CPG Dragonfly™ CMS

CMS Terms

1. Administrator
2. Banner
3. Block
4. CMS
5. CPG
6. God Admin
7. Group
8. Headline
9. HTTP Referer
10. Message
11. Module
12. Rank
13. Super Admin
14. Theme
15. Today in History
16. Topic

CMS Definitions

1. Administrator
   A user granted the ability to administer the portal


2. Banner
   A custom advertisement that can be displayed in a block or at the top of the page


3. Block
   A box that is shown on either side of a standard page


4. CMS
   Acronym for Content Management System.


5. CPG
   Coppermine Photo Gallery
   A powerful photo gallery that is built-in to Dragonfly


6. God Admin
   The first administrator created, usually during installation. Only one God Admin can exist


7. Group
   A way in which administrators can group users, assigning individual access rights to each group


8. Headline
   An RSS feed from another website. Headlines can be predefined by administrators or users can choose their own sites to grab headlines from


9. HTTP Referer
   A logged hit from another website with a link to yours


10. Message
    A piece of text written by an administrator that is placed on the homepage. Messages serve a wide variety of uses, including: announcements, reminders and welcome messages


11. Module
    A plugin or add-on that increases functionality to your site


12. Rank
    A way of identifying a user by the number of posts they have made. Special ranks can be assigned to any user


13. Super Admin
    An administrator with full administrative access


14. Theme
    A "template" that will change the look of your site in every aspect. Themes can be downloaded from many places, including dragonflycms.org


15. Today in History
    A collection of entries that are shown only on the specified date. It's basically a "today in history" archive


16. Topic
    One of the ways of classifying news articles. Topics are easily managed through the administration menu