Working with elements

You use elements to either store or generate web content. You can add elements to sites, site areas, content items and authoring templates, or you can create a stand-alone component for a specific element-type.

Storing text and HTML
You use different types of elements to store text or HTML depending on the type of text or HTML being created.
Creating links
You use these elements to define or generate links between different pages in a Web site.
Storing files and images
You use these elements to store files or images.
Referencing external content
You use these elements to reference content stored in other IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express applications, or stored outside of WebSphere Portal Express.
Personalized content
You use these elements to create or reference personalized content.
Selection elements
You use these elements to make selections from existing elements and data.
Design elements
You use these elements to enhance the design of presentation templates and other elements designs.
Adding elements to an item
You add elements to sites, site areas, content items and authoring templates to store Web content specific to those items.
Working with element designs
You use element designs to define the design and layout of elements.
Creating components
You create components to store a single element.

Parent topic: Developing a Web content system