3.2.7.2 Creating the Authoring Tool Component 

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In this article, we discuss how to create the authoring tool component.

Authoring Tool Component

The authoring tool element is used to add authoring portlet functions to Web pages. For this exercise, we will be creating an authoring tool to edit the content and create new one.

Creating authoring tool

1. Click New and choose Component Authoring Tools
2. In the name field, enter AUTH-EditAndCreate
3. In the New action design, add the following:

4. Under Site Area in New action properties, select Use current, as shown in Figure 21

Figure 21 Authoring tool creation (327_2)

5. In the Edit action properties section
6. Select Edit live content
7. Add the following html in Edit action design :

8. Click Save…, and then click Save and Close.