Add a file resource element to a template
You add a file resource element to an authoring template when you want the file resource to be used by a set of content items that use the same authoring template.
- Open or create an authoring template.
- Click Manage Elements .
- Select File Resource as the element type.
- Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.
- Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.
- Click Add. The file resource element is added to your form.
- Go to the file resource element you created:
- Click Choose File to select a file to store in the file resource component, or do nothing if you want your content creators to select a file.
- Click
to open the display properties of the element. This is where you define how the element will be displayed on the content item form.
- To display the element as a required field select Identify this as a required field.
- To hide a field on the content form from all users select Hide field. You must specify a default value if the field is a required field.
Administrators and managers can choose to display hidden fields and elements in a content item by clicking Show hidden fields.
- Specify the minimum and maximum byte values to restrict the size of files added to a file resource element. This can be used to prevent your content creators from uploading extremely large files that may be to big to realistically store and access from a Web page.
- You can also restrict the mime type of files that can be added to file resource elements. You add multiple mime types separated by a space.
- Select the users or groups you want to grant edit access to a field or element by clicking Select Editors.
- Select the users or groups you want to grant view access to a field or element by clicking Select Viewers.
- Type field specific help into Field help text.
This displays above the element in the content form.
- Save the authoring template.
Parent topic:
Use a file resource element