vedi anche: Intro Text.

Manager

User level within Joomla! with access to some Back-end e all Front-end functions.Vedi anche: Administrator, Super Administrator.

Mass Mail

Core Joomla! Component that allows e-mails to be sent to all User Groups, a single Group, or a User Group e its Child Groups.

Media File

A file with the extension (file type) such as .gif, .jpg, .png or .bmp that can be used in a Article e is organised via the Media Manager. A Media file can be included in an Article via an Image tab on the Edit Article page, WYSIWYG Editors ( e. g. a media manager or third party Component).

Media Manager

The main control screen for uploading e managing images e other media content to your Joomla! web site.

Module

A small Extension that can be displayed anywhere that your template allows it to be displayed. A Module is simple to install in the Administrator (Back-end e may include a: Main Menu, Top menu, Template Chooser, Poll, Newsflash or Hit Counter. Members of the Joomla! community continuously produce Joomla! Modules. They are freely available on http://developer.joomla.org for download. An example of a Module PHP code is . Vedi anche: Module Position.

Module Position

Names for the placement of a Module within a template. There are 27 pre-named positions (e. g. left, right, top, bottom) e 23 author-defined positions. Module positions are not confined by their name. Thus, the left Module position, coded as may be placed anywhere in the template. Vedi anche:Module.

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Record

Description of a single item as stored in a Database. In a relational Database, each row of each table is a Database record.

Registered

User level within Joomla! with access only to Site Front-end functions, though with permission to access parts of the Site that are not accessible to Public Users. Vedi anche: Author, Editor, e Publisher.

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Server-side Scripting

Programs interpreted by the web server when a web page is requested. Scripts have special extensions such as .php, .asp e .jsp. When the server finishes processing a script, it usually sends a HTML page that can be viewed in any web browser. Vedi anche: Client-side Scripting.

Section

Collection of Categories that are related in some way. A Section may be named 'Transport', categories in this Section may be 'Boats,' 'Cars' e 'Airplanes.' Within the content hierarchy, Section is the top level e is a container for Categories. Categoria is the next level e is a container for the third level, Article.

Site Front-end

Web site displayed to your visitor or User, containing all the accessible content.

Site Template

A template that defines the layout of a Joomla! web site's Front-end. Vedi anche: Admin Template e Template.

Super Administrator

User level within Joomla! with access to all Administrator Back-end e Site Front-end functions. Vedi anche: Administrator, Manager.

Syndication

Process, using a News Feed, by which a web site is able to share information for example an Article with other web sites.

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Template

Defining the layout of your Joomla! web site, a template can be created for the Front-end of your site (called a Site Template), as well as for the Administrator Back-end called an Administrator Template. You can assign different templates to various pages of your web site. Vedi anche: Administrator Template e Site Template.

Title

Name given to an Article, which may be displayed above it in the Site Front-end.

Title Alias

Alternative title for an Article used by search engine friendly (SEF) scripts e dynamic title/meta scripts.

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Uncategorized Article

content that does not belong to the Section/Categoria/Article hierarchy.

Unpublish(ed)

State of various parts of a Joomla! installation, indicating whether that particular content is visible on the site or operational (very much like an on-off switch). For example, an installed element will not be displayed on the web site if it isUnpublished. Articles may also be managed with a start e end date of publishing. Vedi anche: Publish(ed).

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Web Links

Core Component that manages e displays hyperlinks to other web sites, organized into categories.

Workspace

Section of the Joomla! Admin where the business of configuration e content publishing takes place. The workspace dynamically updates as you select tools e menu options. The workspace can include: HTML Editor, Article e link management, e several other features.

Wrapper

Built-in Joomla! Component, used to pull in e display any URL within your web site. This can be used to wrap an application (e. g. a forum or gallery), individual page or an entire web site. Also referred to as an "Iframe."

WYSIWYG Editor

Editing tool which uses a WYSIWYG (an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get") interface to allow easy editing of items in a non-code format.

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