Simpplr has a breadth of functionality, and this resource aims to clarify the
nomenclature you will come across while setting up your new intranet.
Terminology
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Term |
Description |
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Home Dashboard |
First thing you see when you login. Contains tiles, carousel and feed. |
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Home Tiles |
Content comes from sites and people you follow. Home Feed Shows recent activity from sites and people you follow. |
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Home Feed |
Shows recent activity from sites and people you follow. |
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Home Carousel |
Shows information your organization wants you to see (usually the most important info). |
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Home Layout |
Decide on whether you want the feed on the home dashboard or on a separate tab. Choose from 18 different column and tile layouts. |
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Site |
Houses your content, relating to a department, project, common interest. Some examples include HR, IT, Marketing, Reading Club. Sites may contain site dashboards, and a site feed. Content on a site may include pages, events, albums, files. |
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Site Category |
Sorts sites (eg. Location, Department, Affinity Groups, etc.) |
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Featured Sites |
Most important sites (usually relevant to everyone in an organization). |
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Public Site |
Everyone can see the site content and become a member (accessible for all users). |
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Private Site |
Only users with access can see the content; membership is restricted. Users have to request access from the site manager. |
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Site Dashboard |
Typical landing page for the site. Includes site feed and site tiles. |
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Site Feed |
Feed belonging to your site. Users can share, post, like and start conversations. |
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Site Tiles |
Displays different content – either from your site or from external sources. |
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Site Layout |
Decide on whether you want the feed on the site dashboard or on a separate tab. Choose from 18 different column and tile layouts. |
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Content |
Content Part of a site. Examples of content include pages, events, albums. |
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Page |
Similar to an article; pages will make up most of your content and encompass mostly text. |
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Page Category |
Page Category Helps to organize pages. (eg. Page category: Benefits----pages: Health, vision, dental) |
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Content Feed |
Belongs to specific content (i.e. page, album) |
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Event |
A planned occasion. |
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Album |
Collection of your images and videos. |
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File |
Library of documents (i.e. pdf, jpeg) |
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People |
People directory - displays all people in your organization |
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Profile |
Information about you |
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Favorites |
Sites, people, content, files and feed posts you favorited |
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Launchpad |
Work applications |
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