Hi, Dear WordPress Tooltip plugin users,
I hope this message finds you well and enjoying quality time with your family. Recently, we received feedback from an amazing WordPress Tooltip user who expressed confusion about our glossary index page and create glossary pages via glossary shortcode. We apologize for any confusion caused and would like to assure you that we are committed to resolving this issue.
In response to the feedback, we are planning to write a detailed document explaining what a glossary index page is and how to create a glossary using the glossary shortcode. We also aim to propose a solution that will prevent any future confusion. If you find our proposed solution helpful, we are more than willing to develop a new version of the plugin that addresses this problem.
Before we begin, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Carlos for tirelessly pointing out our issues, which prompted us to rectify them. 🙂
What is glossary?
In general, a “Glossary” refers to a list or collection that contains terms, definitions, and explanations. It is used to explain and clarify specific terms used in documents, books, websites, or other forms of text. The main purpose of a Glossary is to help readers understand and remember the specialized terms, acronyms, and concepts used in the text. It provides accurate definitions of terms and explains their meaning and usage. By using a Glossary, readers can eliminate ambiguity, improve reading comprehension, and enhance their ability to use the text. A Glossary serves the following functions:
- Defining terms: It provides clear and concise definitions of terms to help readers understand their meaning and usage.
- Explanations and examples: It offers explanations and examples for each term to help readers better understand the concepts and meanings behind them.
- Sorting and organizing: Terms are arranged in alphabetical order, enabling readers to quickly find the desired term.
- Cross-referencing: It provides links to other related terms to help readers establish connections between terms.
- Labels and annotations: Terms are categorized and supplemented with labels and annotations, making the Glossary more clear and user-friendly. A Glossary can be applied to various types of texts and scenarios, including:
- Academic papers and textbooks: It helps readers understand complex academic terms and concepts.
- Technical manuals and user guides: It provides explanations of specific terms and functions to assist users in better utilizing products or services.
- Professional magazines and journals: It explains and elucidates industry-specific terms and concepts for readers.
- Online resources and e-learning courses: It provides definitions and explanations of terms on websites and educational platforms to help learners better understand the content. In summary, a Glossary is a tool that aids readers in understanding and explaining terms. It plays a crucial role in various texts and fields. It provides accurate definitions and explanations of specific terms, enhancing the effectiveness of reading and learning, and facilitating effective knowledge transfer and communication.
The WordPress Glossary plugin extends the traditional functionality of glossaries, you can make a glossary page by insert a shortcode “glossary” in any wordpress pages, in front end , it looks like this:
WordPress glossary plugin extends the traditional functionality of glossary, for example:
- 5 preset Glossary stylesheet and beautiful color schemes:: Blue, Blonde, Dark, Red, Green, change your glossary template via one click in glossary setting panel.
- Easy to custom Glossary style:: In Glossary settings panel, you can customize font size of glossary navigation bar item, font size of glossary navigation bar selected item, You can custom “Glossary Term Underline Color”, “Glossary Term Font Color”, “Glossary Term Font Size”, “Glossary Content Font Color”… and so on, users can decide include or exclude numbers in glossary navigation bar, or you can hide the letters in the Glossary Nav Bar that don’t have any tooltips associated with them, i.e., where the number of tooltips is zero… and so on, it looks like this:
- Glossary support multi-language: English, Swedish, French, German, Finnish, Spanish,Russian
- Glossary index page, SEO friendly: Check Demo, By default, our plugin will generate a powerful glossary index page at http://yourdomain.com/glossary/, you can change it to any your pages, just one click in glossary setting panel, glossary index page support page navigation, it is SEO friendly and help you get better SEO rank
- Glossary category filter / selector: In glossary index page, at the top of glossary items, user can select different glossary category from glossary category dropdown box, when user selected a category, glossary index page will only show related glossary in specified glossary category
- Glossary term pages, SEO friendly: Each glossary item have their own glossary page, the link structure looks like this: http://yourdomain.com/glossary/terms1/ , http://yourdomain.com/glossary/terms2/ , also in glossary term page, we added tooltip glossary breadcrumbs, it looks like Home / Glossary / glossary term name, you can click to back to glossary page, or click to back to home page, it is SEO-Friendly, please check demo of glossary breadcrumbs
- Option to enable / disable bread crumbs in glossary term pages: In backend, you will find option “Enable Bread Crumbs on Glossary Term Page” in in Glossary Settings panel,, if you select yes, in front end of glossary term pages, we will show bread crumbs on glossary term pages, if you select no, then in front end, we will disable bread crumbs on glossary term pages.
- Easy to manage Glossary Pages: In Glossary settings panel, you can enable / disable glossary index page and glossary term links by one click, one click to display / hide images in glossary page… and more
- Glossary Support Responsive : Our glossary works well on mobile devices
- Glossary Page support list style or table style: you can use shortcode “tooltipstable” to generate a glossary page, this shortcode will generate a glossary which have two-column table, left is term, right is content of the term. Also you can use shortcode “tooltipslist” to generate a glossary page which with a tooltips list format
- Glossary / Directory / List support multi-language: followed users requested, our glossary section support English, Swedish, German, Frensh, Finish,Russian in Directory, you can chose your language in optional settings now, if you hope our directory support your language, please contact us
- Options to enable / disable tooltips effect on glossary pages: In Glossary Settings panel, you can enable or disable tooltips effect on glossary pages by one click
- Quick load speed: everything is CSS, no image are used, in “Tooltips Global Settings” panel, you can speed up the page load speed via chose to “Load Tooltip Javascript In WordPress Header” or “Load Tooltip Javascript In WordPress Footer”, optimized codes let topltips pro works better with many cache plugins to speed up your site. In wordpress post editor, support disable tooltip to speed up page load speed, in optionanl setting panel, support one click to bulk disable tooltips in post by post ids… and so on, wordpress tooltips plugin have moved all in-line js code and js main functions to the wordpress footer, so your browser will not need waiting for the js code, this will speed up wordpress pages loading speed, also we support add defer to wordpress tooltip js files, tooltip admin can enable defer in backend
- Custom tooltip glossary template with your own code in back end: Some coders hope have a method to custom tooltip & glossary template with their own css codes, so do not need to replace css codes in tooltip & glossary template files again
There are many additional glossary features that include various functionalities. Some of these glossary features can be referenced by taking a screenshot of the glossary settings:
Also this glossary settings can be used on our directory functions, you can find how the woocommerce product directory work in the demo woocommerce directory .
What is glossary index page?
The term “Glossary Index Page” refers to a dedicated page or section that stores past indexes of terms used in a glossary. The glossary index page serves as a centralized source of information, allowing users to easily retrieve previously used term indexes. These indexes are typically organized in chronological order and can be included as appendices in documents or publications, providing readers with the ability to review previous term definitions and explanations.
The primary purpose of a glossary index page is to preserve and provide access to past term indexes. It assists readers in finding previous term definitions, helps them review related concepts, and acts as a convenient reference resource. Additionally, glossary index pages can be utilized to track the evolution and changes of terms over time, while also providing a reference for maintaining consistency in documents or publications. Overall, the function of a glossary index page aids in organizing and managing term indexes, making them more accessible and useful.
Why was the function of a glossary index page developed? Several years ago, an enthusiastic user of our amazing WordPress Tooltip plugin shared his experience using our WordPress glossary feature for language teaching purposes. He created a dictionary with many glossary terms and expressed his desire for each term to have its dedicated link. Furthermore, he wished for all these glossary terms, titles, content, and links to be listed in one glossary index page to improve SEO ranking. It was due to this valuable feedback that we designed and implemented the function of a glossary index page.
How did we design the wordpress glossary index page?
Based on the valuable feedback from that amazing WordPress Tooltip user, we developed the glossary index page as a Glossary Archive Page. When users install the WordPress Tooltip plugin, it automatically creates a page called “Glossary.”
By default, the WordPress glossary plugin enables the function of the glossary index page and uses the “Glossary” page as the default glossary index page.
In the Glossary Settings panel, users have the option to enable or disable the glossary index page because some users may require it while others may not.
Furthermore, in the glossary settings panel, the WordPress Glossary admin can find the option for “Glossary Index Page.” Here, the WordPress Glossary plugin lists all pages in a select box, allowing users to choose a page as the glossary index page. On the front-end, the glossary index page appears as a glossary archive page — the glossary index page looke like this.
How do we plan to improve the wordpress glossary index page?
We know seom users confused by this design — because the words “Glossary Index Page” , in their language and understanding, a “Glossary Index Page” is supposed to have all the functionality of a glossary — that is, the functionality of a glossary created with the glossary’s shortcode.
Sorry for the confusion, we will change the function like this way:
When a new user installs and activates the wordpress tooltip plugin for the first time, we will automatically create two pages, the first is “glossary” — we will automatically add the glossary shortcode to this page, so that this automatically created “glossary” page will have full glossary. We will put a link to the default glossary page at the top of the glossary settings panel, so that users can use glossary without any setup work.
Second, we will automatically create a second page called “glossary list” or “glossary index”, and automatically set this page to be the glossary archive page.
And we will link the glossary index page option to our detailed tutorials and DEMOs, so that when users are confused, they can click on the links to view our tutorials and DEMOs directly, and immediately understand the use of the glossary index page and the difference between the default glossary page.
Do you think this will solve the problem? If you have any other comments, feel free to guide us, we will try our best to provide an easy to use product for our users!
Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your understanding and support. If you have any further questions or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We value your feedback and are dedicated to improving our plugin to meet your needs.
