Creating items

The basic item creation task is the same for all item-types.

1. Click New and then select an item-type.

   1. Some items require that you select a related item before the item form is opened. For example, you need to select an authoring template when you create content items. Select an item and click OK.

2. The form for the selected item opens in a new tab.

3. Enter data and select parameters as required in each section of the form.

Artifact Types

• Creating a folder
  You create a folder when you need to store a set of the same type of items in a logical grouping.
• Creating site areas
  To create a site framework, you need to create site areas.
• Editing page items
  Pages are created by using the Portal toolbar. If Managed Pages is enabled, a page item is created each time that a page is created in the portal. Pages cannot be created by using the authoring portlet, but you can use the authoring portlet to edit some properties of a page item.
• Creating authoring templates
  An authoring template is used to define the default authoring settings for site areas and content items. These settings include the design of the authoring form, what fields and elements appear on the authoring form, and default values for fields and elements. You must create authoring templates before you create site areas and content items.
• Creating content items
  Content items are based on authoring templates. The fields that are displayed in a content item form can be hidden from different users, so not all of the following steps might be required. Some fields and elements might already contain default data.
• Creating components
  You create components to store a single element that is reused in multiple locations in your website.
• Creating a presentation template
  You use a presentation template define the layout of your web content. Use tags to determine which properties, elements, or components are displayed.
• Creating a taxonomy
  You need to create a taxonomy to store a set of categories.
• Creating a category
  Categories are used to build a taxonomy.
• Creating project templates
  Projects help content authors group and manage changes across the website. From the site toolbar, content authors can create a new project or use a project template. They can also create a project template from an existing project. When you are preparing the authoring environment, you can use the Web Content Authoring portlet to create and delete project templates.
• Creating a project
  You use a project to manage changes to a set of items.
• Creating a publish action
  A publish action changes the status of an item from "draft" to "published".
• Creating an expire action
  An expire action changes the status of an item from "published" to "expired".
• Creating email actions
  An email action sends an email to a set of users or groups.
• Creating a custom action
  A custom action is used to run a custom workflow action based on a Java class you previously created and added to your system.
• Creating a version action
  A version action causes a new version of an item to be created when run.
• Creating a scheduled move action
  A scheduled move action moves an item to the next workflow stage at a specified date and time.
• Creating a workflow stage
  A workflow stage is composed of a set of selected workflow actions.
• Creating a workflow
  You select the workflow stages to comprise a workflow in a workflow form.