Adding an image element to a template | HCL Digital Experience
You add an image element to an authoring template when
you want the image to be used by a set of items that use the same
authoring template.
Procedure
Open or create an authoring template.
Click Manage Elements.
Select Image 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 have created 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 OK. The image element is added
to your form.
Go to the image element you created. Either select an image
file, or do nothing if you want your content creators to select an
image.
Click Upload a file to select
a file to store in the image component.
Note: In CF06 or higher, click Upload to
upload a file, or click Select to select a
component. Selecting a component is useful if you need to apply different
image properties to an existing image component, or store an image
in a different library, or apply different access settings to the
original image component.
Define the image properties:
Border
Define the size of the border to appear around the image. (0 =
no border)
Width
Set the width of the image (in pixels). Optional.
Height
Set the height of the image (in pixels). Optional.
Alternate text
Enter the name of the image to display when you save the image,
or if the browser cannot display the image.
HTML Tag Name
Enter the name of the HTML tag to be used in JavaScript.
If Renditions have been enabled, you
can also select images to display with different devices.
Click to open the display properties of each field in the element.
This view is where you define how the element is displayed on the
item form.
To display the field as a required field select Identify
this as a required field.
To hide a field on the content form from all users select Hide
field. You must specify a default value if the field is
a required field.
Note: Administrators and managers can
choose to display hidden fields and elements in an item by clicking Show
hidden fields.
If Renditions have been enabled, you
can choose to enable or disable this feature for content items based
on this template. If enabled, you can specify separate default image
settings for different device types.
Specify the minimum and maximum byte values to restrict
the size of files added to an image element. This can be used to prevent
your content creators from uploading large files that might be too
large to realistically store and access from a web page.
You can also restrict the mime type of files that can
be added to image elements. You add multiple mime types that are separated
by a space.
You can set where a content author can select an image
from under Digital asset source:
Upload a file by using the file browser only.
Select a library component only.
Both.
Note: If Rich Media Edition is installed the Show
digital asset source option must be cleared if Select
using library component has been selected.
Type the number of characters to use in Field
Width to set the size of the displayed field. If you leave
this blank, the default field size is used.
Type a number into the maximum or minimum characters
or words fields to set limits on the number of characters or words
a user can enter in a field.
Select whether content creators can
both upload a file, or select a component, or restrict them to using
only one of these options.
Select the users or groups you want to grant exclusive
edit access to a field or element by clicking Add Editors.
Select the users or groups you want to grant exclusive
view access to a field or element by clicking Add Viewers.
Type field-specific help into Field help text. This
is displayed with the element in the content form.
If
you have created 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 help text for each language it is configured for. The
text that is entered in the Field help field
is only used if an appropriate help text is not available from the
selected text provider, or if the text provider is not available.
Save the authoring template.
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