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Here is a glossary of terms commonly used in the Presto CMS.

Term	Definition
A control	An item (like the Page Tools "DELETE" or "UNLINK" icons) that can be drag & dropped onto.
Active Page	When you select a page in the Explore tab, the content of the Page Tools area and the Work Panel both focus on the selected page. This page is then referred to as the active page.
Back-end	The Presto CMS site administration interface through which a website's content is managed.
Breadcrumbs, Cookiecrumbs	The hierarchic trail of page names and links that show a web page's position with respect to the website home page. This is often shown below the page title on a website page.
Child page	A page which is linked so that it appears underneath (or in the menu of, or subordinate to) another page.
Collapsing	Closing or hiding the display of a page's subordinate or child pages.
Delete	To permanently remove an item from a database.
Dynamic Menu	A menu usually on most pages of a website which immediately reflects any changes to page names or linkages.
Expanding	Opening or revealing the display of a page's subordinate or child pages.
Explorer	This refers to the Explore Pane and tab which navigate the website page and file folder hierarchy.
Front-end	The website(s) that Presto CMS feeds content to. Front-end templates control how the website is displayed and navigated.
Group ID	The Group ID is the primary identifier of an item in the Presto CMS. Behind the scenes, all items are stored in a database. Items include pages, sections, fields, forms, reports, etc. Anything that you can select, edit, create, or delete is an item. For the majority of content management, you'll only need to refer to the Group ID for pages and sections.
Indicator	item that provides information, for example, the Type, Group, Record, and Version fields of the Page Tools display.
Link	This can refer to any URL link from the content of a web page to any other. In the Presto Back-end this also refers to the connections - or the act of connecting - Presto pages and other items.
Orphan page	A page (or similar content) which is not linked to any website or backend item hierarchy.
Page	Presto comes with standard kinds of content - home page, section, page, HTML form, etc. "Page" usually refers to any type of standard content that can show up in the Front-end site navigation, or in the Back-end Explore pane.
Page Tools	A pane in the Presto Back-end that displays basic information about a selected or active page.
Parent page	A page that a given page is linked under. See Child page.
Plain text	Typed text which doesn't have any additional HTML or other formatting codes embedded in it. Extra steps are often required to convert text copied from applications into plain text.
Private site	A website or section of one that requires a user ID and password to access.
Public site	A website or section of one that can be accessed without any form of user identification.
Publish(ed)	The act of making content available to website viewers; or the date on which it is made visible.
Record ID	The Record ID is the secondary identifier of an item in the Presto CMS. Any item in the system can only have one Group ID, but it can have one or more Record Ids. For the purposes of content manager, this mostly applies to pages and sections. A page will only ever have a single Group ID, but it can have multiple record Ids. In this case each record ID refers to a specific version of that page in its page history.
Section	Websites often have a Home Page, Section pages, and regular pages as distinct types of content. Section pages may have certain headings, graphics, colors or layout that are inherited by underlying pages; hence the need for a separate content type to manage them with.
Site Explorer	See "Explorer".
Site hierarchy	The hierarchy of home page, section pages, underlying pages and other types of content that make up the "Information Architecture" of a website.
Unlink	To remove the link between a page and a child or parent page.
Work Panel	The Presto Back-end area that provides tabs for managing an active page. This includes editing, setting website properties, managing user access and linkage, and previewing.