Concepts

• Item: Objects or shared goods offered for lending
• Location: Physical place from which items are lent out
• Timeframe: Groups all events such as availability, holidays, and bookings
• Booking: A so-called "slot" within a timeframe configuration that assigns an item at a location to a user
• Booking restrictions: Covers important usage notes and restrictions (e.g. total breakdown) and supplements a bookable timeframe
• Template tags: Placeholders for dynamic content, such as the name of a user in a booking confirmation email
• Booking codes: Randomly generated word combinations created by the system that help verify a booking offline

Here are some general terms that may need explanation, but do not apply only to the CommonsBooking plugin:

• Frontend: The part of a website visible to visitors. The opposite is the backend or admin area.

• Admin dashboard / backend : The part of a website that is used solely for administration purposes, usually with protected access.