Two ways to build, the words
| Term | Means | Where you meet it |
|---|---|---|
| Layout | A page structure: a layout type plus the blocks placed in its zones | Layouts > Layouts; table explayouts_layout |
| Layout type | The set of zones a layout has (for example layout_2: header, post_header, main, pre_footer, footer) | The first choice when creating a layout; [LayoutType_<id>] in explayouts.ini |
| Zone | A named area of a layout that holds blocks | The dashed areas of the editor (HEADER, MAIN ...) |
| Block | One piece of a page: a title, a list, an image, a column | The editor's blocks |
| Block definition (block type) | What a block is: name, handler class, view types, category, whether it has a collection | [BlockDefinition_<id>] in explayouts.ini |
| View type | One look of a block type, chosen per block | List: list, grid, list_numbered, list_zigzag, list_accordion, grid_featured |
| Item view type | How a block shows each of its items (line, card, overlay ...) | Lists and grids; templates content/views/<view>/ |
| Container block | A block with placeholders that hold other blocks | Column (placeholder main), Two columns (left, right) |
| Collection | The items of a block | A List block's items |
| Manual collection | Items picked by hand; each is a node ID | Prefooter's three articles |
| Dynamic collection | Items from a query on the content tree | A list of the newest articles of a section |
| Shared layout | A layout whose zones other layouts link to | Header / Footer, Prefooter |
| Linked zone | A zone that shows the blocks of a shared layout's zone | header of every Fit & Healthy layout |
| Template block | A block that renders a template named in it | The header, breadcrumb and footer of Header / Footer |
| Layout mapping (rule) | Which layout a page gets: by node, subtree, path or content class | Layouts > Layout mappings |
| Draft / published | A layout is changed in a draft; Publish layout makes it live | The editor's Discard and Publish layout buttons |
| Design | A named set of templates and stylesheets | media for Fit & Healthy |
| Design extension | An extension that carries a design under design/<design>/templates/ | sevenx_themes_media |
| Override | A template in a design that replaces a template of the same path from a design further down the list | your extension's pagelayout/header.tpl |
| Siteaccess | One configuration of the installation: a site, a language version, the administration | site, bold, admin |
| INI scope | Where a setting is written: global, a siteaccess, an extension | exp:ini scopes |
| Node ID | A page's place in the content tree | Node 192 in the administration |
Related pages
- Two ways to build
- Two ways to build, every page
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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