Changing a custom item type's basic properties

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After creating a custom item type, you can edit its name and display name, and add a description.

Note: You must be the page group administrator, the portal administrator, or have Manage privileges on All Page Groups to change a custom item type's basic properties.

To change a custom item type's basic properties:

1. In the Navigator, click the Page Groups tab.

2. Navigate to the following path:

   Path: Page Groups > PageGroupDisplayName > Custom Types > Item Types

   where PageGroupDisplayName is the page group in which the custom item type was created.

   Note: If the custom item type is shared, it will be in the Shared Objects page group.

3. In the row for the custom item type that you want to edit, click Edit.

4. In the Name field, edit the name of the custom item type. The name is used internally only.

   Note: The name must be unique within the page group, 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, edit the descriptive name of the custom item type. The display name is used in the Navigator and in the add item 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 Description field, enter information about the custom item type that may be useful to others, such as its arguments, functionality, or usage.

   Note: The description is displayed only when editing the custom item type.

7. Enter the path and file name of an image to associate with the custom item type. Click Browse to locate the image if you are not sure of its path or file name. When you click Apply or OK, the file is uploaded to the database.

   Example: c:\webart\review.gif

   Notes:

   • To delete the existing image, click .

   • Currently, this icon is not used by the portal. The icon may be used in future releases.

8. To use custom help (that you create) for this item type in the add item wizard, enter the URL path of the help in the Help URL For Add Item Wizard field. This help is displayed to users when they create an item of this item type and click the help icon .

9. To use custom help (that you create) for this item type in the edit item wizard, enter the URL path of the help in the Help URL For Edit Item Wizard. This help is displayed to users when they edit an item of this type and click the help icon .

10. Click OK.

Notes

• You can not change the basic properties of base item types.

Related topics

What is an item?
Creating a custom item type
Adding procedure calls to a custom item type
Adding attributes to a custom item type
Deleting a custom item type
Choosing the item types available in a page group
Changing the attributes displayed in a region

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