Content Studio / Reference
Terminology
Find definitions for the terms used throughout the Content Studio manual.
Content and Administration
Content Studio — The content-management product from Cyclops Studios, including Admin and its public presentation components.
Admin component — The Elements component listed as CS Admin, used to publish the administration entry and developer-controlled site configuration.
Administration page — The protected browser interface where an authorized user manages Content Studio.
Administrator account — The credentials created during initialization and used to sign in to the administration page.
Post — A publishable content item with a title, body, image, status, and optional Publish Date.
Event — A publishable dated or recurring item displayed through an Event List.
Dated Event — An Event with a required Event Date and an optional Event Time.
Recurring Event — An ongoing Event with a required display label rather than one required calendar date.
Draft — Saved content that is not public.
Published — Content eligible for public display, subject to dates and component configuration.
Scheduled or Future — The dashboard label for Posts that are scheduled or have a future Publish Date and are not yet publicly eligible.
Initialization Choices
Starter Content — The optional Northlight Studio sample Posts, Events, and images installed once during initialization.
Start Empty — The initialization choice that creates the administrator account without installing the Northlight Studio sample set.
Media and Smart Images
Media Manager — The shared image library used to upload, review, and manage site media.
Smart Images — The administration area for assigning Media Manager images to reusable image destinations.
Image Destination — A publisher-defined image role that an administrator can assign through Smart Images.
Smart Image — An Elements component that displays the current assignment for a configured destination.
Destination Key / machine key — The stable identifier entered as Destination Key on a Smart Image and defined as Machine Key in Smart Image Destinations.
Default Image — The reserved fallback for a public Smart Image without a usable destination assignment. It is not a fallback for the Admin header logo.
Client Site Logo — The valid direct image assignment for exact machine key site-logo, shown in the Admin header without Default Image or component fallback.
Publishing and Storage
Application code — The updateable Content Studio files stored in cyclops-cms.
Runtime data — The site-specific content, settings, credentials, media, and assignments stored in cyclops-cms-data.
Local Folder — An Elements publishing destination that writes the site to a folder on the developer’s computer for local PHP serving or later transfer.
Configuration and Diagnostics
System Health — The administration view that checks the current Content Studio environment and reports actionable problems.
Admin Title — The large administration, initialization, and existing launcher heading. Launcher Button sets the launch button text; Page Title independently sets the browser tab title.
Save & Preview — The Post editor action that saves an eligible Published Post and opens its real public detail route.
Preview Page — The optional Admin inspector destination used by Save & Preview when one Post detail destination cannot be inferred automatically.
Logout Destination — The setting that chooses where the administrator is sent after signing out.
Developer Logo — An optional Elements resource chosen in the Admin inspector and displayed beside developer support details in System Health; clients do not change it in Smart Images.