About Remote Publisher Content Item Operations
Publisher content items are the primary publishable objects
of Publisher. Content items can be objects created from a Data Entry
Template, or they can be imported files and images. Content items
can be created and managed remotely using the IDK remote Publisher
API.
In content items created from a Data Entry Template, the Content
Item Editor displays properties as editable fields, such as text boxes,
defined selection lists, fields for downloading files, Boolean True/False
radio buttons, and so forth. Once the user has entered or selected
values for the properties that make up a content item and saved the
changes, the content item becomes a page on the preview site, with
its data structured according to the Data Entry Template and its appearance
and format defined by the associated Presentation Template. When you
publish the content item, it becomes a web page or an object in the
portal Knowledge Directory.
Note: A Data Entry Template can only be
associated with a single Presentation Template, so a single content
item cannot be formatted in multiple ways.
File content items are content items created by uploading images
or documents to Publisher. The remote Publisher API does not allow
you to create file content items, but you can include existing file
content items as links or properties in other content items.
The IDK remote Publisher API provides access to the following document
functionality:
- Content Item Management: Create, copy, modify, and delete
content items.
- Content Item Queries: Query and retrieve content items,
as well as content item metadata and properties. The IContentItem interface provides access to a large collection of information about
individual content items. For details, see the IDK API documentation.
- Publication: Preview, publish, and expire content items.
- Portlet Association: Create associations between content
items and portlets. The remote Publisher API provides methods to manage
portlet association, but the recommended way to associate a portlet
with a content item is through ALI administration.
For details on using remote Publisher content item operations,
see the following topics:
