Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows
Authoring tools element
The authoring tool element is used to add authoring portlet functions
to Web pages.
You can add the following authoring portlet functions to a Web page:
Create a new content item.
Perform inline editing of a content item displayed in a Web page.
Delete the content item displayed in a Web page.
Approve or reject the current content being previewed. These are only
visible to approvers who open a draft content item from a URL sent by an email
workflow action used in a workflow stage.
Authoring tools can be referenced within presentation templates, menu element
designs and navigator element designs. When added to menus and navigators,
the edit, delete and approve functions are applied to each item displayed
in a menu or navigator.
Creating an authoring tool element
You can only
use an authoring tool element by creating an authoring tool component. You
cannot add an authoring tool element to authoring templates, sites, site areas
or content items.
Using an authoring tool
When previewing content,
users with access to an authoring tool are able to execute various authoring
portlet functions. Note: Care should be taken when previewing content items
that use a presentation template that includes an authoring tool. Some functions
are active and ready to use while other functions may not work as normal.
The
authoring tool will also be visible when viewing a published site.
Using an authoring tool on multiple
servers
When using an authoring tool on more than one server, you
use two-way syndication to keep each server being used to author content synchronized.
This may lead to the occasional "save" conflict where an item updated on one
server will be overwritten with changes to the same item on another server
when syndication occurs.
User access to an authoring tool
The authoring tools
available to users on a Web page are determined by:
Whether a user has access to the authoring tool component.
Which tools have been enabled in the authoring tool element.
The user's level of access to the content item displayed in a Web page.
You only grant "editor" access or above to users who need to edit the
authoring tool.
You only grant "user" access to users who also have access to the authoring
server and who will be using the authoring tool.
In most cases, users who only have access to the published site would
not be granted access to an authoring tool as the tool is designed to be used
as an authoring tool on an authoring server, not a published site.
Using an authoring tools element
When creating an authoring tool element, you will need to define the layout of the authoring tool and any required actions, and select parameters for each action layout as required.
Authoring tools element design examples
You can format an authoring tool element's look and feel in different ways, including displaying authoring tools as text based links, or image based links.
Referencing authoring tool components
The authoring tool tag is used to reference an authoring tool component within menu element designs and navigator element designs. When added to menus and navigators, the edit, delete and approve functions are applied to each item displayed in a menu or navigator. The approve button will only be visible if the menu or navigator is displayed when previewing a draft content item. This tag can also be referenced within presentation templates, but it is recommended that a component tag be used instead.
Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1
