Glossary
Administrator
The person with full and complete control over the system with the privilege to add, edit or delete all pages, users and groups and content.
Browser
This is short for the software package called a ‘web browser’, such as Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/ie/) or Mozilla Firefox (http://www.getfirefox.com/). This is what you use to view websites. There are many other browsers available, however Firefox and Internet Explorer are the two largest market share browsers.
Content Area
The Content Area or simply, Content, is the area of the page which is distinct from other pages, and holds the text and images for that one page.
CMS
This is short for Content Management System, a way of describing a tool to manage the content on your website. In this case, BamCMS is the content management system for your website.
Domain Name
This is your website address. For example, the domain name for Bam Creative is www.bam.com.au.
Groups
This is a group of users which all have same characteristics with permissions. Using groups to group your users together makes it easier to assign certain editing or viewing rights to a team of people at the same time.
Login Screen
This is the first page you go to when logging into BamCMS. It is the page which shows the Username and Password fields.
Modules
These are additional or ‘plug in’ elements that can be added to the BamCMS to further functionality of your website.
Permissions
Different user levels have different access and functionality, for example, viewing the page, editing the page, etc. This is typically called ‘permissions’.
Resources
These are non-HTML files, such as PDF, Microsoft Word, Power Point, text files and the like.
Toolbar
The bar situated at the top of all pages once you have logged into BamCMS. It contains links to all of the BamCMS functions and tools that you have permission to use.
URL
Short for Uniform Resource Locator, this refers to the particular address for a page or file. An example would be the portfolio page on the Bam Creative website has a URL of http://www.bam.com.au/portfolio/
Users
This refers to people who have access to the BamCMS system. In this instance, ‘user’ normally refers to any staff member with standard permissions.
Website
This is the website we have built for you.