Open Source Linux Desktop and Software Application Support includes a variety of features which are available for your use at the click of a mouse. Without installing any additional software, you can manage banners, set up surveys and polls, syndicate your content, and do many other common tasks.

The tools that make these functions possible are called Components, Modules and Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support bots.

• You can consider a Component as a full application that runs inside Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support. Components extend Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support and give it extra functionality. The output of a component is displayed inside the main content area.
• Modules are smaller, generally “helper” applications. Some run autonomously, others work in cooperation with Components. They are generally displayed around the edges of the main content area, in places defined inside the templates (called “module positions”).
• Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support bots are small pieces of code that enable a new feature across the entire site. There are two types of Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support bots: Those that have a visual effect (like ), and those that affect the way Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support behaves but without adding any true visual impact (like the search Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support bots).

Just to make things a bit more confusing, sometimes a function will require a combination of these tools. For example, the Banners and the Polls functions include both a Component and a Module.

While the technical distinction between these items is useful information, the most important points concern what they can do, and how you can use them. To assist with that, we have provided below a quick summary of the Components and Modules bundled in your Open Source Desktop and Software Application Support package.