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Glossary

Terms used when you manage a Trackside site.

Organization

The group that runs a Trackside site. Its staff control the site's content.

Site

The public pages for one organization. Only a full-integration organization has a site.

Page

One address on an organization's site. A page holds an ordered set of blocks.

Home page

The page at the site's main address. Leave the Address field empty to create it.

Draft

The version of a page that staff edit. Visitors see the published version instead.

Published page

The version of a page that site visitors can see. Publishing replaces the previous published version.

Block

One part of a page, such as a hero, text section, FAQ, or event list.

Catalog product

An entry, pass, add-on, or coaching offering that an organization sets up for sale.

Navigation

The links that help visitors move through the site. A page can appear in the main menu or footer.

Site Theme

The colors, fonts, text sizes, shapes, logo, icon, and layout used across an organization's site.

Media Library

The images an organization has uploaded for its site. Pages, the site theme, sponsors, coaches, and passes use these images.

Alt text

Words that describe an image for a person who cannot see it. Add them when you upload the image.

FAQ

An organization's questions and answers. An FAQ block shows them on a page.

Preview

A view of a page's saved draft inside the console. Save block changes to see them here before publishing.

Sandbox

A payment test mode with separate purchases, bookings, inventory, pass holdings and store credit. The catalog and rider accounts are shared with Live.

Payments

The console screen where organization administrators connect Square Live and start private test purchases.

Redirect

A rule that sends an old link to a page or product on your organization's site.

Query parameter

A name and value after the question mark in a URL, such as id=42.

Redirect simulation

A test that treats one saved or unsaved redirect as enabled without changing your site.

Test checkout

A private purchase test that uses Dummy without a payment connection or real charges. Results appear in Sandbox.