Define content item properties

Specify the characteristics of the item generated from the content template, including the type of item to be created, where it can be saved and version control strategies.

1. Select the type of content rendering to use:

   Content rendering

   If we configure a content template to be a content template then the content items created are standard content items used to store elements that can be rendered within presentation templates.

   Resource rendering

   If we configure a content template to be a resource template then the content items created are based on a file stored in a file resource element. When a resource content item is rendered, the file stored in the selected file resource element is rendered on the web page. No presentation template is used when the file is rendered, only the content of the file itself. We specify a resource template when to store a file, such as a PDF file, and render it directly on a page but would also like to have the PDF file listed in navigational components such as menus and navigators.

   We must add a file resource element to the content template before being able to select the resource template type. If we have added more than one file resource element select which element is displayed as the resource content item.

2. To define a default presentation template for content items that use this content template, click Select Presentation Template. If no valid template map in a site area exists for a content item that uses this content template, the default presentation template is used to render the content item.

3. To create a site area to store a new content item under, select Create Content under new Site Area. For example, if we create a content named "yellow" and select the site area named "red" when first saving the content item, a new site area named "yellow" is also created under the site area named "red". The content item is saved under the new site area named "yellow" and the path to the content item is "red/yellow/yellow". If we have created content using the Create Content under new Site Area option, then we will be prevented from moving it. When this option is enabled moves are not allowed.

4. Select whether content created with this content template can be saved to any available site area or only to those site areas specified by the template author.

   Restricting the location of a content item only applies when a content item is first created. Location restriction does not apply when moving, copying, linking, or restoring a content item, or when saving a content item as a new item.

   All available site areas

   Enable the content author to save content created from this template in any site area to which the author has access.

   To allow the content author to save the content to only one site area, select Allow only a single site area to be selected.

   Selected site areas only

   Select specific site areas where the resulting content can be displayed. To select site areas, complete the following steps:

   1. Click Selected site areas only.

   2. Click Add.

   3. Select the site area to include.

   4. Click OK.

   5. Select the saving option to be applied when the content author saves content created from this template:

      • Allow content item to be placed under a single site area only: Causes the content author to select only one of the site areas in the list when saving content.

      • Allow content to be placed under multiple site areas: Enables the content author to select one or more site areas from the list when saving content.

      • No option: Content is automatically saved to the site areas in the list, and the content author is not provided a choice when the content is saved.

   When saving content under multiple site areas, the content item is saved under the first site area in the list and then linked to the other site areas.

5. Specify where new content created from this content template is listed by selecting one of the following options from the Placement of new content item field. The option we select determines where the new content item is displayed in indexes and navigators.

   • First Child

   • Last Child

6. Select whether to force a new item to be saved in the first workflow stage when using "Save as" or not. If selected, users will not have a choice about where to save an item when using "Save As" and the new item will be automatically saved in the first workflow stage.

7. Select the type of version management to use when creating content using this content template:

   • Configured default: The default version management setting is used.

     See "Web content authoring options" for further information.

   • Allow users to manually version on demand: This option enables users to create versions of content items when required.

   • Automatically version every update: A new version of the content item is created each time the content item is saved.

   • Do not offer a manual version option, and do not version automatically: Version management is disabled for content items based on this content template.

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