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Clarify main UI is both, admin and user UI (#1907) 

* Clarify main UI is both, admin and user UI

Signed-off-by: Markus Storm <markus.storm@gmx.net>

* Update configuration/index.md

Signed-off-by: Jerome Luckenbach <github@luckenba.ch>

Signed-off-by: Markus Storm <markus.storm@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Jerome Luckenbach <github@luckenba.ch>
Co-authored-by: Jerome Luckenbach <email@jerome-luckenbach.de>
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### Textual vs. Graphical Configuration
In openHAB 1, smart home configuration was done via configuration files only.
openHAB 2 added the general administrative web interface "Paper UI", and openHAB 3 now further streamlines input capabilities with "Main UI".
Things and Items can still be defined either in configuration files or via the GUI.
::: tip
Don't confuse admin UI and user UI.
Happens to many people as you can access both from the common UI entry point running on port 8080.
User UI is what can be providedd to users of your home so they can interactively command the house.
It's the equivalent of sitemaps in older OH versions.
This docs section is all about admin UI to create Things and Items, it does not cover building user interfaces.
See [User Interfaces](/docs/ui/) for that.
:::
openHAB 1 was text only, openHAB 2 added the general administrative web interface "Paper UI", and openHAB 3 replaced that with "Main UI".
Things and Items can still be defined either in configuration files or via the (admin) GUI.
We highly recommend adding them to the [system database](/docs/administration/jsondb.html) via Main UI, though.
Note there is an option in Main UI to bulk create Items by copy and pasting the contents of existing `.items` files.
Bulk delete is there, too.