Quick Terminology Poll
Julian Voelcker <asp-82/[email protected]> Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:00:36 -0000
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Hi All, Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but here goes... I develop and maintain an in house CMS and am just going through the process of a complete re-write of the core code on a new platform and see this as a good opportunity to try to tidy up some areas. One of the areas that I'm lacking consistancy is the terminology for various elements. Below is the standard that I am thinking about following and would be interested to know your views and also how it compares to commercial products you have come across. Most of it is common sense, however I have come across alternative names so want to try to go down the most common/logical route. Visitors - people that visit the website Users - people that use the CMS admin system, regardless of their level (admin, editor, contributor) Sites - actual websites Domain - domain names that point to either a complete site or part of a site Section - a group of pages/part of a site (I guess I could also use Folder - undecided on this) Page - what is rendered in the browser Content - the main textual content of a page Assets - images, media files, downloadable files associated with a site - I know some refer to this as a site's Media, but this implies more visual media as opposed to downloadable files - I prefer to group the whole lot together. Template - design template as applied to a page or group of pages Layout - a predefined template for site content (e.g. 2 col format) History - page history - copies of previous version of page content. Can you think of any other key entities? -- Cheers, Julian Voelcker Cirencester, United Kingdom