Creating a custom item type

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If the base item types provided do not provide enough flexibility, you can create additional custom item types to meet your requirements.

When you create a custom item type, you are not adding a new item to your content area. You are creating a new type of item in addition to the item types already defined. Custom item types are added to the list that folder owners or other contributors are offered when they add a new item to the content area.

You must be the content area administrator, the portal administrator, or have Manage privileges on All Content Areas to create a custom item type.

To create a custom item type:

  1. In the Navigator, click the Content Areas tab.

  2. Navigate to the following path:

    Path: Content Areas > ContentAreaDisplayName > Custom Types

    where ContentAreaDisplayName is the content area in which you want to create the custom item type.

    Note: If you want to share this custom item type across multiple content areas, create it in the Shared Objects content area.

  3. In the Item Types row, click Create.

  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the custom item type. The name is used internally only.

    Note: The name must be unique within the content area, is limited to 30 characters, and can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and the underscore character (_); no spaces or special characters.

  5. In the Display Name field, enter a descriptive name for the custom item type. The display name is used in the Navigator and in the Item Wizard Item Type list, so shorter display names are better.

    Note: The display name is limited to 60 characters, and can contain any character, including spaces.

  6. In the Base Item Type list, choose the base item type from which to inherit attributes. If you want to inherit only the minimum number of attributes, choose <None>.

  7. Click Create.

    A message is displayed at the top of the page to confirm that the custom item type has been created.

  8. You can now either click the custom item type link in the confirmation message to further define your new custom item type, create additional custom item types, or click Close to return to the Navigator.

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Changing a custom item type's basic properties
Adding attributes to a custom item type
Adding procedure calls to a custom item type

Deleting a custom item type
What is an item?
Choosing the item types available in a content area

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