| Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Activation | Means of moving content from one ->stage to the next stage. In a 2-stage setup, this is the same as making content public, as the second stage is the public stage. |
| Authoring Environment | The interface of interaction between the author of content and the Magnolia content management system. |
| Authoring Instance | An instance of Magnolia that is used for authoring content. It provides the ->Authoring Environment |
| Children | Inside a Page's content a collection of the sub elements of a content object (i.e. Atoms in a Container). Children of a Page represent the hierarchical sub Pages. |
| ContentNode (Former Container and ContainerList) | Content object, collection of one or more NodeData or collection of ContentNode |
| Container List (Deprecated) | |
| Deactivation | Means of removing previously activated content from an advanced stage. In a two stage-setup, this is th same as unpublishing content. |
| NodeData (Former Atom) | Holder of a single content value |
| Page | Top level content object representing the content of a web document. Consists of Atoms and/or Container Lists. |
| Public Environment | The published website, running on the ->Public Instance |
| Public Instance | The instance of Magnolia that runs the ->Public Environment. |
| Repository | Data storage location |
| Role | Top level content object representing the information of a Magnolia administration role. Consists of Atoms and/or Container Lists. |
| Sender | Magnolia instance sending an activation event |
| Stage | Magnolia supports unlimited staging, and generally has at least 2 stages: the authoring stage and the public stage. Content is moved between different stages by the means of ->activation. The initial stage would be the authoring stage, running on the authoring instance. In a default, 2-stage setup, the second stage will be the public stage, provided by the ->public instance. |
| Subscriber | A Magnolia instance or any other application receiving an activation event from a Magnolia instance |
| Template | Presentation logic for Pages, Containers and Atoms |
| User | Top level content object representing the information of a Magnolia administration user. Consists of Atoms and/or Container Lists. |