Use the authoring portlet

Use the Web content authoring portlet to create and manage Web content items including site areas, content items, authoring templates, presentation templates, components, categories, folders, projects and workflow items.

• Use the authoring portlet

  The authoring portlet is used to create and manage the items you use to create Web sites. There are a common set of features within the authoring portlet to assist you work with items.

• Creating items

  At some point when using IBM Lotus Web Content Management you will be required to create a new item. The basic item creation task is the same for all item-types.

• Work with elements

  Each content item you create will contain at least one element type. The elements stored in a content item are determined by the authoring template selected when created the content item. Depending on the authoring template you select, and your level of access, you may also be able to manage the elements in a content item.

• Work with element designs

  Use element designs to define the design and layout of elements.

• Creating Web content tags

  Use IBM Lotus Web Content Management tags to reference elements within presentation templates.

• Preview items

  Different item items are previewed in different ways.

• Manage items

  You can use features, such as version control and workflows, to manage the items used to develop Web content.

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Use Web Content Management

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