Glossary

author

Someone who writes a travelog. When you register, you become an author, but if you are just reading other people's travelogs, you are a user

diary entry, entry

An entry, or diary entry, is one chunk of your travelog, with its own title, date and time, location and text. The main page consists of a list of entries for the chosen user

entry locking

Every author can lock individual diary entries, which prevents unauthorised users from viewing the text of the entry (although they can still see the title, date, and location). All the locked entries in an author's travelog share the same key, which a user needs to get from the author if they want to read the diary entries. In this way authors can decide who they want reading their diary entries. See also travelog locking.

key

A key is a special password you can use if you are an author to protect your travelog or your individual diary entries. There are two keys you can create: a travelog key and an entry key, for travelog locking and entry locking (sometimes called travelog-level locking and entry-level locking.

password

An author's password is the other half of the combination which is required to identify and authorise the author to update their own travelog. It is different to the author's keys which are used for locking; the password is only known by the author and used only for logging on.

locking

Protecting your entries or your whole travelog. See travelog locking, entry locking, and key.

Travelog

When spelled with an upper case T, it refers to the Travelog website - the system which stores and presents diary entries etc.

travelog

This refers to an author's collection of diary entries, e.g. Nik's travelog is the collection of Nik's diary entries

travelog locking

Every author can lock their whole travelog, which prevents unauthorised users from viewing it at all, even the titles and dates of the entries. In order to unlock someone's travelog, a user needs a key, which the author can provide if they want to authorise the user to read the travelog. See also entry locking.

user

Anyone who uses Travelog is a user. Does this make Travelog some kind of drug? Either way, you can change the user you are reading by using the Author Search on the main page.

user name

The unique name which you choose when you register to be an author. Together with your password you use it to log on.