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# Chapter 13. A Lesson in PostNuke Terminology

Before we move forward into Basic Website Configuration, it is important to explain several concepts and some terminology. Please take the time to read and understand this section.

- BBCODE: OTTO

- BLOCKS: The different types of information displayed on the site. For example: News Articles, Polls, and Links are different types of Blocks.

- CATEGORY: With Categories, a page can be displayed (much like the main page of the website) on the site containing only the Articles that fit into that Category. An example of Categories illustrates it very well:

  - Category Youth

    - Topic news

    - Topic announcements

  - Category Adults

    - Topic news

    - Topic announcements

  - Category Seniors

    - Topic news

    - Topic announcements

  For example, when you go to the category 'Youth', you have a whole sub-site dedicated to Youth. When you go to the category 'Adults', you have a whole sub-site dedicate to Adults, etc.

- COMMENTS: User-added material beneath an element. For example: A comment on an Article.

- MODULES: Functional elements (mini-applications) that are designed to be virtually 'bolted on' to a Postnuke site. For example: A calendar or forum.

- TOPICS: Categories of content. News is categorized by Topic, for example, Music and Cooking.

- GROUPS: Categories of site users with different levels of site privileges to add, modify, approve, or view elements of the site or content. For example: Admins, Editors, Users, Unregistered visitors.

- PERMISSIONS: Working in conjunction with GROUPS, PERMISSIONS determine what a user is permitted to do on the site.

- THEMES are preconfigured modules that change the look & feel of site elements such as fonts, colors, graphics, and other design features (they are essentially the same as 'templates' or 'skins').

- WIKI ENCODING: Wiki Encoding is an alternative to HTML code for display within articles and text on the site. A reference to the Wiki Text Formatting Rules is at: http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/TextFormattingRules. PostNuke does NOT provide a full-blown Wiki implementation. If you seek a full Wiki, check http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/PhpWiki.

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