Common Acronyms and Definitions

Throughout Thrillshare, you may run into different acronyms and terms you are unfamiliar with, below we'll describe some of the various terms used in Thrillshare:

CMS - Content Management System -This is the website management platform that contains options to edit your pages, site menu, redirects, page permissions, gallery, footer, homepage, settings, and allows you to view your current site design with Visit Site.

Call List - Otherwise known as Recipient Lists, call lists contain phone numbers, email addresses along with other data that allows you to reach out to your community by phone call, text message or email through Alerts Center. All Call lists are built from filters added to Data Lists.

Data List - Data pulled from Student Information Systems or SIS is sent to be mapped out in Data Management so that the Call Lists/Recipient Lists know who to contact with what type of message.

DNC - Do Not Contact - In Alerts, you may find that you have callers reach out to opt out of communications. From your Alerts section, the Do Not Contact list is used to block any/all calls, texts, and emails.

Slug - The slug refers to the end of navigation to tell people what page they are being sent to. If you were to go to website.com/page/help-article, your slug would be help-article.

Relative Link - Sometimes, you'll want to link a page that you just created. When adding a link for your new page, you may choose to use a relative link when linking internally. A relative link ignores the main website domain and only shares the website's path. For example, if you created your new page "https://website.com/o/main/page/new-page," you would only need to create a link for "/o/main/page/new-page" for it to work inside of Thrillshare.

DNS - Domain Name Server - The Domain Name Server tells your internet traffic where to point when it is displaying your webpage. Your Domain Name Server will typically be controlled by your network administrator. To see your current DNS settings, you can use Google Dig.

Metadata - The Metadata is what search engines like Google use to pull what a page is about. Think of it like a summary for your page.