How to Create a Glossary

Provide definitions for terms and acronyms for users with a glossary.

Summary

Glossify is a third-party Drupal module added to the Digital Commons platform. It provides filters that scan and parse text content to provide linked tooltips that provide a definition for terms you have added to your glossary using taxonomy. 

Audience

  • Web Managers add new terms and definitions to the glossary.

Learn more about Platform User Roles and Permissions. 

How to Add Terms and Definitions

  • 1

    Go to the Glossify Vocabulary

    Just as web managers can add terms to the Blog or Press Release vocabularies, you can add terms to the glossary. 

    1. Login and navigate to Structure > Taxonomy
    2. In the Vocabulary Name column, find Glossify.
    3. Select List Terms in the Operations column. 
    4. The Glossify Vocabulary opens.
    Glossify Vocabulary interface for adding new terms to the glossary
  • 2

    Add Term and Definition

    All fields with an asterisk(*) are required.

    1. Select the Add term button. If terms have already been added to the glossary, they are provided in a table. 
    2. Name (*) - Enter the term or acronym you want to define as it will appear on page text. It is case-sensitive.
      Example: "content management system"
    3. Description - Enter the definition to be provided when the user selects the glossary term.
    4. Select Save to save the term and definition to the glossary. 
  • 3

    Test the Glossary Item

    1. Navigate to a page that uses the term you just added to the vocabulary. 
    2. The term now appears as a link within the Text component.
    3. Select the link for the term.
    4. A dialogue box opens displaying the term and its definition. 
    5. Select Close or the Exit button to close the dialogue box.