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Help - Vocabulary!
Realm: a room within Ethereal Realms. Each realm is independent of any other, as far as management, rules, genre, and style of roleplay.
Puppet: a handle under which you post.
Portal: the main gateway to the different realms. This is the main page you see, after you login. From it, you can edit your profile or your puppets, learn about the different realms, or enter one at your leisure.
Frames: a type of chat system in which, every time you push the "refresh" button, the only posts that show are the ones that have been posted since you last pushed "refresh."
Streaming: a type of chat system in which the posts instantly load onto the page, without you having to push "refresh," though the page will occasionally require you to refresh.
No-frames: a type of chat system which is similar to Frames, except that the only way to refresh the page (thus receiving new posts) is by posting, yourself. Very rarely used.
Auto-scroll: a type of chat system which is similar to Streaming, but that the upper-frame scrolls down automatically.
Splash Page: the front page of a realm. After you go through the portal, to a realm, there is a page on which the room's Who's On is available, alone with some specifics on the realm. That's the splash page.
Room Rating: the level of violence/sexuality/cursing allowed within a specific room. The rating system is based on the minimum age of those allowed in. For instance, 14+ has some mildly offensive language, no sexual content, and mild violence, whereas 18+ allows for offensive language, some sexual content, and violence.
This does not, however, mean that anything is allowed in 18+ realms. Every realm's host chooses for him or herself what should be allowed and what should not. Please read a realm's rules before making assumptions.
Communications Panel: the lower frame in a chatting window. Though its layout changes from realm to realm to better illustrate the mood and genre of each realm, it has the same basic information.
Tagline: Specifically, the tagline is text which is italicized and in parentheses next to the puppet.
However, the term "tagline" is often used to describe any text that appears regularly around a puppet.
Title: Specifically, the text which appears next to or surrounding the puppet within a tagline.
Gummy: the small picture that appears next to a puppet's name. These are usually black and white images, though there are some notable exceptions:
Red Gummies are used by administration.
Green Gummies (theatrical masks) are used by moderators.
Blue Gummies (theatrical masks) are used by hosts.
Other Gummies are used by contributors. You can get a Blue or Green Gummy (along with other perks such as image hosting and webpage space) by making a donation to Ethereal Realms.
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