Understand the terms

The web and online-selling words used in Vivlab. In procedures, bold marks a dashboard button or field.

Your site and its address

Dashboard / website or store: your private management space / the site your visitors see.
Domain name: your site's address, for example your-store.com.
URL: a full web address (https://your-store.com/contact), leading to a page, an image or a file.
Domain provider or registrar: the company that registers and renews the domain with the extension's registry (.com).
DNS records: the instructions telling where to find a domain's site or mailbox, copied from Vivlab to your provider. Name servers hold the active ones; propagation is the delay before a change is visible everywhere.
HTTPS or SSL certificate: encryption of the connection between the browser and your site.
Redirect: a rule sending visitors from an old address to another.

Canvas: the workspace where you build the page.
Element or block: one part of the layout (text, image, button).
Section: a large part of the page grouping elements (banner, contact area).
Parent or container: the element holding another, its "child".
Handle: a marker on a selected element, dragged to change size, rotation or a setting.
Desktop / mobile: the computer / phone version. The preview lets you check the page.
Saved / published: saving keeps changes in the editor; publishing puts them on the site. Some shared settings, such as the logo, apply immediately.
Active / inactive: whether a page or feature is on, whether or not a published version exists.
Padding: the space between a block's content and its border.
Pixel (px): the unit for on-screen sizes (text, spacing, border).
Ratio or proportions: width to height. 1:1 is a square, 16:9 a wide rectangle.
Override: a setting specific to one element or screen that replaces the shared one.

Variant: a product version (size, color) with its own price or stock.
Product option: a choice asked of the customer, with no effect on price or stock.
Facet: a choice in a catalog filter, such as "Red" in "Color".
CSV: a rows-and-columns file, opened in a spreadsheet, to import or export lists.
SKU / product reference: the code of a product or variant.
Member: a visitor with a customer account on your site.
Guest order / abandoned cart: a purchase without a customer account / items added to the cart without payment.
Payout: your sales money transferred to your bank account.
Proration: a price adjusted to the time left in a period already paid.

Integration: a connection between Vivlab and another service, using credentials or an API key from that service (possibly different from your usual login).
OAuth: a way to authorize access to an account, used for example by Google sign-in.
SMTP server and port: the address and connection number of the email sending service, from your email host (Email sending).
HTML / CSS / JavaScript: the web's languages for content, look and behavior.
Iframe / embedded content: another service's content shown in your page (map, booking calendar).
SEO / indexing: SEO helps search engines understand your site; an indexed page can appear in their results (SEO settings).
Sitemap: the file listing your pages for search engines.
Alt text: an image's written description, read by screen readers and search engines.
Variable: a placeholder replaced by a real value (the customer's name in an email). Insert it with the form's buttons.
Impression / click: an appearance in search results / a visit from that result.

Value unclear? See Marketing extensions or contact support with the screen and field name.