User assistance for content authors

Using a rich text element

You use a rich text element to provide users with a rich text editor that can be used to author a section of HTML. To create a rich text element, you can either add a rich text element to an authoring template, site area, or content item, or create a rich text component.

  • Creating a rich text component
    You create a rich text component when you want to reuse a section of HTML in multiple places in your website, and you want to use a rich text editor to create and edit the HTML. A copyright notice is an example of the kind of HTML you might store in a rich text component.
  • Adding a rich text element to an item
    You add a rich text element to a site area or content item when you want a section of HTML to be used for a specific site area or content item and you want to use a rich text editor to create and edit the section of HTML.
  • Adding a rich text element to a template
    You add a rich text element to an authoring template when you want a section of HTML to be used by a set of items that use the same authoring template and you want your content authors to use a rich text editor to create and edit the HTML.
Parent topic: How to work with elements
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