Adding an item

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Items in Portal are based on item types. Item types define the contents of an item and the information that is stored about an item. The information stored about an item is determined by the attributes of the item type.

Notes:

• You must be logged on as a page owner or an authorized user with the appropriate page or item-level privileges to add an item.
  

• Your page group administrator selects the item types that are available for you when adding items.
  
• Item types preceded by "Simple" have few attributes. This allows items created based on the item type to be quickly added to a page, and it allows the item type to be easily extended with additional attributes.
  
• If you have the appropriate privileges you can create an item type.
  
• If you are the page group administrator, or a user with the appropriate privileges, the Add Item page contains the link, "configure the list of available items". From this link, you can configure the list of item types that are displayed. When you are done configuring the list of item types, you will be returned to the Add Item page.

To add an item:

1. Navigate to the page on which you want to add the item.

   Note: If you do not see the page that you want to work with, you may not have the appropriate page access privileges. See your page group administrator to gain access.

2. Switch to Edit mode.

3. Click in the region in which you want to add the item.

   Note: If (the add item icon) does not display next to the region, the region may be a portlet region (and may contain portlets). In this case, you cannot add items to this region.

4. From one of the Item Type Selection lists, choose the appropriate item type for the item that you want to add to your page.

   Note: You may only see one Item Type Selection list depending on the item types selected by your page group administrator. Contact your administrator if you have any questions about the item types that are displayed.

5. Click Next. The add item page (for the item type you selected) displays. The attributes on this page may vary if the selected item type is a custom item type.

6. Enter values for the displayed attributes.

7. Click Finish to save your changes and return to the page. The item appears on the page.

Notes

• You can change the order in which items are displayed in a region. For more information, see Rearranging the order of items in a region.
  

• A quick way to obtain an item's URL is to open the page which contains the item, right-click the item's display name, and choose the "Copy Link Location" (Netscape) or "Copy Shortcut" (IE) option.

Related topics

What is an item?
What are item types?
Choosing the item types available in a page group
Displaying an item property sheet
Adding category and perspective information to a page
Creating a custom item type
Adding attributes to a custom item type
Editing an item
Adding a sub-item
Rearranging the order of items in a region

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