Creating web content tags

Use IBM® Web Content Manager tags to reference elements within presentation templates and element designs.

Creating an alternate design tag
You use an alternate design tag to display a different component based on whether the item that is returned by a menu or navigator is on the current path or not.
Creating an attribute resource tag
You use the attribute resource tag to define the information that is returned by a search query.
Creating a Content tag
The Content tag directly renders a content item or site area.
Creating a component tag
The Component tag is used to reference the content of a component within a presentation template or element design.
Creating an element tag
The Element tag is used to reference an element within a presentation template or element design.
Creating a page information tag
You use the page information tag to display page navigation details in the design of a page navigation element.
Creating a path component tag
The path component tag is used to represent certain parts of the URL such as the servlet path, the base path, or the context path of the current page. This tag can be added to presentation templates, element designs, and component designs.
Creating a placeholder tag
You use a placeholder tag to display metadata within an element or component design.
Creating a plug-in tag
Rendering plug-ins are referenced by using the plug-in tag. Select from preinstalled rendering plug-ins, or select your own custom plug-ins.
Creating a property tag
A property tag is used to display various fields and metadata from content items and site areas.
Creating a style element tag
The style element tag is used to reference a style sheet component that is selected as the default style sheet in an authoring template, or a style sheet component that is referenced within a site area or content item that uses a component reference.
Creating a URL tag
The URLCmpnt tag is used to generate a URL to a site area or content item.
Creating an editable property tag
An editable property tag is used to make fields and metadata from content items and site areas editable when rendered by using a web content viewer portlet when the page is in edit mode.
Creating an editable element tag
The editable element tag is used to make elements from content items and site areas editable when rendered by using a web content viewer portlet when the page is in edit mode.
Creating an If Edit Mode tag
The IfEditMode tag is used to render content in a web content viewer portlet only when a page is in edit mode. This tag can be used to display text, fields, and elements in edit mode that are not required to be displayed when the page is in view mode.
Creating an If Not Edit Mode tag
The IfNotEditMode tag is used to render content in a web content viewer portlet only when a page is in view mode. This tag can be used to display text, fields, and elements in view mode that are not required to be displayed when the page is in edit mode.
Creating an In Context tag
The InContext tag renders a tag body within a specified rendering context. The new rendering context can be specified as a predefined context by using a UUID, or by path.
Creating an If Defined tag
Use the If Defined tag to render something if an element is defined on a content item or site area.
Creating an If Not Defined tag
Use the If Not Defined tag to render something if an element is not defined on a content item or site area.
Indenting element designs
You use an indent tag to format element designs that require results to be indented.

Parent topic: Managing content with the authoring portlet

Related concepts:

Page layout

Entering HTML

How to define authoring tools

Defining menu element formatting options

Defining navigator element design options

Defining a page navigator

Defining a Personalization rule

Using the rich text element

Creating a search results design

Defining taxonomy component properties

Define component designs for different users