To create a Create Content form

  1. Open a new web page in the Content Editor.

  2. 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

  3. Click the Form Console button. The Choose Form Actions dialog displays.

  4. Select Create Content and click OK. The Create Content Form Properties dialog displays.

  5. Select the content type that the form will create from the Choose a Type of Document to Create list.

  6. See Design a Content Type for User Submissions for details

  7. Click Choose Folder to select a location in Website Explorer to store the submitted content.

  8. Select a folder managers for the selected folder from the Assign an Owner for the Submitted Content list.

  9. This is the person who can publish content that is not assigned to a workflow (the No Workflow setting).

  10. Select Configure Access Rules to require constituents to sign in before submitting content.

  11. Select how the submitted content will be published in the Apply a Workflow to submitted content list:

  12. 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.

  13. Click Next. The General Properties dialog displays.

  14. Complete the general properties as needed and click OK.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. Note:

    To allow site visitors to view submitted content, add a list component. See Inserting a List Component for details.

  18. Click Publish. The Publishing a Document dialog displays.

  19. The Create Content form is listed under the Author Entry Form in the Forms area (of the content type's Properties page.)