Add elements to an item

You add elements to sites, site areas, content items and authoring templates to store Web content specific to those items.

To add, remove or edit elements, click Manage Elements from the toolbar of a site, site area, content item or authoring template form.

• To add an element:

  1. Select an element type.

  2. Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.

  3. Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.

  4. Click Add.

• To remove an element, click

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• To copy an element, click

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  1. Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.

  2. Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.

  3. Click Add.

• To edit an element, click

  . Changing an element type may result in data being lost from an existing element. Click Update to save any changes.

• Use the arrow buttons to change the order that the elements will appear in an item form.

Don't overuse elements in a single item. The more elements you add to an item, the longer it will take to open in the authoring portlet.

• Naming elements
  You use an element tag to display the content of an element within a presentation template or element design. The name of each displayed element must match the "key" defined in the element tag. The element types do not have to be consistent.

 

Parent topic

Work with elements

 

Parent topic

Work with elements

 

Related concepts

Text, rich text and HTML elements
Component reference element
Date and time element
Federated content element
File resource element
Image element
JSP elements
Link element
Number element
User selection element

 

Related tasks

Creating site framework items
Creating content items

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