You add a component reference element to a site area or
content item when you want the component reference to be used for
a specific site area or content item.
Before you begin
Note: You can add an element to a content item only if the
manage elements tool is enabled in the authoring template that is
used by the content item.
Procedure
- Open or create a site area or content item.
- Click Manage Elements.
- Select Component reference as the
element type.
- Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.
- Enter a display title to use as the title of the element
displayed indexes and forms.
- If you create a text provider plug-in for a multi-locale
site, you can also select the text provider and enter a key to look
up a string from the selected text provider. The text provider displays
a different display title for each language it is configured for. The text
that is entered in the Display Title field
is only used if an appropriate display title is not available from
the selected text provider, or if the text provider is not available.
- Click Add. The component reference
element is added to your form.
- Go to the component reference element you created and click Select
Component to select the component you want to reference.
- Save the item form.