- Introduction to WorkXpress
- Building Your Application
- Examples and Best Practices
- Technical Manual
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| Choose "Add Item Type" from the Block Creator Tool. The "Add Item Type Wizard" will launch in a lightbox. | Choose "Add Item Type" from the Block Creator Tool. The "Add Item Type Wizard" will launch in a lightbox. | ||
| - | Method 2: from within the [[Query Builder]] | + | Method 2: from within the [[fields:query_builder|Query Builder]] |
| Within the Query Builder you can launch the Add Item Type Wizard at any point where you are prompted for an Item Type node. For example, click on your starting point, and in the flyout choose "add block on a new level"; at the bottom of the flyout is an option to "add new Item Type". Similarly, when changing the starting point for your map to "all items of type", there is an "add new Item Type" option in that flyout. Both methods lead to the Add Item Type Wizard. | Within the Query Builder you can launch the Add Item Type Wizard at any point where you are prompted for an Item Type node. For example, click on your starting point, and in the flyout choose "add block on a new level"; at the bottom of the flyout is an option to "add new Item Type". Similarly, when changing the starting point for your map to "all items of type", there is an "add new Item Type" option in that flyout. Both methods lead to the Add Item Type Wizard. | ||
| - | [[Wizard Questions]] | + | ===== Wizard Questions ===== |
| The Add Item Type Wizard asks three simple questions: | The Add Item Type Wizard asks three simple questions: | ||
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| - | The primary usage of Item Types is within the [[Query Builder]]. Therein, Item Types serve as the grouping and pointing mechanism for Items created by users that share simliar properties (Fields). Occasionally Item Types will be used as a method to group together other Building Blocks-for example, a list of "Fields associated with an Item Type" or a list of "Pages associated with an Item Type". | + | The primary usage of Item Types is within the [[fields:query_builder|Query Builder]]. Therein, Item Types serve as the grouping and pointing mechanism for Items created by users that share simliar properties (Fields). Occasionally Item Types will be used as a method to group together other Building Blocks-for example, a list of "Fields associated with an Item Type" or a list of "Pages associated with an Item Type". |
| - | Please see the [[Query Builder]] section of this manual for additional information on the use of Item Types. | + | Please see the [[fields:query_builder|Query Builder]] section of this manual for additional information on the use of Item Types. |
| To edit the settings of an Item Type, you must use the [[Block Editor]] Tool. You can launch the [[Block Editor]] tool by finding the Item Type in the Reuse tab of the Block Creator Tool and clicking on the edit wrench next to the Item Type you wish to edit. | To edit the settings of an Item Type, you must use the [[Block Editor]] Tool. You can launch the [[Block Editor]] tool by finding the Item Type in the Reuse tab of the Block Creator Tool and clicking on the edit wrench next to the Item Type you wish to edit. | ||
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| There are 3 tabs of settings available when editing an Item Type: | There are 3 tabs of settings available when editing an Item Type: | ||
| - | * Details | + | * [[start:details|Details]] |
| - | * Defaults | + | * [[Defaults]] |
| - | * About Me | + | * [[start:about_me|About Me]] |
