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Creating a plain text field

You can create a plain text field in which content authors can enter alphanumeric values into a field.

Procedure

  1. In the Design tab or Metadata Design tab of the Schema that you are creating, fill in the following fields:
    • XML Name—this is the XML name of the field. The XML name can only contain letters without accents (A-Z, a-z), digits (0-9), underscores "_" and/or hyphens "-". The first character of the XML name must be a letter or an underscore character.
    • Description—a description of the field. This description is used as a label in the Component.
    • Type—select Text.
  2. Specify how many rows the field should contain.
  3. To allow multiple field of this type, select Allow multiple values. This setting allows a content author to add more than one value to this field.
  4. Optional: To add default text to this field, enter text in the Default Value field. This text will appear in the field when a content author creates new content based on this Schema.
  5. If you want to enforce that a field is filled in, ensure that the Mandatory check-box is selected.
  6. In the Custom URL field, type the URL of to which you would like the description text of this field to link.