Full Glossary

Editor

A site user responsible for performing editorial process to create, edit, or otherwise manage content. An editor creates, manages, edits, approves, and publishes content. This is considered the core user of a site, typically a content management system (CMS). Most CMS functionality is based around editors.

There are several subtypes of editor:

  • A power editor might also have some administrative responsibilities.
  • An approver might only be responsible for moving content through the approval process.
  • An UGC editor or community manager might only manage and review user-generated content (comments, ratings, reviews, etc.)
  • A marketer might not create and edit content directly, but is responsible for delivery, optimization, and performance of that content.

Related Chapter Sections:

  • Inputs and Outputs

    Chapter 7: Know Your Content

    Inputs and outputs for Chapter 7: Know Your Content

  • Application of Information Architecture

    Chapter 10: Organize Your Content

    The labeling, the navigation, the organization — this is all information architecture, the practice dedicated to finding organization through context and structure.

  • Inputs and Outputs

    Chapter 11: Model Your Content

    Inputs and outputs for Chapter 11: Model Your Content.

  • Inputs and Outputs

    Chapter 12: Write for People and Machines

    Inputs and outputs for Chapter 12: Write for People and Machines.

  • Model Implementation

    Chapter 20: Implement the Back-End Functionality

    Remember that content model you created? It's time to convert that model into something your CMS can manage.

  • Defining the Content Model

    Chapter 11: Model Your Content

    So, what exactly IS a content model? Before we begin planning a content model, let's take some time to define it.

  • Implementing the Content Model

    Chapter 11: Model Your Content

    And now, let's make the content model REAL. Let's build it within the structure of the content management system.

  • The Content: Maintaining and Creating Content That Works

    Chapter 24: Maintain and Improve

    The steps to maintaining content focus on carving out attention and setting up useful systems of review.

  • The Site Itself: Adjustments to Your Big Investment

    Chapter 24: Maintain and Improve

    Beyond maintaining content, you'll also find yourself maintaining the site itself — the integrations, the next-phase updates, and the content management system in general.

  • Other Development Tasks

    Chapter 20: Implement the Back-End Functionality

    Beyond the main back-end development tasks there's quite a few other details to be handled.

  • The Short List and Request for Proposal (RFP)

    Chapter 16: Select a Content Management System

    Once you’ve notified a handful of vendors that you’ve decided not to move forward with them, you need to prepare an RFP for the remaining vendors.

  • Writing for Machines

    Chapter 12: Write for People and Machines

    Finally, there's one audience you can never please — because they care only for data: search engines and screen readers.

  • Testing the Site

    Chapter 22: Test and Launch the Site

    There are three axes that a QA issue can turn on when testing the site: public vs. private, absolute vs. partial, and uncontained vs. contained.

  • Transitioning from Project to Product

    Chapter 24: Maintain and Improve

    Your site has launched, and it's yours now! We've officially moved from the project phase into the PRODUCT phase.