1.4. Authoring Kits

The Authoring Kit is the collection of UI components used for Content Item creation and editing. The Authoring Kit consists of a single creation component and one or more authoring steps. The creation component is the form used for initial item creation. Most out-of-the-box Content Types share the common creation component com.arsdigita.cms.ui.authoring.PageCreate. After initial creation, Authoring Steps are used for modifying item attributes and associations.

Although the exact list of authoring steps varies among content types, most content types have a list of authoring steps similar to the following: