Glossary

Glossary#

add-on#: A package that extends Plone's functionality. In Volto, an add-on is a JavaScript package; in Plone's backend, it is a Python package.
behavior#: A reusable, optional set of fields and features that can be enabled per content type in Plone.
Diátaxis#: A framework for structuring technical documentation around four needs: tutorials, how-to guides, reference, and explanation.
inherit expansion#: A plone.restapi expansion that serves a behavior's fields from the closest object providing it. It is how every page of a site reads the site's social media settings.
MyST#: Markedly Structured Text, the Markdown flavor this documentation is written in.
network#: A social network or a kind of link, such as mastodon or website, that a social link names by id. The frontend describes each network with a socialNetwork utility holding its title and icon.
Plone#: Plone is an open source content management system used to create, edit, and manage digital content, including websites, intranets, and custom solutions.
plone.restapi#: The REST API Plone serves, and the package providing it.
settings behavior#: The plonegovbr.socialmedia.settings behavior, holding the social media settings of a site or of a section.
slot#: A named place in a Volto page where add-ons render components, such as a footer area.
social link#: One entry of a social_links field: a network, a title, and a target address.
Storybook#: Storybook renders user interface components in isolation, each with the props it is given.
utility#: A named object registered in Volto's configuration registry under a type. This add-on registers utilities of the types socialNetwork and schema.
Volto#: Volto is Plone's React-based frontend.
Volto Light Theme#: Volto Light Theme is a Volto theme, and the one this repository's development site uses.
widget#: The component Volto renders a field with. An edit widget renders it in a form, and a view widget renders it on a page.