Glossary of Terms

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Author Approver Admin Alt Text: An alternative text description read by screen readers to help explain an image to blind and visually impaired users.  

B

Breadcrumb Trail: A path of the directory structure, appearing on every page, that provides website visitors a way to see where they are within the site and easily navigate backward.

C

Check-In: Unlock content after the editing process to allow other Sitecore Users to access and edit the page or element.

Check Out: Lock content to prevent other Sitecore Users from editing it.

Content Editor: Sitecore editing view that exposes the content via a "back end" Sitecore User interface, e.g. viewing the content in a folder tree structure or detail sections.

Content Management System (CMS): A web-based tool that allows users to create and author content for their websites.

Content Tree: A visual file structure display of the website content in Sitecore, used to navigate the Content Editor.

D

Dynamic List: A component that displays content from different sections of a website, or external links in a list that can be displayed in different components. 

E

Edit Mode: This mode allows the Sitecore User to modify content, but not navigate the website.

Experience Editor: An editing view that shows content form a "front end" authoring experience. Using the Experience Editor, Users can edit content within the context of the website.

External Link: A hyperlink that directs the user to an external website.

F

Feature Item: A page component that contains an image, a title, and a brief description.

I

iFrame: An HTML document embedded inside another HTML document on a website. An iFrame allows you to seamlessly display content from other external sources.

L

Left Navigation: A list of hyperlinked topics leading to a specific page or section of the website.

Link List: A page element that contains multiple Internal, External, and Media Links.

Link Cards:

M

Media Library: The area in Sitecore where all images and document files are stored.

Media Link: Links that allow a Website Visitor to access Content Items in the Media Library.

Meta Description: A description of the web page that briefly explains the page’s content. This description can appear in the search engine results under the meta title.

Meta Keywords: Key words on the web page that identifies main points of the page’s content.

*Meta Title: The title of the web page that explains the page’s content. This title also appears in the top bar of the web browser and in search engine results.

N

News Article Page: A page that displays a listing of news article releases with a date, title, and brief description.

P

Preview Mode: Within the Experience Platform View, this mode allows the Sitecore User to navigate the website, but not modify content.

Publish: Commit changes to the Website to the web, allowing website visitors to view them.

R

Ribbon Notification: A Sitecore system notice that displays across the top of the screen, usually in red or yellow, with important information.

Rich Text Editor (RTE): An interface that allows a Sitecore User to add HTML formatting to content without needing to know HTML syntax.

S

Sitecore: The content management system selected to house, edit, and manage website content for UConn Health.

Sitecore Link, Internal Link: When content is created in Sitecore, it is given a unique ID. When a link is made to Sitecore content, Sitecore will use that unique ID to create the link to the Sitecore content. This allows Sitecore to manage links so if content is deleted and it is linked to, a warning will be given indicating that the content is currently linked to.

Sitecore User: Generic term for Content Authors, Content Approvers, and System Administrators, referring to functions or features that apply to all roles equally.

 

T
Tagging: The act of assigning an item such as a document or page or link to one or more existing topics or dynamic lists in order to display that item in multiple areas of the website.

Task: A goal that a website visitor has come to UConn Health website to accomplish.

Teaser: A summary of the page or document. Adding a teaser provides the viewer with a brief and meaningful summary of a page or document before they select it.

Toolbar: Interface in Sitecore with options for editing content or page elements.
 

U
User, Website Visitor: Member of the public visiting the Agency website.