A Site Visitor who does not have credentials for logging in to the website. These visitors are also referred to as guests.
A Site Visitor with credentials for logging in to the website.
The configurable filters that can be applied to assist administrators and moderators with the moderation process (Restricted Words, Visitor Blacklist, and Visitor Whitelist).
The content management site where the Community application is enabled. All comments, reviews, ratings, and poll votes submitted by site visitors are collected on this site.
Added site functionality provided by the Community application:
Comments, Comments Summary, Links to Topics, Recently Commented, and Most Commented widgets
Reviews, Reviews Summary, Links to Topics, Average Rating, Top Ranked Topics, Recently Reviewed, and Most Reviewed widgets
Poll and Results widgets
Stars Ratings, Thumbs Up/Down Ratings, Like It Ratings, Recommend Ratings, Average Rating, Recently Rated, and Most Rated widgets
Login Bar widget
The code that defines the widget's properties, visitors' permissions to use the widget, and the system on which visitors' input will be collected and stored. Administrators and designers deploy widget tags on web pages to display the widgets to site visitors.
The tag that, when deployed, combines all the CSS files of the widgets deployed on a page into one CSS. This means that each widget's CSS is loaded at the same time, which reduces the amount of requests the system makes to load the page's content. This tag should only be deployed on a page on which multiple widget tags are deployed.
The settings of a widget tag that are configured using the tag generator in the widget's deployment screen. Custom settings are temporary values that are saved only in a particular instance of the tag (they cannot be saved in the Community interface). As a result, each time a widget tag's settings are customized, the tag must be redeployed on the desired web pages.
A widget's saved settings. Default settings for the Comments, Reviews, and ratings (Stars, Thumbs Up/Down, Like It, and Recommend) widget tags can be reconfigured in the Permissions and Appearance configuration screens specific to the desired widget. When these settings are saved, the default tag is dynamically updated everywhere it is used. The default settings for all other widget tags are configured out-of-the-box and cannot be reconfigured.
A Community interface user who can configure the default appearance of community widgets, create polls, and customize a given community widget tag with custom values. These users can also specify the domain on which community widget tags can be deployed and use the WebCenter Sites Admin interface to deploy community widget tags and publish the templates.
The moderation, security, and language settings that Community interface users can configure for all community widgets of a given site.
The process of administrators and moderators manually approving, modifying, and/or deleting visitors' comments, reviews, and ratings.
A Community interface user who can set visitor permissions to community widgets, and configure the moderation settings and the auto-moderation filters for community widgets. These users can also manually moderate comments, reviews, and ratings that are posted to web pages on which community widget tags are deployed.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
The process of optimizing the JavaScript based Comments and Reviews widgets. This process enables Comments and Reviews widgets to be displayed to site visitors using browsers set to disable JavaScript and allows search engines (such as Google) to look for search criteria within the content of the comments and reviews posted to your website.
A site user who has administrative permissions to an entire site and its applications, including the Community application. These users have permissions to all Community interface functions, such as configuring the appearance of community widgets, setting visitor permissions to community widgets, managing general community widget settings, and deploying community widget tags on various web pages.
A Site Visitor who does not have login credentials to the website. These visitors are able to view and temporarily personalize their instances of the Dashboard and the instances of individually deployed gadgets.
A Site Visitor with login credentials to the website. Each authenticated visitor has her own modifiable instance of the Dashboard on the website. Preferences set by authenticated visitors are automatically saved.
Community-Gadgets Application Site
The site where the Global Gadget Catalog Interface is enabled. This site is specified during the Community Gadgets installation process. For more information, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware WebCenter Sites Installation Guide.
The Gadgets application's container interface, which is used to deliver and display multiple Gadgets to site visitors. The dashboard displays the Dashboard Panel where selected gadgets are displayed at full size, and a toolbar that opens a Dashboard Customization Workspace which is used to personalize the dashboard panel. The workspace presents gadgets as thumbnails, which users and visitors can expand and place on the dashboard panel. The workspace also provides options for modifying dashboard layout and color scheme. The dashboard is available from the Gadgets User Interface.
Dashboard Customization Workspace
The workspace that opens above the Dashboard Panel when you click one of the toolbar options on the Dashboard. The option you select determines the panel that is displayed. See also gadget selection panel, layout panel, and theme panel.
The space that displays the gadgets users and visitors select from the Dashboard Customization Workspace. The gadgets are displayed at full size. The dashboard panel can be configured via the toolbar options to display gadgets in a preferred layout and color scheme.
The Deployment tag that is configured with default settings for the Deployment. General Administrators, Site Administrators, and Designers deploy this tag on web pages to display the default dashboard to Site Visitors and provide them with personalization tools for their dashboard instances.
The process of inserting a Single Gadget Widget Tag or the Dashboard Widget Tag into a template asset, and then publishing the template to the website.
A user with privileges to manage the appearance of the default Dashboard and deploy the Dashboard Widget Tag and Single Gadget Widget Tags on web pages.
To make gadgets that are registered with the Global Gadget Catalog available on Site Gadget Catalogs.
The asset type of the Gadgets application's sample gadget assets. The FW_CSGadget asset type's description is CS-Based Gadget. For detailed information about creating gadgets, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware WebCenter Sites Developer's Guide.
A remote piece of functionality that is defined by a gadget descriptor XML file and delivers dynamic content from one website to another.
The URL of a gadget's descriptor XML file. The file contains the code responsible for rendering the gadget.
One of three options available on the Dashboard Customization Workspace. Clicking this option presents gadgets as thumbnail images, which users and website visitors can select and display as full-size gadgets on the Dashboard Panel. See also layout panel and theme panel.
The Gadgets application that runs on a site other than the site on which the Global Gadget Catalog Interface is enabled. This interface provides a site's administrators and designers with a site gadget catalog, a dashboard, "Permissions" and "Settings" screens, a single gadget deployment screen, and a dashboard Deployment screen.
A user who has administrative privileges to the entire Web Experience Management (WEM) Framework. These users can enable and manage the Global Gadget Catalog Interface by assigning the Gadgets application to the site specified in the {cs_site} variable during the Gadgets application's installation process. They can also enable the Gadgets User Interface by assigning the Gadgets application to sites other than the site on which the global gadget catalog interface is enabled.
This gadget catalog is provided by the Global Gadget Catalog Interface, and is managed by General Administrators. It is the central repository for storing gadgets and distributing gadgets to various sites. When gadgets are registered to the global gadget catalog, they can be enabled on a CM Site via Site Gadget Catalogs, provided by the Gadgets application running on those sites. (Gadgets can also be registered directly to a site gadget catalog.)
Global Gadget Catalog Interface
The Gadgets application that runs on the site specified in the Community-Gadgets Application Site variable during the installation process of the Gadgets application. This interface provides General Administrators with the Global Gadget Catalog.
The process of specifying a gadget's metadata and Gadget Descriptor URL in the Global Gadget Catalog Interface or a Gadgets User Interface.
One of three options available on the Dashboard Customization Workspace. Clicking this option enables users and website visitors to reposition the gadgets that are displayed on the Dashboard Panel and adjust their width. See also gadget selection panel and theme panel.
The Deployment tag that is configured with the settings of a single gadget. In the "Single Gadget Deployment" screen, administrators and designers choose the gadget they wish to deploy from the "Gadget" menu and then deploy the selected gadget's tag on web pages to display an individual instance of that gadget to visitors.
A user who is an administrator of her assigned content management site and its applications, including the Gadgets application. These users have permissions to all Gadgets User Interface functions. However, their main purpose is to manage the CM Site's gadgets in the Site Gadget Catalog.
This gadget catalog is specific to the site on which the Gadgets User Interface is enabled. It is provided by the Gadgets User interface for the purpose of storing the site's gadgets and making them available on the Dashboard and for single gadget deployment. A site gadget catalog, its dashboard, and its "Single Gadget Deployment" screen are dynamically associated. Site gadget catalogs are managed by site administrators.
Any visitor of the website. See also Anonymous Visitor and Authenticated Visitor.
One of three options available on the Dashboard Customization Workspace. Clicking this option enables users and website visitors to customize the color scheme of the Dashboard Panel. See also Gadget Selection Panel and Gadget Layout Panel.