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Creating new items

If authorized, you can create Schemas, Components, Multimedia Components, Page Templates, Component Templates, Template Building Blocks and Folders from an external application that uses WebDAV.

Before you begin

Depending on the type of item you want to create, WebDAV imposes some additional restrictions:

Schemas

You cannot create Embeddable Schemas, Multimedia Schemas, Parameter Schemas, Region Schemas or Metadata Schemas using WebDAV.

Components

Components are subject to the following restrictions:

  • If you Component contains Component links fields or Multimedia Component link fields, these fields must contain the WebDAV URL of the target item.
  • Any Component you create must be based on an SDL Tridion Sites Schema that is located in the Publication in which you intend to save the Component.
Multimedia Components
The Publication in which you intend to create Multimedia Components must contain a Multimedia Schema that supports the binary type of the item you are creating.

Procedure

  1. Use your external application's Save As functionality, typically located in the File menu of your application, to directly save it to the WebDAV folder location.
  2. Alternatively, save the item locally, then drag-and-drop the item into the appropriate WebDAV folder using Windows Explorer.
  3. Save the file using the correct file extension—for more information, see File extensions for Content Manager items.