Administration Console
The Administration Console is the interface for the global administration of TALK.
Only site administrators can access the Administration Console.
Breadcrumbs
The breadcrumbs trace the path from the current page to the dashboard along the space's page-hierarchy.
The breadcrumbs in TALK are listed at the top of every page.
Change Comment
A change comment is a short description entered during the edit of a page to record the changes being made in the edit.
Child Pages
Creating child and parent pages is a means by which you can organize content on the site. A child page is a page that has a parent in any of the TALK spaces.
A child can only have one parent.
Comments
A comment may be a remark, question, or any other additional information you wish to add to a page pertaining to the topic the page covers. You can comment on any page or news item in TALK.
Wiki Markup
This is the markup used to write and edit pages in TALK. Based on Textile, the markup, when you become familiar with it, makes creating pages as easy as writing email.
The Dashboard
The dashboard is the front page of the TALK wiki. It provides an overview of the site, access to all spaces, and displays a list of the most recently updated content within them.
Global Administrators
A global administrator is the same as a site administrator.
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Global Spaces
Global spaces contain content on any theme or topic of your choice.
For more information about global spaces and personal spaces, see TALK Spaces.
Labels
Labels are user-defined tag words assigned to pages to categorise content in TALK.
Macros
A macro is a command wrapped inside curly braces {...} used to perform programmatic functions and generate more complex content structures in TALK.
Blog posts
A news item may be a journal entry, status report or any other timely information pertaining to a space.
Notifications
A notification is an email message sent to you updating you of changes to pages and spaces you choose to 'watch'.
Orphaned Pages
An orphaned page is a page without any incoming links.
Pages
Pages are the primary means of storing information in TALK. They are the building blocks of spaces and are written in Wiki markup.
Page Family
Pages in TALK can be organised into a hierarchy of parent and child pages. A parent and all its children comprise a page family.
The TALK wiki permits nested page families.
Parent Page
A parent page is a page that has one or more child pages. It may itself be a child of another page.
People Directory
The People Directory contains a list of all users in TALK. Each user's name links to their personal space.
Permalink
A permalink is the url used to link to specific content items like comments.
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Personal Spaces
Personal spaces belong to particular users, and rather than being listed on the The Dashboard, are available from the People Directory.
For more information about global spaces and personal spaces, see TALK Spaces.
RSS Feeds
An RSS feed is a format for delivering summaries of regularly changing web content. RSS is read by RSS newsreader programs.
You will need an RSS reader to subscribe to feeds within TALK.
RSS Reader
An RSS reader is a specialised RSS program (also called aggregator) that displays the contents of RSS feeds for you. To subscribe to RSS feeds within TALK, you will need an RSS reader.
Site Administrators
A site administrator is any user who has permission to administer TALK.
Site administrators have complete access to TALK regardless of any site or space level restrictive permissions.
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Space Administrators
A space administrator is a user with the 'Administrate Space' permission for the space. A user with this permission can perform a host of functions relating to the management of a space and has complete access to the space regardless of any other control settings or permissions.
Permissions for a space are only assigned and modified by space administrators.
Spaces
A space is an area on your site into which you can group different content items together based on any theme of your choice. All content in TALK is organised into spaces.
There are two types of spaces: global spaces and personal spaces.
Templates
A template is a pre-defined page that can be used as a prototype when creating pages. Templates are useful for giving pages a common style or format.
Themes
Themes are pre-defined 'look and feel' styles which are configured from the administration menu and can be applied across TALK or to a single space.
Tiny links
A tiny link is the shortened url of a page which is useful when sending links to the page, for example, via email.
Undefined Links
An undefined link is a link to a page that has not yet been created. Clicking on the page link allows you create the page.
User Profile
Every user account in TALK is linked to a profile that contains user related information and options to configuring user preferences.
Watching a Page
When you watch a page, you are sent an email notification whenever that page has been modified.
Watching a Space
When you watch a space, you are sent an email notification whenever content has been added or modified in that space.
Wiki
Pioneered by Ward Cunningham, and named after the Hawaiian word for 'quick', a wiki is a website that makes it easy for anyone to contribute pages, and link them together.
