Core concepts

These terms explain how the JORD admin stores, edits, and publishes website content.

Website and content

Term	Meaning
Admin	The private interface where authorised users manage a JORD website.
Public website	The pages that visitors can open without an admin account.
Content type	A kind of managed item, such as a page, article, event, or service.
Reusable entity	An item that can appear in several places, such as a category or team member.
Feature	An optional JORD capability that can add fields, editors, or menu entries. Features are listed under Features on Website > Settings.
Plugin	A connection to an external service, such as analytics or email marketing. Plugins are listed under Plugins on the same screen.
Tenant-specific function	A function built for one customer. It is not part of the general JORD workflow.

Term	Meaning
List page	A screen that shows many items and may offer filters, add, open, or delete actions.
Edit form	A screen used to create or change one item.
Page	A public website route with its own settings and layout.
Section	A large page layout unit, such as image and text, a collection, or a form.
Block	A smaller content unit, such as a heading, paragraph, image, or table.

Term	Meaning
Draft	Saved content that is not public.
Scheduled	Content set to become public at a future date and time.
Public	Published content that the public website can display.
Deleted	Content removed through a confirmed Delete action.
Save	Store the current form values without necessarily making them public.
Publish	Make saved content public, subject to its date and permissions.
Unpublish	Remove public content from the public website while keeping it in the admin.

Lists and edit forms show the state as a small marker: a tick for public, a clock for scheduled, and an empty marker for draft.

See Saving, publishing, and SEO before changing public content.

Term	Meaning
Locale	A language version of website content.
Website language	A language enabled for the public site and its content. This differs from the language of this wiki.
Title	The human-readable name shown in the admin or on the website.
Slug	The editable text used as one part of a URL.
URL	A complete web address.
Route	The path after a domain, such as `/articles` in the admin. In a website language other than the default, admin routes start with that language’s code, such as `/en/articles`.

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Warning

Save before you change the content language.

Term	Meaning
Category	A managed record with a title, colour, description, and image. Content belongs to it through matching Category tags.
Tag	A free label entered in a content form’s General tags field, without a separate category record.
Relation	A connection between two managed items, such as an event and a team member.
SEO fields	A page title and description intended for search results.
Social sharing fields	A title, description, and image used when a link is shared.

Term	Meaning
User role	A named group of allowed actions.
Permission	One action that an account may perform because of its roles.

The interface can hide actions that your account cannot use. See Users for the current role matrix.