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Create New Shortcut

Click Add New Shortcut from the My Favorite Shortcuts or All Shortcuts dialogs to add to your shortcuts list. You can also create new shortcuts by selecting Shortcut from the New menu.

CommonSpot displays context-specific dialogs for each shortcut type.  Template options display for page shortcuts, but not for registered URLs, as shown below.

This dialog displays in edit mode for existing shortcuts as shown above.

• Name your shortcut: Required.  Enter a meaningful name.
• Description:  Optional. Text explaining the shortcut.
• Favorite: Sets whether this shortcut displays as a favorite or  non-favorite in the Shortcut or Customize Shortcut dialogs and defines rank within the My Favorite Shortcuts listing in My CommonSpot. Favorites display in My CommonSpot.
• Type of Content: Required.  Pick from the dropdown. Content type defines whether additional fields display, as shown above for a New Page shortcut.
• Location in website: Required. Select a subsite location for this shortcut content.
• Page Template: Displays for pages or templates.  This option does not display for registered URLs, image files, uploaded documents, or global Custom Elements.

Clicking Save creates the new shortcut.  Click the run icon to access the shortcut.

 

Related Links

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You can download PDF versions of the Content Contributor's, Administrator's, and Elements Reference documents from the support section of paperthin.com (requires login).

The following guides are available from the support site and are in the /docs/directory of your CommonSpot Server:

• Getting Started Guide
• Upgrade Guide
• Release Notes

You can also download these other guides from the support section of paperthin.com (with login):

• Developer's Guide
• Template Developer's Guide
• Shared Database Configuration Guide
• Replication vs Shared Database Guide 

Sites upgrading from versions earlier than release 6.0 should review the following (from the support section of paperthin.com - requires login):

• What's New in CommonSpot 6.0
• CommonSpot 6.0.0 Menu Quick Reference

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For technical support:

http://www.paperthin.com/support/

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