Customizing the Page Component palette
The Page Component palette, which is accessed from the site toolbar, contains the content items a content author can add to a page. This was known as the Content palette prior to CF08.
Page Components act as templates. When added to a page, the items that comprise the Page Component are copied. Authors can adapt these items according to their needs. The top-level view of the Page Component palette contains categories. To find a certain Page Component items, the content author can drill down in the category structure. You can use keywords or content associations to define the categories that are shown in the top-level view. The Page Component palette can be customized for content authors.
- Creating new categories for the Page Component palette by using the Web Content Authoring Portlet
For a site area or content item, add a keyword to its profile to define categories in the Page Component palette. This was known as the Content palette prior to CF08. Content items in the site area appear in the new category of the site toolbar. - Creating new categories for the Page Component palette by using the Manage Pages portlet
Associate content with the hidden content page to define categories in the Page Component palette. This was known as the Content palette before CF08. Content items within the associated site area appear in the new category of the site toolbar. - Creating Content Drag and Drop configurations
Configure the results that display when a content author searches for a portlet to add. You can also enable assistance for content authors by displaying supported markup in search results. - Implementing drag and drop site areas
By default, only web content items can be drag and dropped from the toolbar. You can use a keyword to implement the same behavior with site areas.