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Authoring Templates
The River Bend Web Site contains four authoring templates.
If the fields in Locations, News and Products are the similar, you could create only one for them and re-use templates between the site areas.
To create the general authoring template, follow these steps:
1. Click
New and select
Authoring Template
2. In the
name field, type
General
3. For this template, use the default content form properties. To add specific attributes to this template,
click Default Content Settings.
4. Click on
Manage Elements to fill out the Content section, refer to Figure 11
Figure 11 Manage Elements (326_1)
5. Choose Element Type to be Text
6. In the name field, type Summary
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for the rest of the fields
Figure 12 Element Manager Screen (326_2)
8. Click Ok
9. Now, you will see the added elements in the Default Content Settings tab screen. Refer to Figure 13
Figure 13 Default Content Settings Tab (326_3)
10. Expand the Workflow section and click Select Workflow
11. Select Express workflow from the list
 Note
This action defines the default workflow for content that uses the River Bend Development authoring template, which is an express workflow without approval.
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Figure 14 Selecting Workflow (326_4)
12. Click Ok
Figure 15 Workflow Section (326_5)
13. Click Save..., and then click Save and Close
To create the News authoring template, follow these steps:
1. Click
New and select
Authoring Template
2. In the
name field, type
News
3. In the
Content Form Properties
4. Choose
Selected site areas only
5. Click
Add and choose
Corporate Information and
Promotions
6. Click
Save
14. Click on the
Default Content Settings tab
15. Expand the
Identification section
Changes made in this part will be applied on every content created with this authoring template
16. Click as shown in Figure 16 and change the fields as indicated
Figure 16 Identification – Name Section (326_6)
17. Click on Manage Elements to fill out the Content section
18. Follow Figure 17 for the types and names of the fields to be added
Figure 17 Element Manager (326_7)
19. Click Ok
20. For the Content Properties part, follow Figure 18 for changing the field properties of the Summary
Figure 18 Summary Field Properties (326_8)
21. For the Image fields, set the Image border to be hidden
Figure 19 Image Field Properties (326_9)
22. Choose the Express workflow for this authoring template
23. Click Save..., and then click Save and Close
Create the other two authoring templates: Locations and Products in the same way as News with the following fields.
Products
Locations