Shifter Glossary of Terms

Commonly used words in the Shifter platform

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Written by Tomohyco Tsunoda
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A Record

Type of domain record where the value is a static IP address.

ALIAS

Type of domain name such as example.com, but the value is treated like a CNAME record.

Artifact

The static version of your WordPress site created by Shifter's static site generator.

CNAME

Type of domain such as www.example.com, where the value is masked and mapped to another name like https://example.on.getshifter.io.

Deploy

Stack of artifacts which are published or ready to be.

Dashboard

The Shifter Dashboard accessible at go.getshifter.io, where you can manage and control all your WordPress sites hosted on Shifter.

Publish / Published Artifact

The Artifact you select as your live site. This is public-facing to the internet for anyone to see.

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