I'm currently working on a TYPO3 Project and used the mask extension for the first time. I created a lot of elements, used them on the site and filled them with content. I just read in the manual that the mask extension itself causes some performance problems which i didn't knew about..
I installed the mask_export extension to prevent those, but now my content is gone.. I tried to just tell my TYPO3 to use the new content element but my contents ist still not displayed in it.
Is there any way I can use the mask_export extension in a running project without deleting my content?
If You use ext:mask_export your defined mask elements are exported in a new extension.
While the elements are exported they were renamed acording to the new extension name.
If you now deactivate mask and enable your new extension, your existing content (tt_content-records) have the wrong CType (there is no rendering definition).
Solution:
Reenable mask, deactivate your new extension and build a test-page with all content elements, then disable mask and enable your extension and build all content elments again (additionally). Now you can do a SQL-query (SELECT CType FROM tt_content WHERE pid=123) to identify the used CTypes and do database wide replacements.
Be aware, that the extension name may be used in other places (e.g. prefix for tables or fields). This needs to be fixed too.
Conclusion:
It's a bad idea to replace mask after content is inserted, as it generates a lot of manual work in the database.
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In the process of cleaning up some Templavoila Plus FCE, I created a new FCE template that will replace several others. To do so, I created some new field names to replace the old ones. (I noticed you can't change the name of a field after creating it).
For example, I had field_title_A for FCE A, field_title_B for FCE B, etc… Now I just have field_title in my new FCE template.
The problem is that if I change the FCE / Template Object for an existing content, the title field is now empty. It doesn't understand that field_title_A is now field_title.
I seriously doubt that there is a solution, but I still hope there is one.
Is there something I can do to tell TV to move the content of field_title_A to field_title or to tell it field_title_A is now field_title? Is there another way to achieve that?
If I'm not using some terms properly, please, feel free to edit.
no, there is no such support present yet. You could open a feature request for that, but I don't think I could work out a sollution in the next 2 years.
When I export a t3d from one system (TYPO3 6.2) and import it in a second system (TYPO3 8.7) the content images changes. I've expected the image is also transferred from one system to the other, but TYPO3 seems to just say "the imported content element has sys_file with UID 123, so I still use this file", but this UID references to a totally dfferent image in the second TYPO3 system.
The images from standard content elements are not exported, if option „[ALL tables]“ or options „sys_file*“ are choosed for „Use static relations for tables“. Don’t select these options and your export will contain the images.
Also see forge.typo3.org/issues/82047. Thanks to Christian Kuhn for working this out.
Since updating from Flux 6.0.2 to the newest Flux TER-Release (7.0.0) I have the problem that all my defined flux:field.select items are switched. I have them defined as an array like this items="{0: {0: 'value shown as a CSS class in the frontend',1: 'value shown in BE'},}". But now I get the BE value in the frontend template.
Also all my content elements from my provider extension are shown twice (without a title) in the backend and the fields defined in the 'Configuration' section of my content element are shown twice.
There's also a RTE field shown at the bottom of my content element that has not been there before.
BE Output: view
Code on Pastebin: http://pastebin.com/CNcphn2k
Any help deeply appreciated.
EDIT:
I just set up a fresh instance of TYPO3 6.1.9 (blank package) and installed my extension with the above mentioned content elements. Dependencies were resolved automatically as it should (newest versions). Via the content wizard I tried to create a new element and I get the same result as in my existing install I first noticed this bug in.
EDIT2:
I was able to narrow it down to the flux:form.container tag. This duplicates the output in the BE. The select values are still switched though.
It is possible that you missed this official announcement:
http://fluidtypo3.org/blog/news/new-colpos-value.html
Failure to run the update script before letting TYPO3 change the type of the colPos value will result in the symptoms you describe. There is, unfortunately, no way to restore this (since your SQL will have cropped off all negative values and made them zero without any backup).
Restore from a backup and run the script and you should be fine.
If I open the extension manager, switch to the tab Import Extensions and select the filter I get the following options:
Display all extensions (empty)
Only display installed extensions (working)
There should also be a Only display updatable extensions selection but this isn't displayed. What is the reason therefore?
I made a TYPO3 update to 4.7.2 and perhaps thats the reason why it isn't correctly displayed?
The repository is up to date.
The filter has been moved from the Import Extensions to the Available Extensions tab.
You do not actually want to import an extension, but update an existing one.
Just suggestion: I had similar issues with button displaying in EM before (4.6.x) (ie. Install ext button) and realised, that the button is available, but sprite image had wrong position which caused that the button was transparent,
Try to use ie FireBug to check it, and eventually fix the CSS (and report the bug)
Edit:
Some doom apparently, I just had identical situation just seconds ago ;) Fortunately found the reason: the ext list is displayed with ExtJS grid, which can contain custom filtering per column. Literally: when you for an example click on the column's dropdown arrow, you can in its filter set some value to narrow the search results.
Ie.: in the main filter field write news and additionally in the Extension Key column set other filter tt_news. (if you want to display only %tt_news% in result list of %news%)
In that case even if you'll clear the main filter, the one set on the column will stay active, so next time when you'll try to search for realurl in main filter, it will return empty list as Extension Key filter is still set to tt_news.
Weeeird, however helped me :)
You can recognize filtered columns as their names are written with cursive, finally you can just check every column and disable any filtering on each.
I need a content element that cointains apsects from the "Textpic" and the "Media" content elements.
Basically I need the whole palette of input masks of the textpic CE (headline, rte text, images) plus the media tab (swf, mp4, mov) from the media content element.
This special requirements for our project comes from the need that we can only use one content element for our specific javascript content slieder. So I can not use like a Textpic and underneath a media CE. No it really has to be just one CE which can handle the textpic + the media CE stuff.
Generally I ask you: Is there already a extension, trick, modification or a framework which I can/should be use to achive that i can "fusionate" content elements? Like an "all-in-one"-content element, a multi content element?
Ps: I do not use Templavoila. My Typo3 version is 4.5
I think this is the tutorial you're looking for:
http://castironcoding.com/resources/our-blog/sp/view/single/post/reason-6-for-choosing-typo3-custom-content-elements-and-extbase-again-part-23.html
Follow step 2 and 3.
You'll also need to add a specific rendering config in Typoscript ie: tt_content._your-ce_
But it can be copied from out of tt_content.textpic and tt_content.media. You can find the expample typoscript of before mentioned CE's in: typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt. Just don't alter it there, but make a copy and alter in your own file.
As you seem to only talk about reusing already exisiting fields, you really only need to change the backend interface (big keyword: "showitem"). You'll need the database names of the fields (peek into the tt_content table of some records where you know the contents), alternatively visit the module Admin Tools / Configuration, select TCA in top dropdown menu, open tt_content and columns.
Try http://blog.chandanweb.com/typo3/adding-new-fields-to-existing-typo3-tables-at-desired-location, you'll of course have to substitue tt_content for tt_news etc.
You might also want to make a new type (the above recipe is for changing a preexisitent), but I'm sorry, I'm currently out of time for explaining that. It's not very hard, though, and the castiron link by Koopa will help you on your way.
Perhaps you can wrap the content column in another div? You can use that outer div for your content slider. Now you actually use all content elements seperately, but combine then for usage.