Component reference component identification

Specify identification information for the component, including the name, title and description of the component.

1. Type the name of the item in the Name field.

   The name of site areas and content items are used to construct the URL path for those items. Component names are used when referencing components in web content tags.

   • The value can contain only alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9), spaces, and the following characters: $ - _ . ! ( ) ,

     A period " . " should not be used in an authoring template name, field name within an authoring template, a resource collection name or attribute name within a collection if using Personalization to personalize web content.

   • Do not use double-byte or non-ASCII characters.

   • We can create different item types with the same name, although this is not recommended.

   • We can create items of the same type with the same name so long as the path to the item is different. For example, we can create two categories with the same name so long as they are saved under different categories:

     • \taxonomyA\categoryA\shoes

     • \taxonomyA\categoryB\shoes

     • \taxonomyB\categoryB\shoes

   • Names are not case sensitive, so we cannot create one item named "News" and another item of the same item-type named "news" in the same path.

2. Type the title of the item in the Display Title field.

   The title is the text displayed to users when viewing a list of items. Unlike the name, titles can use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.

   1. Click Localizations to select a text provider plug-in and key. A text provider is used to provide localized text that can be used within web content item forms. The key is used to look up a string from the selected text provider. The text provider displays a different title for each locale it has been configured for. The text entered in the display title field is only used if an appropriate text label is not available from the selected text provider, or if the text provider is not available.

3. Type a brief description of the item in the Description field.

   The information entered here describes the purpose of the item.

   1. Click Localizations to select a text provider plug-in and key. A text provider is used to provide localized text that can be used within web content item forms. The key is used to look up a string from the selected text provider. The text provider displays a different description for each language it has been configured for. The text entered in the description field is only used if an appropriate text label is not available from the selected text provider, or if the text provider is not available.

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