Fixedcheckbox. The
Typeindicates the type of element type, which is one of
Storyfor story types,
Mediafor media types, or
Subelementfor subelements. Media type elements can also be one of three subtypes, available in a select list:
Audio,
Image,
Video,or
Other Media.
Available Groupslist and click the Add to List button to add it to the
Current Groups.You can remove a group from the
Current Groupsby selecting a group and clicking Remove from List. If you are creating a new element type, click the Next button to continue. This will bring you to the full element type profile.
Sitessection allows you to add or delete sites from the element. You can also select the primary output channel for each siteāif there is more than one output channel.
Element types really define container elements that contain other
elements as well as fields. To add subelement types to an element type,
click the Add Subelement button to bring up the Choose
Subelements
screen. Use the Search box as usual to select all or a
subset of the available subelement element types. Naturally, the element
types you can select won't include story or media element types. To add
subelement types, select their corresponding Add to Element Type
checkboxes, then click Add Elements; if you decide you don't
want to add any subelements element types, just leave all the checkboxes
unselected and click Add Elements. This will bring you back to
the element type profile.
Once back in the element type profile, you can specify the minimum and
maximum numbers of elements of each type that can be added to the
element. When a new element of this type is created, the minimum number
of subelements will automatically be created for it. The user will never
be able to add more than the maximum number of elements. If the
Min
field is blank or 0
(the default), then there is no
minimum number. Likewise for the Max
field: blank or 0 means that
there is no maximum number of subelements that can be added.
Custom Fieldssection you can edit the default value for the listed fields and reorder them by clicking on the subelement name and dragging it to a new position. To edit a field, click the Edit link. This will bring you to the
Field Type Profile,where you can change anything about the field except its key name Finally, to delete a field, select the
Deleteicon.
When finished, click Save, or click Save and Stay to save
but continue editing the Element. Clicking Return will bring you
back to the Element Type Manager
without saving your changes.