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Setting up and registering your Editor

Create a virtual directory for your Editor and register it in the System.config file.

Procedure

  1. On your Content Manager server machine, access IIS Manager and navigate to the Content Manager Explorer Web site.
  2. Add a new virtual directory inside the Editors subfolder of the Web site root folder, and give it a meaningful name, for example, MyOrgEditor.
  3. Set the physical location of the virtual directory to the location of your custom Editor's resources.
  4. Access %TRIDION_HOME% (defaults to C:\Program Files (x86)\Tridion\) and navigate to the subfolder web\WebUI\WebRoot\Configuration\.
  5. Open System.config in that location in a plain-text or XML editor.
  6. In the <editors> section, add a new editor element, as follows:
    <editor name="MyOrgEditor">
    	<installpath>c:\MyProjects\MyOrgEditorResources\</installpath>
    	<configuration>Configuration\MyOrgEditor.config</configuration>
    	<vdir>MyOrgEditor</vdir>
    </editor>

    where the value of installpath points to the physical location of the virtual directory you created, the value of configuration points to the configuration of that Editor, relative to installpath, and vdir refers to the virtual directory you just created.

  7. Save and close System.config and restart the Content Manager Explorer Web site.