To create a Create Content form
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Open a new web page in the Content Editor.
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Click the Form Console button. The Choose Form Actions dialog displays.
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Select Create Content and click OK. The Create Content Form Properties dialog displays.
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Select the content type that the form will create from the Choose a Type of Document to Create list.
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Click Choose Folder to select a location in Website Explorer to store the submitted content.
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Select a folder managers for the selected folder from the Assign an Owner for the Submitted Content list.
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Select Configure Access Rules to require constituents to sign in before submitting content.
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Select how the submitted content will be published in the Apply a Workflow to submitted content list:
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No Workflow - The default stores the submitted content in the target folder. It remains in draft form until it is manually published.
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Default Workflow - Sends submitted content through the default workflow to be approved and published.
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Auto-Publish - Immediately publishes the content on the site without approval.
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Select Search Options to allow searching on the content from any published web page that uses a search function either in the page body or the wrapper. For details, see Understanding Advanced and Public Searches.
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Click Next. The General Properties dialog displays.
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Complete the general properties as needed and click OK.
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Edit the form as needed. Typically, you will be deleting fields intended for other Create Content forms in the same content type. If you add fields that are not in the Author Entry form, any data submitted in those fields will not be collected.
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Click Publish. The Publishing a Document dialog displays.
Note:
Before building the Create Content form, you should design and configure a content type for the form. For details, see Design a Content Type for User Submissions
See Design a Content Type for User Submissions for details
This is the person who can publish content that is not assigned to a workflow (the No Workflow setting).
Warning:
Allowing content to be automatically published without approval may result in harmful material being posted on your site.
The fields from the Author Entry Form display with a few changes. For example, a CAPTCHA field and Submit and Reset buttons are added. Fields that are not applicable to users such as template and file are removed.
Note:
To allow site visitors to view submitted content, add a list component. See Inserting a List Component for details.
The Create Content form is listed under the Author Entry Form in the Forms area (of the content type's Properties page.)