KBPublisher Knowledge Base - Glossary

• Admin area

The part of the knowledgebase where you do administrative tasks such as create articles, manage users and design the site. Users must log on to see this area, and they must have administrator, moderator, editor, author or contributor access.

• Article block
The action block in the top right-hand corner of the article that you see when you are viewing an article.
• Article ID
The record number the article or file is stored under in the database.
• Category
The area of the knowlegbase where the reader will find the article or file.
• Document root
Web server directories start at what is called the document root (or default directory). This is where you put your home page. It is accessible by web visitors.

• full server path_disabled
The file path on the local machine that your site is hosted on (that is, on the server).  You can find your full server path by:
• Log in to Admin Area
• Click on Settings menu
• Choose Admin tab
• The file path can be found in the HTML editor file directory setting, if you take off the kbp_upload/ at the end.
• KBPublisher installation directory

The directory where KBPublisher is installed. By default, this is kb. If you're not sure what your KBPublisher installation directory is, take a look at the address line on your KBPublisher home page.  Your installation directory is the directory after your domain name. For example, the address line on our KBPublisher home page is www.kbpublisher.com/kb.  Thus our installation directory is kb.

• MD5 format
An encryption format used for passwords.
• Modified Files package

A modified files package is an upgrade package that allows you to simply replace files that have changed, rather than doing a full upgrade. In the package we provide you with a list of modified files to replace and you copy the new files over the old one. It's a much quicker way of doing an upgrade when the changes are not structural.

• Privilege
Controls user access.
• Public View

This is the 'reader' view of the knowledgebase that people see. The user does not have to log in to see the public view, although they may have to log in to read articles if you have set your knowledgebase up that way.
The alternative view is the Admin Area. Users must log on to see this, and they must hve admin, moderator, editor, author or contributor access.


• Role
Users can be assigned "roles", which then control which articles they see in the knowledgebase.
• Status
Whether an article is published, unpublished, or waiting for approval.  Published articles can be read in the public view, but unpublished and pending articles can only be seen when you are in the admin area.