Working with embedded editorial content types
You can embed editorial content types inside your other editorial content types. For example, you have editorial content types Employee
, Customer
, and Director
. Each content type includes address fields Street
, City
, State
, and ZIP
. You can create a single content type Address
that contains the address fields, and embed Address
inside Employee
, Customer
, and Director
.
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Editorial content type embedded in a parent content type
Embedded editorial content types are shared and can be included in multiple parent editorial content types. You can also simulate a one-off embedded editorial content type that is available in a single parent. For details, see Adding an embedded field.
Creating an embedded editorial content type
To create an embedded editorial content type:
- Search for and open the editorial content type that you want to edit, or create a new editorial content type. For details, see Creating an editorial content type.
- In the Main tab, toggle on Embedded.Configuring an editorial content type for embedding
- Click Save.
Embedding an editorial content type
To embed an editorial content type in a parent content type:
- Search for and open the editorial content type that you want to edit, or create a new editorial content type. For details, see Creating an editorial content type.
- Under Items, click , and select Reference Field.
- In the Name field, enter a name for the field.
- From the Count list, select one of the following:
- One—Only one instance of this field appears in the content edit form.
- Many—Editors can click to add multiple instances of this field in the content edit form.
- Many (Sortable)—Editors can click to add multiple instances of this field in the content edit form, and can re-order those fields by dragging .
- From the Types list, select an embedded content type.
- Under Advanced, in the Note field, enter a short explanatory note that appears in the content edit form.
- Click Save.
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