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Plain-language definitions of the terms used in the admin and in this guide.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Admin | This management system, the private area where you run the business and website. Also the name of the highest team access level. |
| Alt text / image description | A one-line description of an image, read aloud by screen readers and used by search engines. |
| Archive | Retiring a record (like a customer account) without deleting it. The history stays. |
| Client | A customer, meaning someone who books and pays for services. |
| Disable | A switch that hides an item (service, option, category) from customers without deleting it. The reversible alternative to deleting. |
| Draft | A saved change that customers cannot see yet. Becomes visible when you publish. |
| Favicon | The small icon shown in the browser tab next to your site's name. |
| Home service | A service performed at the customer's address, within a store's service area. |
| Live / published | Visible to customers right now. |
| Locale / language | A language version of the website's content. |
| Margin duration | Hidden buffer minutes before or after an appointment, for setup, travel, or cleanup. |
| Operations | The read-only dashboard showing today's work, incoming orders, and staff workload. |
| Order status | Where a booking is in its life: Requested, Scheduled, In progress, then Completed (or Canceled / Failed). |
| Preview | Viewing a change exactly as customers will see it, before publishing. |
| Publish | Making a draft live. Customers see it immediately. |
| Search preview | The title and description search engines and social shares display for a page. |
| Sender name | The "from" name customers see in their inbox on your emails. |
| Service area / radius | How far from a branch home service reaches, in kilometers. |
| Service mode | Whether a service happens in-store or at the customer's home. |
| Slug | The web address of a page or service, meaning the part after your domain, like /services/wash-and-fold. Changing it breaks old links. |
| Staff | A worker who performs services and appears on schedules. |
| Store | A branch: its address, hours, staff, and service area. |
| User | A team member's account for signing in to this admin. |
| Variant | A concrete option of a service that customers pick and pay for, with its own price, duration, and requirements. |
| Version history | Previous saved versions of content, kept so you can restore one if a change goes wrong. |