Adding elements to the content item form

Add elements to the content item form generated from the content template. You can define default values for the elements and set properties that dictate how the elements are displayed or processed.

• To add an element:
  1. Select an element type.
  2. Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.
  3. Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.
  4. If you create a text provider plug-in for a multi-locale site, you can also select the text provider and enter a key to look up a string from the selected text provider. The text provider displays a different display title for each language it is configured for. The text that is entered in the Display Title field is only used if an appropriate display title is not available from the selected text provider, or if the text provider is not available.
  5. Click Add.
• To remove an element, click .
• To copy an element, click .
  1. Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.
  2. Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.
  3. Click Add.
• To edit an element, click . Changing an element type might result in lost data from an existing element. Click Update to save any changes.
• Use the arrows to change the order that the elements appear in an item form.