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Creating a Target Type

A Target Type specifies a user-friendly name for one or more Publication Targets. You create Target Types in the Administration tab of the Content Manager Explorer.

Procedure

  1. Open Content Manager Explorer.
  2. Select Administration in the navigation pane.
  3. Expand the Publishing Management > Target Types node.
  4. Open the Ribbon toolbar Administration tab and select Target Types > New Target Type.
    The New Target Type window opens.
  5. Fill in the following fields:
    Name
    The name of the Target Type, for example, Live or Staging.
    Description
    A description of the Target Type.
  6. Click Save and Close.

What to do next

For Users to be able to publish to this Target Type, you must add the Target Type to one or more Publication Targets and set security settings of the Target Type (in the Security tab).