Glossary

Definitions for terms that show up in the dashboard and these docs.

Posts and content

Post: A single article on Valeon. Each post has a title, body, cover image, and metadata like categories and tags.
Draft: A post that hasn't been published yet. Only you and editors can see it.
Cover image: The image that appears at the top of a post and in listings. Every published post needs one.
Excerpt: A short summary used in previews — search results, listing cards, RSS, email. Editors can write one; if not, the first paragraph is used.
Slug: The last part of a post’s URL — for example, the “why-essays-matter” in /2026/05/21/why-essays-matter. Slugs become permanent once a post is published.
Canonical URL: If a post is also published on another site, the canonical URL points to that other version so search engines treat it as the original.
Featured: A flag editors set to surface a post on the /featured page and home banner.

Category: A broad bucket a post belongs to. A post can have several categories.
Tag: A free-form label. Tags can be created on the fly while writing.
Series: An ordered list of posts that form a connected sequence. Editors assign posts to a series and set their order.

Submitted: You've sent a draft to editors for review. You can still withdraw it.
Changes requested: An editor read your draft and left feedback. Make the changes and resubmit.
Approved: An editor has approved the post. You (or an editor) can publish it.
Published: The post is live on valeon.blog. Anyone can read it.

TTS: Text-to-speech. Software that reads the post out loud, producing an audio file.
Alignment: The data that tells the player which word is being spoken at each moment, so the visible text can highlight as the audio plays.
Podcast feed: A subscribable feed of post audio. Listeners add it in their podcast app.

Cross-post reference: A link from one Valeon post to another that survives renames and moves. Use the slash menu, link dialog, or paste a Valeon URL.
Frontmatter: A YAML block at the top of an Obsidian note that holds metadata like title, tags, and categories. The Obsidian plugin reads and writes it.
API key: A secret token the Obsidian plugin uses to talk to the dashboard. Created on the Settings → API keys page.