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Terminology

Sebastian K. Sorensen edited this page Jan 28, 2021 · 3 revisions

This is a collection of commonly used terms when using and talking about Volcano.

The Route

This is a key component of Volcano. It's basically just the URL in your browser turned into something that Volcano can understand.

See route() for more information.

The Resolved Route

This is The Route resolved into a Entry, Template, or nothing.

See resolvedRoute() for more information.

The Magic

A term used a lot in the documentation and wiki of Volcano. It's the vital method to call and therefore magic felt like a proper term. Renders your Entry.

See render() for more information.

Entry

The first version of Volcano only had Pages and Templates. Since 1.0.0 Posts arrived and soon after that Entry became a thing. It was to daunting writing Pages & Posts, Pages or Posts, Pages... you get it.

An Entry is a Markdown file in the theme/pages or theme/posts directory. More on these can be found here and here.

A model exists for Entry. See Models/Entry.php for more information.

The End

Tightly coupled with The Resolved Route. The End is where Volcano have read, resolved and rendered your Template or Entry.

See resolve() for more information.

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