Glossary
We've rounded up all of the Localist terms you'll need in your admin tool belt below:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Admin Dashboard | The page where the admins can make changes to the platform and review events. Synonyms: the “back end” |
| Allow User Activity | Allows comments, reviews, and user-added photos; checked by default. |
| API | Application Programming Interface (API); a way Localist exports raw event data for custom tools created by the customer. |
| Attendee Report | A list of all users who selected “I’m Interested” on Localist, Facebook, or bought tickets/registered through Eventbrite. |
| Automatic Photo | The photo an event takes following the Photo Fallback Chain if a unique photo is not uploaded or assigned. |
| Place | You can either select to manually enter a place name + address (Use:option) or you can select a place page, which will automatically link it and pull in the saved address. "Use": By selecting this option, you will not be connecting a place page and will instead be using a custom location. |
| Bulk Upload | Uploading multiple data point at once using a CSV or XLS spread sheet; available for users, events, groups, and places. |
| Bulletin | Localist’s own native newsletter tool that allows effortless email Event marketing for your community. |
| Calendar Homepage | The main page of an organization’s calendar. Synonyms: the “front end” |
| Campaigns | WHEN your audience will receive Bulletin content. |
| Channel | Page that features events based on specific parameters. |
| Channel Admin | Overall administrator of Channels on the platform. |
| Contacts | WHO will be receiving Bulletin content. |
| CSV Feed | The best type of feed for importing calendar, user, or group data into Localist. |
| Custom CSS | Allows changes to surface-level design elements, like colors, fonts, and sizes. |
| Custom Domain | Unique URL for your Localist calendar match the rest of your site. |
| Custom Event Rejection | Message sent by Admin to the event submitter explaining why the event was rejected. |
| Custom Field | Any field you have added to the event submission form that is not standard. Synonyms: unique field |
| Custom Submission Form Guidelines | Guidelines highlighted in Custom Resources Box that inform the users submitting events. Synonyms: special instructions |
| Department Page | A box on the calendar homepage or event submission form that holds information and is added using the Theme Editor. |
| Digest | Localist tool that allows Users to create their own custom email of Events sent straight to their inbox. |
| Event Admin | Can approve events in the Pending Queue and can add events to the platform. |
| Event Page | A dedicated page for an event that allows for a description, photo, map, I’m Interested, newsfeed, and additional information. Synonyms: event page, event listing |
| Eventbrite ID | The unique number at the end of Eventbrite’s listing URL used for importing events. |
| Event Experience | Allows Admins to specify whether an event is in-person or virtual. |
| EventReach | A metric to measure the expected audience awareness, or the “reach” of an event. Synonyms: audience awareness |
| EventScore | Localist’s algorithm to determine the most popular and interesting events to put in Trending by analyzing dozens of factors. |
| Event Status | Allows Admins to change the status of events to either Live, Cancelled, Postponed or Sold Out. |
| Exclude from Trending | Prevents an event from appearing in the Trending list. |
| External ID | A number assigned to an event that is used in importing from feeds. Synonyms: event number |
| Featured Events | Events selected by Admins to receive a prime spot on the calendar in the Featured Events carousel. |
| Featured Events Carousel | The box at the top of the page that slides through up to 10 featured events in upcoming order. Synonyms: featured box, featured banner |
| Feeds | A way to pull external event content into Localist for centralized management. |
| Filters | Classification tool to divide and assign events to various categories. |
| Group Admin | Overall administrator of Groups on the platform. |
| Group Officer | The user can edit the Group description on the group landing page, approve Group members, and send messages to Group. |
| Group Page | A dedicated page for a group that allows for a description, photo, map, events associated, newsfeed, and additional information. Synonyms: group page |
| I’m Interested | A button for users to express interest in and receive information about an event. Synonyms: I’m Going |
| ICS/iCal Feed | A type of feed that is designed for sharing calendar data; preferable over as RSS feed for Localist. |
| Implementation Guide | The guide sent by the Localist team to help you set up and maintain your platform. Synonyms: on-boarding guide |
| Keyword | Hidden tags that are only used for internal purposes; great for SEO, common misspellings, and widget filtering. |
| Knowledge Base | A series of articles that Localist writes to help users and admins better navigate the platform. A great go-to for usage questions. Synonyms: help section |
| Live Events | Events that are on the calendar that have not happened yet. |
| Mini Cal | The 30 day calendar visible to help users view events for a specific date. |
| Owner | The user that submitted the event. |
| Pending Digest | Daily email to admins about events awaiting approval in the Pending Queue. Synonyms: awaiting approval |
| Pending Queue | Where events submitted by non-admins or trusted users await approval. Synonyms: approval queue, approval page |
| Pending Submitted Events | The events found in the Pending Queue awaiting approval. Synonyms: events-in-limbo, unapproved events |
| Photo Fallback Chain | The process that ensures each event has a photo that is a relevant as possible. Synonyms: automatic photo, inherited photo |
| Photo Library | A collection of pre-selected photos for users to choose from when submitting an event. |
| Place Page | A dedicated page for a place that allows for a description, photo, map, events associated, newsfeed, and additional information. Synonyms: place page, venue page |
| Platform Admin | Overall administrator of the platform. Synonyms: overall admin, super editor |
| Production Platform | The live platform that will makes changes in real time to your site. |
| Public Event Submission Form | The form where users or admins input event details to submit or create an event on the platform. Synonyms: approval form, public form |
| Public Help Page | A page created by an admin to help their users navigate their specific platform from a blank theme file. |
| Register | An internal tool that allows for managing tickets alongside events. |
| Repeating | Events that recur on a regular basis or have multiple opportunities in a short time. Synonyms: recurring |
| Restricted to Place Pages | The event will only appear on the place’s landing page. |
| Restricted to Widgets | The event will only appear in the applicable widgets and not directly on the platform. |
| RSS Feed | A type of feed for importing calendar data that adheres to the Calendar standard; least preferable for Localist. |
| Brand Template | Allows Localist to apply the same header, footer, and styles to every calendar page. |
| Social Activity | This report lists all social media activity on the calendar and the popularity of each service. Synonyms: shares |
| Sponsored Events | Events that have received a boost by an Admin, which can display different formatting, if selected. Synonyms: boosted events |
| Staging Environment | A parallel platform that allows admin to test and experiment with changes without impacting the live platform. Synonyms: sandbox, trial, test platform |
| Tag | Free text labels to assign to events in a temporary or ultra-specific category. |
| Templates | WHAT content you will be sending and how it displays in Bulletin. |
| Theme Editor | A way to access the platform’s HTML to customize how event data is presented. |
| Theme File | A file including the basic layout of a page that is customizable to include any type of content. |
| Public Help Page | A page created by an admin to help their users navigate their specific platform from a blank theme file. |
| Trending | An algorithm that sorts events according to EventScore which factors in the uniqueness of event and popularity among users. Synonyms: popular |
| Trusted User | A non-administrator permission, but allows user to skip the pending queue when submitting events through the public submission form. |
| Unlisted | Events that are only viewable to users with the URL. |
| Upcoming | Events are sorted chronologically. Synonyms: chronological view, up next, soonest |
| User | Any person interacting with a Localist calendar. Admins, registered users, and people browsing the calendar without an account all qualify as users. |
| User Dashboard | A page for the user to see a feed of all the events they are interested in, as well as their activity on the platform. |
| Vanity URL | A URL customizable for your event. |
| Visibility | How many many users can see an event depending on permission levels. |
| Visible | Events displayed on the calendar to anyone who visit the calendar. Synonyms: public |
| Visible Only When Logged In | Events displayed on the calendar only to users who have logged in through SSO, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google or a Localist account. |
| Widget | Enables admins or users to embed and display a series of events on pages other than the main calendar. |
| Widget Builder | The tool on the Admin Dashboard that allows a users to create a Localist widget for use on an external site or platform. |
| Widget Templates | The different ways to display a Localist widget on an external site or platform. |