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Jargon

Learn about the jargon used in the Tailus tools, ressources and documentation.

  • Appearance: This refers to the visual aesthetic of a website, primarily dictated by its color scheme. Common appearances include light and dark themes.
  • Block: A distinct section of a website, often reusable, that serves as a building block in website design and layout.
  • Component: A self-contained entity in a website with a specific functionality. Components can be reused throughout a website to maintain consistency and streamline development.
  • Customization: The process of modifying a component’s properties to meet specific design or functionality requirements.
  • Customizer: A tool that facilitates the customization of components, allowing for a more personalized design.
  • Page: A specific section or screen of a website, serving a particular function. Pages are constructed using various components and blocks.
  • Preconfigs: A collection of Tailus components that have been preconfigured with specific styles or functionalities.
  • Tailus: A comprehensive toolkit built on top of the Tailwind CSS framework and modern frontend technologies. It provides resources for creating custom and modern web user interfaces.
  • TailwindCss: A utility-first CSS framework designed for rapid development of custom user interfaces. It provides low-level utility classes that let you build completely custom designs without ever leaving your HTML.
  • Template: A pre-designed layout for a webpage that can be used as a starting point for website design.
  • Theme: A cohesive set of styles applied to Tailus components to maintain a consistent look and feel across a website.
  • Themer: A Tailus tool that enables the creation of custom themes, allowing for a cohesive appearance across all components.
  • UI Kit: A collection of pre-designed components that can be used to expedite the website building process.
  • Radix-UI: A collection of open-source UI components for building high-quality, accessible design systems and web apps.
  • Props: Short for properties, these are variables used to pass data from one component to another in React.