Create content items
Content items are based on authoring templates. The fields displayed in a content item form can be hidden from different users, so not all the steps outlined below may be required. Some fields and elements may already contain default data.
- Click New | Content.
- Select an Authoring Template and then click OK.
- Enter identification information.
- Enter profile information.
- Complete any elements displayed in the content section of the form.
- Add further elements as required by clicking Manage Elements. This button is only visible if the selected authoring template allows additional elements to be added to this content item.
- Select a workflow if required.
- Set access properties.
- Save the content item form.
- Select a site area to save the content item under.
- Select whether to add the new content item to the start or end of the list of existing site areas or content items.
You may receive timeout errors when saving content items that store large amounts of HTML or rich text in elements, or contain large numbers of elements. To rectify this we can:
- Increase the total transaction lifetime timeout setting of the WebSphere Portal server. See Increasing server time-outs for further information.
- Create multiple HTML or rich text components and then reference these in the element designs.
- Reduce the number of elements stored in the content item.
Parent Topic
Work with content items