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- | ====== Glossary ====== | ||
- | A list of terms used within Piwigo. | ||
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- | **Album** : A set of photos. An album can include sub-albums. A photo can belong to several albums. | ||
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- | **Association** : A photo can be associated to one or several albums. A photo associated to no album is called an "orphan" photo. | ||
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- | **CSS** : Description language, used to describe graphic parameters of Piwigo's HTML pages. For example, link color. | ||
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- | **Gallery** : Each installation of Piwigo is a gallery. | ||
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- | **MOD** : Modification? Replaced by ''plugin''? | ||
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- | **MySQL** : Database engine. This is where Piwigo saves data like photo description or user comments. | ||
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- | **PHP** : Programming language used by Piwigo. | ||
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- | **Physical association** : (only when using synchronization to add photos) after synchronization, each photo is associated with its physical album. | ||
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- | **Physical album** : An album that is linked to a directory in the filesystem. | ||
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- | **Plugin** : a means of extending the gallery by adding functionality. | ||
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- | **Private album** : An album with restricted access. When an admin marks an album as private, you must give explicit permissions for each user or group to access that album. | ||
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- | **Release** : Equivalent to "//version//". See more on [[about:release_and_branchs]] | ||
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- | **Remote site** : Photos can be accessed and managed from a remote location by Piwigo. The remote site must be reachable via HTTP. | ||
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- | **Status** : the role of the user within the gallery. | ||
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- | **Style** : see Theme. | ||
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- | **Synchronization** : During synchronization, Piwigo will scan folders and files under the "//galleries//" directory and create corresponding albums and photos in the database. | ||
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- | **Template** : HTML pages models. Known as *.tpl files. PHP read templates files and convert them in pure HTML language. Compared to HTML files, template files may include loops or conditions. | ||
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- | **Template extension** : alternative template files that change the functionality of the gallery and theme. | ||
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- | **Theme** : The look and feel of the gallery. Everything related to the display is in the theme. It includes CSS stylesheets, icons, template files. |