Document type overview

Each document is of some type. Each document type has its own:

 

•fields (data structure)
•editing form layout
•transformations (design)
•queries

 

and other settings.

 

Document types are fully customizable - you can add, modify and delete custom fields. The advantage of using custom document types is that you can define custom structure of documents and store content (data) separated from design. This can be done in Site Manager -> Development -> Document types.

 

General properties of a document type

 

Document type display name

The name of the site displayed to the users.

Document type code name

The name of the site used in the code.

New page

URL of the page that will be used for creating new documents of this type.

Editing page

URL of the editing page that will be used when the document is displayed in the editing mode, using the Page tab.

Editing form

URL of the editing page that will be used when the document is displayed in the editing mode, using the Form tab.

Preview page

URL of the editing page that will be used when the document is displayed in the preview mode.

List page

URL of the editing page that will be used when the document is displayed in the list mode.

Use publish from/publish to

Indicates if publish from/to fields should be displayed for this document type.

Show template selection

Indicates if the user must select some page template first when she creates a new document of this type.

Default page template

The page template used by default when the document is created. If no page template is specified, the document inherits the parent page template.

Behaves as Page (menu item) type

Indicates if the document type has similar behavior as Page (menu item) document type. The default view mode is the Page tab for such document type, viewer web parts are automatically set to display the child documents if the path is not configured and the document does not inherit its parent template by default.