Joomla! Developer Network™Joomla! en-GB User Interface Text Guidelines
Action or Description
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Archive / Unarchive Vs Archived / Unarchived
Archive is an action so it is used on buttons
Unarchive is an action so it is used on buttons
Archived is a description so it is used in filters and selects
Unarchived is a description so it is used in filters and selects
Check in, Check out
Check-in is hyphenated when it’s a noun eg I was early for check-in
Check in is two words when it's a verb eg I walked up to the counter to check in
Checkout is one word when it's a noun eg you wait in the checkout line
Check out is two words when it's a verb eg you are ready to check out of the hotel
Feature / Unfeature Vs Featured / Unfeatured
Feature is an action so it is used on buttons
Unfeature is an action so it is used on buttons
Featured is a description so it is used in filters and selects
Unfeatured is a description so it is used in filters and selects
Log in, Log out
Login is one word (not hyphenated) when it's a noun eg go to the login page
Log in is two words when it's a verb eg you log in with your username
Logout is one word (not hyphenated) when it's a noun eg select the logout menu
Log out is two words when it's a verb eg you log out by clicking on the button
Logged-in
When counting the number of users we are counting those who are logged-in not logged in.
Publish / Unpublish Vs Published / Unpublished
Publish is an action so it is used on buttons
Unpublish is an action so it is used on buttons
Published is a description so it is used in filters and selects
Unpublished is a description so it is used in filters and selects
Trash Vs Trashed
Trash is an action so it is used on buttons
Trashed is a description so it is used in filters and selects