Permalinks are persistent (non-changing) identifiers for CMS files. On websites delivered with a Rails application that includes the Rails Connector, web pages can be opened by specifying the associated identifier in the URL, independently of its actual storage location in the CMS. Examples:
http://www.myserver.com/features http://www.myserver.com/news/2011-07-27/current-release-is-available-for-download
Permalinks are file fields, meaning that they are not part of the content. After enabling permalinks in the GUI, a permalink can be given to each file.