Adding a component reference element to an item

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.

Note: You can only add an element to a content item if the manage elements button has been enabled in the authoring template used by the content item.
  1. Open or create a site area or content item.
  2. Click Manage Elements.
  3. Select Component reference as the element type.
  4. Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.
  5. Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.
  6. 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 has been configured for. The text 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.
  7. Click Add. The component reference element is added to your form.
  8. Go to the component reference element you created and click Select Component to select the component you want to reference.
  9. Save the item form.
Parent topic: Using a component reference element