Creating a Component Reference Element
You 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 website. - Adding a component reference element to an item
You add a component reference element to a site area or content item when you want the component reference to be used for a specific site area or content item. - Adding 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 items that use the same authoring template.