Glossary

This glossary collects the most important Evolution CMS terms in one place.

Core Terms

• Resource / Document — the main content item in the tree.
• Template — page structure assigned to a resource.
• TV (Template Variable) — custom field attached to selected templates.
• Chunk — reusable markup or text fragment.
• Snippet — PHP code that returns output.
• Plugin — event-driven code.
• Module — manager-side tool or application.
• Placeholder — token replaced later with computed data.

Tree Terms

• Parent — the resource above the current resource.
• Child — a resource directly under another resource.
• Folder / Container — a resource marked as a folder in the tree.
• Alias — human-readable path segment used in URLs.

Current Dev Terms

• Package — Composer-installable Evo 3 extension.
• Service Provider — package bootstrap class that registers services, config, views, commands, migrations, and classic elements.
• Closure Table — tree relation table used for ancestor and descendant queries.

For more detail, see Terminology and Data Model.