Dictionary

Sometimes it happens that a term from software development needs explanation.

Term	Definition
Administration	The page of your shop that is accessible to you as the system administrator. Often also called backend.
Backend	The page of your shop that is accessible to you as the system administrator. Often also called administration.
Body	Element represents the content of an HTML document.
Child-Theme	Theme that inherits the functionality of another parent theme. Read more
CSS / SCSS	Markup language with which the design of the shop is realized. colors, font sizes, etc. are defined here for elements.
Frontend	The page of your shop that is accessible to the customer. Often also called storefront.
Inherit	Inherited - Inherits a setting. e.g. from the theme configuration. Often the default value of a selection field.
Javascript	JavaScript is a scripting language commonly used in web pages and is then executed by the visitor's browser. Many behaviors of the system are controlled in Javascript, such as opening menus, the shopping cart, reloading article variants and much more.
Listing	Page or category in which the products are listed
Offcanvas	As in offcanvas menu, offcanvas shopping cart, offcanvas top bar. Designates elements that appear from the non-visible area of the browser window (i.e. outside the canvas) through certain actions into the visible area.
Storefront	The page of your shop that is accessible to the customer. Often also called frontend.
Variable	A variable serves as a placeholder for a value. In this, for example, color values can be saved and used in the theme configuration.
Viewport	The term viewport means the size of a viewing window or a viewing opening on a screen. Often broken down into xs, sm, md, lg, xl sizes.
:hover	Mouse-over effect of an element. Often with buttons.
:focus	Active, selected element. Common for input fields.