Use a component reference element

Use a component reference element to store a reference to a component. To create a component reference element, you can either add a component reference element to an authoring template, site area or content item, or create a component reference component.

• Creating a component reference component

  You create a component reference component when you want to reuse a component reference in multiple places in your Web site.

• Add a component reference element to an item

  You add a component reference element to a site, site area or content item when you want the component reference to be used for a specific site, site area or content item.

• Add a component reference element to a template

  You add a component reference element to an authoring template when you want the component reference to be used by a set of content items that use the same authoring template.

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Work with elements

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