Creating a Multimedia Component

You create a Multimedia Component by uploading a local or network file to the Content Manager or creating a reference to an external resource, such as an image on your server.

Before you begin

To create a Multimedia Component, you must have Component Management rights and Write permissions for the containing Folder.

About this task

You can create a Multimedia Component that identifies a specific binary file. You can then use the Multimedia Component directly on a Page or as a Component link within another Component. For more information about this, see Multimedia link fields and Component link fields.

Procedure

  1. To create a Multimedia Component, navigate to the Publication and Folder in which you want to create the Multimedia Component.
  2. In the Create tab of the Ribbon, click New Component > New Multimedia Component.

    A New Component window appears.

  3. In the Name field, type the name of the Component.
  4. In the Schema field, select a Multimedia Schema. A series of fields appear that you can use to select a multimedia item.
  5. In the Multimedia Type field, select a multimedia type and do one of the following:
    • Upload a local or network file—go to step 6
    • Reference an external resource—go to step 7
  6. To upload a local or network file:
    1. In the Resource Type field, select Uploaded
    2. Click the Load From Disk button.
    3. In the dialog that appears, click the Browse button and select the file you want to upload and click OK.
    4. Go to step 8.
  7. To reference an external resource:
    1. In the Resource Type field, select External.
    2. In the URL address field that appears, type the URL address of the file you want to use.
    3. Go to step 8.
  8. If a Metadata tab appears, select the metadata tab and fill in fields as required. You must fill in all mandatory metadata fields before you can save the Multimedia Component.
  9. Click Save and Close.
  10. Depending on the Schema you selected, you may now be prompted to add this Multimedia Component to a Bundle so that it can enter workflow. You can choose to skip this step, but until you add it to a Bundle, your changes will not be checked in.
  11. If this item must be added to a Bundle, a dialog opens asking you if you would like to do so now. You can choose Not Now to close the dialog, but you see a warning informing you that your item is not in a Bundle, and the same dialog will appear every time you save changes to the item. Alternatively, if you select Add, a Bundle selection dialog appears.
  12. In the tree structure on the left, navigate to a Publication and Folder that contains a Bundle to which you want to add the item, and add it to that Bundle by selecting the Bundle and clicking Add. This adds the item to the selected Bundle and closes the dialog. If the Bundle is already in workflow, the item will be too. You can also select Close, which has the same effect as clicking Not Now in the previous dialog.

Results

You have created a Multimedia Component