1. Why am I unable to edit or create a Content Type? How do I create or change a Document or Content Type? How do I define my own Content Type? How do I define my own fields?
The following are the possible reasons and answers for the above queries:
- Check if you are authorized to make the changes. Contact the IAM Admin user to get the required rights.
- Check if you have the Development project with Content type changes project. If not, then the above issues occur.
- Check if the Content Type is being edited by another user (it will be listed under Locked documents and content types in the Home app) or is part of a development project currently in review (you will see a message when opening the Content Type in the Content app).
For more information, refer to the following:
2. How do I create a dropdown or a picker? How do I get reference values? How do I create a lookup table? How do I enable editable labels? How do I reuse a document?
You want to refer to another document inside your document or use a preconfigured value set to avoid unexpected/non-uniform values for a field. This could be for various reasons such as country selector, input range, department list or a label for a field which business can update later on. Use Link Picker or Resource Bundles for it.
For more information, refer to the following:
3. How do I add a new menu or navigation? How do I create a new menu component and add items to it?
The following are the possible reasons and solutions for the above queries:
- You can use an out of the box menu based component for the top navigation component.
a. Base Menu Component
b. Manage a Navigation Menu - You can create your own menu component and consume it via layout of a page.
a. Create a menu component using Site Management API
b. Add the menu to a Layouts
c. Create a page using the same layout and enable editing of the menu within the Experience manager preview (This is possible as long as the preview app uses Bloomreach SPA SDK properly)
👍 Did this article help you?
Please provide your feedback by rating articles. We would like to know if our help center is effective in solving your queries.