- Properties
- Enter the Element's name, key name, and a brief description.
The key name should be unique, one-word identifier. Choose
a type of Burner for your templates to use. When adding a new
Element, you can also select the Element Type.
- Group Memberships
- Groups determine the permission that users will have to
read, edit, or create Elements of this kind. Select a group
from the 'Available Groups' list and click the 'Add to List'
button to add it to the 'Current Groups'. You can remove a
group from the 'Current Groups' by selecting a group and
clicking 'Remove from List'. If you are creating a new Element,
click the Next button to continue. This will bring you to the
full Element Profile.
- Sites
- Top-level elements (story and media type elements) can be shared among several sites.
This section won't be present for non-top-level elements. The Sites
section allows you to add or delete sites from the element.
You can also select the Primary Output Channel for each site.
- Output Channels
- Top-level elements are associated with one or more Output Channels.
This section won't be present for non-top-level elements.
Output Channels determine how your stories will be formatted and where
your stories and media will be distributed.
They have different templates, so you can output the
same elements in different ways. You need to have at least one
Output Channel associated with a top-level element.
- Existing Subelements
- Elements are really containers for other elements as well as
data fields. To add subelements to an element, 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 subelements. Naturally,
the elements you can select won't include top-level elements.
To add elements, check their corresponding 'Add to Element'
checkboxes, then click 'Add Elements'; if you decide you don't
want to add any subelements, just leave all the checkboxes blank
and click 'Add Elements'.
This will bring you back to the Element Profile.
- Custom Fields
- Fields are where data is stored. Along with subelements,
these define the structure of an element. In the Custom Fields
section you can edit the default value for the field. You can
reorder the elements by selecting a number from the popup menu.
To edit the field, click the Edit link. This will bring you
to the Field Profile, where you can change anything
about the field except its key name and type (text area,
checkbox, etc.). Finally, to delete a field, check the
'Delete' checkbox and click one of the Save buttons at
the bottom.
- Add New Field
- This is where you add new fields to the Custom Fields section.
First, choose the field type from the group of checkboxes on
the left. Through the magic of JavaScript, this will change
the available attributes on the right depending on which field
type you choose. The attributes are explained in detail on
the Field Profile Help Page
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 Manager without saving your changes.