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diff --git a/glossary.md b/glossary.md index 32952be1e..d641f7451 100644 --- a/glossary.md +++ b/glossary.md @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Definitions <li><a href="#publish">publish</a></li> <li><a href="#request">request</a></li> <li><a href="#response">response</a></li> + <li><a href="#rails">Ruby on Rails</a></li> + <li><a href="#sass">Sass</a></li> <li><a href="#state">state</a></li> <li><a href="#theme">theme</a></li> </ul> @@ -192,8 +194,8 @@ Definitions <p>More information:</p> <ul> <li> - see these instructions for <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}installing/exim4">configuring exim4</a>, - a common MTA + see these instructions for <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}installing/email">configuring your MTA</a> + (examples are for exim4 and postfix, two of the most common) </li> </ul> </div> @@ -237,6 +239,53 @@ Definitions </dd> <dt> + <a name="rails">Ruby on Rails</a> (also Rails) + </dt> + <dd> + Alaveteli is written in the Ruby programming language, using + the web application framework "Ruby on Rails". + <div class="more-info"> + <p>More information:</p> + <ul> + <li> + <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a> website + </li> + <li> + Alavateli's <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}developers/directory_structure/">directory structure</a> + is influenced by its use of Ruby on Rails + </li> + </ul> + </div> + + </dd> + + <dt> + <a name="sass">Sass</a> (for generating CSS) + </dt> + <dd> + Alaveteli's cascading stylesheets (CSS) control how the pages appear, and + are defined using <strong>Sass</strong>. It's technically a CSS extension + language, and we use it because it's easier to manage than writing CSS + directly (for example, Sass lets you easily make a single change that will + be applied to many elements across the whole site). + <a href="#rails" class="glossary">Rails</a> notices if you change any of + the Sass files, and automatically re-generates the CSS files that the + website uses. + <div class="more-info"> + <p>More information:</p> + <ul> + <li> + <a href="http://sass-lang.com">Sass website</a> + </li> + <li> + more about <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}customising/themes/#changing-the-colour-scheme">changing + your colour scheme</a>, which uses Sass + </li> + </ul> + </div> + </dd> + + <dt> <a name="state">state</a> </dt> <dd> |