Glossary
The words the panel uses, in plain English. Each one links to the page where it matters.
Admin panel
Section titled “Admin panel”Your website’s control room. It is where you change what the public sees, and only people you invite can get in. See The admin panel.
A set of photos shown together on your Gallery page, such as one job or one year. See Gallery.
Alt text
Section titled “Alt text”A short line that says what is in a picture. It is read out to people who cannot see the picture, and search engines read it too. See Media.
Archive
Section titled “Archive”Puts a lead out of the way without deleting it. It moves to the Archived list, and you can bring it back. See Leads.
A ready made strip of a page: a big headline, a row of service cards, a set of photos. You fill in a short form and the block builds the layout. See Pages.
Byline
Section titled “Byline”A “written by” credit. Your website never shows one, so the Bylines panel on your edit screens can stay empty. See Bylines.
Caption
Section titled “Caption”A short line printed under a photo in an album. It is also used as the description if the file has no alt text of its own. See Gallery.
Content type
Section titled “Content type”One kind of entry, such as a service or a review. It decides which boxes you see when you open an entry. See Content Types.
A file of rows and columns that opens in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets. It is how you get your leads out of the panel. See Leads.
An entry that is not on your website. Only people who can sign in to the panel can see a draft. See Saving and publishing.
One item in one of your lists: one service, one review, one page. You open an entry to edit it. See The admin panel.
Favicon
Section titled “Favicon”The tiny picture in a browser tab. Your website does not use one, so leave the Select Favicon box alone. See Settings.
Featured
Section titled “Featured”A switch on some entries. On its own it does nothing. It only matters when a block is set to show featured items only. See Services.
The big band at the top of a page: a photo or a video, with your headline and buttons on top. See Showcase Heroes.
A message from a customer, sent through your contact form or your quote form. Every one of them lands in your inbox in the panel. See Leads.
Live View
Section titled “Live View”A button that opens the entry you are editing on your live website, so you can see what a visitor sees. See Saving and publishing.
Media library
Section titled “Media library”The one place every photo and file you upload is kept. Upload a photo once, then use it on as many pages as you like. See Media.
Two different things carry this name. Manage, then Menus, is the row of links across the top of your website, plus your footer links. See Menus. Content, then Menus (Food), is a food menu with dishes and prices. See Menus (Food).
One-of-a-kind entry
Section titled “One-of-a-kind entry”A screen that holds exactly one entry, because your business only has one: one address, one set of hours. You never use Add New there. See The admin panel.
Page not found
Section titled “Page not found”The screen a visitor gets when they ask for an address your website does not have. It is also called a 404. See Redirects.
Palette
Section titled “Palette”The set of colors used across your whole website. There are seventeen to pick from, and picking one changes every page at once. See every one, light and dark, on Step 3: Choose your colors, and the steps to change it on Plugins.
Passkey
Section titled “Passkey”Your device standing in for a password. Your fingerprint, your face or your device PIN unlocks it, and there is nothing to type or forget. See Signing in.
Pending changes
Section titled “Pending changes”A yellow tag meaning you have edited a published entry but not published the edit. The public still sees the old version. See Saving and publishing.
Plugin
Section titled “Plugin”One extra feature built into your website, such as your lead inbox or your photo folders. Every site gets its own set. See Plugins.
Publish
Section titled “Publish”Puts your saved work on the live website, right away. It is a separate step from saving. See Saving and publishing.
Redirect
Section titled “Redirect”A signpost at an old web address that sends anyone who lands there to a new one. Visitors never notice it happen. See Redirects.
Revision
Section titled “Revision”A copy of what an entry said before you changed it. The panel keeps them, so you can look up old wording or put it back. See Saving and publishing.
What somebody is allowed to do in the panel. There are five, from Subscriber who can only look, to Admin who can do everything. See Users.
Section
Section titled “Section”Two different things carry this name. Manage, then Sections, is a saved lump of text you can drop into any page. See Sections. On a food menu, a section is a group of dishes under one heading. See Menu Sections (Food).
Service area
Section titled “Service area”Your list of the towns you work in. It shows in the footer of every page. See Service Area.
Service area page
Section titled “Service area page”A whole page about one town, with its own address, its own photo and its own words. That is a different thing from the list above. See Service Area Pages.
The last part of an entry’s web address, such as kitchen-remodels. Set it
once, while the entry is new, then leave it alone. See Saving and
publishing.
Sort order
Section titled “Sort order”A box that sets which entry comes first. The lowest number goes first, and an empty box counts as zero. See Services.
A lead that looks like it came from a robot. It is kept and flagged, no email goes out for it, and it is thrown away after 30 days. See Leads.
Submission
Section titled “Submission”A reply to a form you built yourself. Those land under Submissions, not in your leads inbox. See Form Designer.
A short label. The ones you put on a lead are real and useful. The Tags screen under Manage is a different thing, and your website does not use it. See Tags.
Testimonial
Section titled “Testimonial”One customer quote. You write it once, and it shows on every page that has a Testimonials block. See Testimonials.
Where an entry waits after you move it there. It is a junk drawer, not a shredder, and you can take things back out. See Saving and publishing.
Unpublish
Section titled “Unpublish”Takes an entry off your website and keeps it, word for word. Publishing puts it back. See Saving and publishing.
Version number
Section titled “Version number”The number in the bottom left corner of the panel. Send it to us when you ask for help. See Getting support. Your website carries a second number, in its footer. See Is this manual for my site?.
Widget
Section titled “Widget”A small box for a sidebar. Your website has no sidebars, so the Widgets screen changes nothing a visitor can see. See Widgets.
Checked against EmDash 0.34.0 and Lookout Ridge IT template 0.11.8 on August 21, 2026.