You use the web content authoring portlet to create and
manage web content items including site areas, content items, authoring
templates, presentation templates, components, categories, folders, projects,
and workflow items.
Working with the authoring portlet
The authoring portlet is used to create and manage the
items you use to create websites. There are a common set of features
within the authoring portlet to assist you work with items.
Creating items
The basic item creation task is the same for all item-types.
Using elements
Each content item you create contains at least one element
type. The elements stored in a content item are determined by the
authoring template selected when you created the content item. Depending
on the authoring template you select, and your level of access, you may
also be able to manage the elements in a content item.