Person appointed to manage the web site. Administrators have full privileges to add, delete and change all objects on the site.

An application that enables you to view web pages (web browser).

A cell within a section. Sections of a page, template or component can contain one or more columns.

A component is a user-defined item made up of one or more other items. You can add components to a template, a page, or even other components! This is a very powerful feature that saves time and effort by enabling you to reuse items on more than one page. Examples: header, footer, tab bar, side bar, etc.

Person appointed to manage parts (components, templates, pages, forms, etc) assigned by an administrator. A content manager can only modify parts specifically assigned by the administrator. This is great when you have multiple people responsible for different content on your site.

Content that has an effective date and/or an expiration date. Content is invisible outside the specified time frame. You can assign effective and expiration dates to items on a page, columns on a page and even sections of a page.

One or more fields placed on a web page to collect information from the visitor and send to a specified email address. A field can be a text box, a drop down list, radio buttons, or check boxes.

A method used to transfer files from one computer to another computer. An FTP (file transfer protocol) client is normally used to update a web site. DbSmartConfig includes a built-in tool to upload files to your web site.

A type of image file common on the web. GIF files have an extension of .gif.

The first page a visitor sees when they enter your site.

The language used to construct a web page. You do not need to know HTML (hyper-text markup language) to build your site. DbSmartConfig takes care of this chore for you.

A text or image that display another page when clicked with the mouse.

A file you upload to the site to display a graphic or picture.

A powerful feature of all DbSmartSite web sites. When you "inherit" a page from a template, it inherits for framework of the template. All you have to add to the page is the specific page content. This feature enables you to have a consistent look and feel on all pages of your site. Changes made to the underlying template are automatically applied to the pages.

Microsoft's web browser. If you have Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higher, you can use our WYSIWYG editor (similar to a word processor) to edit text on your page.

An object you insert into a column. DbSmartConfig comes with many types of items you can add to your page: image, text, text and image, html text (using our WYSIWYG editor), announcement list, monthly calendars, search box, event list, horizontal menu, vertical menu, etc.

A type of image file common on the web. These files have an extension of .jpg or .jpeg.

The edit mode that displays the structure of your page, template or component. It displays the sections, columns and items on the object. In layout mode you can add, delete and move your sections, columns within a section, and items within a column. Switch to preview mode to edit the page in a WYSIWYG display.

A text or image that display another page when clicked with the mouse.

The process used to access the DbSmartConfig site builder tool. You must enter a valid site id, user name and password to access DbSmartConfig.

A file formatted in HTML for display on the web.

A file formatted created by Adobe to display a readonly document. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view a PDF file. Many sites have links to PDF files to display multi-page manuals, instructions, product fact sheets, etc. You can upload PDF files to your web site using our built-in file manager. It is then easy to add a link to the PDF file so visitors can view it.

View a page, template or componet actually as it will look to the visitor.

The edit mode that displays a WYSIWYG view of the page, template or component with edit buttons above each item to make it easy to make your changes. In preview mode you can edit items on the page but you cannot add new items, move items or delete items. You must use Layout Mode to modify the structure of the page.

A page with the private flag set to true. Visitors cannot view a private page unless they first logon to the private site.

A site-within-a-site. Only authorized visitors can view these private pages. In order to make them available to your visitor, you simply add a Private Site Logon item anywhere on a page. When a visitor enters their credentials (user name and password), DbSmartSite validates it against the list of authorized users you have created. There is no coding on your part to make this happen!

A username/password allowed to visit your private site. Administrators maintain the list of valid usernames within DbSmartConfig.

All pages, templates and components are made up of one or more sections. Each section can have one or more columns. A typical page will contain 3 sections: header, body and footer.

A collection of pages that a visitor can view.

A report that displays the number of visitors to your site on any given day, month, year. It also displays the most popular pages on your site.

A collection of attributes (font family, font weight, font size, font color, background color, margins, borders, etc.) that you apply to parts of your page. DbSmartConfig provides a tool to add, delete and change various styles on your page. DbSmartConfig comes preconfigured with many styles for your header, footer, body content, menus, sidebars, etc.

A collection of styles that get applied to a page to give it a distinctive look. You can create your own style sheet or load a styles sheet from our pre-made style sheets.

A framework for a page that you use when creating a page. When you inherit a page from a template, the page "inherits" all the characteristics of the template. Changes made to the template are reflected on the pages. This unique feature makes DbSmartConfig extremely powerful. Simply by changing a template, you can change the look and feel of your entire site without making a single change to your pages!

You upload files from your computer to the web site using the DbSmartConfig File Manager. You do not need a separate FTP client tool.

Changes you make to a page are not immediately visible to visitors to your site. Otherwise, visitors would see unfinished pages. When finished making changes to a page, you publish the page which simply moves your changes to the site. You can publish a single page or multiple pages at the same time.

You must also publish styles for visitors to see them. This enables you to load a new style sheet, make changes and preview the resulting page with the new styles without visitors seeing the results. When you are happy with your new style sheet, you then publish them.

What You See Is What You Get.