What would be the recommended method to add custom page property fields in TYPO3 6.2?
In 4.5 I used TemplaVoila which had its own page module and made it easy to add data records on a page level.
There are several approaches:
The "vanilla" approach:
Create an extension (and with it the file ext_emconf.php) and then create a file ext_tables.sql in the extension root. In it you can put SQL-definitions for the new fields, by defining a CREATE TABLE statement for the pages table:
CREATE TABLE pages(
myNewField int(11) DEFAULT '',
);
This SQL-definition will be merged with existing definitions for the table page.
Then you need to configure the new field in the Table Configuration Array (TCA). You can usually find good examples in existing extensions, for example in realurl. There are two places where you can put these definitions, either in the file ext_tables.php (uncached), or into a php file in the folder Configuration/Tca/Overrides (cached).
This approach sounds like more work than it actually is.
Just use TemplaVoila. It is available for TYPO3 6.2, but its future is uncertain, AFAIK.
Use the fluidtypo3-Ecosystem of extensions, and especially the extension fluidpages. It does what you want, in a similar way to TemplaVoila, but with modern (= fluid-based) technologies.
if you need your own custom content elements, i recommend the extension "DCE" (Dynamic Content Elements).
DCE is really easy to customise and you can create Content elements in some minutes.
Also you can do it like Jost said. Do it with an own extension and put the TCA definition in your extTables.php
As example:
/www/htdocs/website/typo3conf/ext/custom_extension/ext_tables.php
$tmp_itm_extended_columns_pages = array(
'link_class' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:itm_extended/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:label.linkClass',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'select',
'items' => array(
array('Nichts', ''),
array('Zahnrad', 'icon-afford', 'EXT:custom_extension/Resources/Public/img/icons/icon_preferences_small.png'),
array('Fabrik', 'icon-factory', 'EXT:custom_extension/Resources/Public/img/icons/icon_factory_small.png'),
array('Computer', 'icon-software', 'EXT:custom_extension/Resources/Public/img/icons/icon_software_small.png'),
array('Person', 'icon-jobs', 'EXT:custom_extension/Resources/Public/img/icons/icon_person_small.png'),
array('Welt', 'icon-world', 'EXT:custom_extension/Resources/Public/img/icons/icon_world_small.png'),
array('Rohre', 'icon-pipe', 'EXT:custom_extension/Resources/Public/img/icons/icon_pipe_small.png'),
),
),
),
);
Then you have to add your new field to the ext_tables.sql
#
# Table structure for table 'pages'
#
CREATE TABLE pages (
link_class text
);
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I'm looking for a way to extend the backend of the TYPO3 extension cart_products with one additional select field. I have already created some different ViewHelpers for the ProductBackendVariants and now need a way to choose the corresponding Viewhelper.
Best would be if there is a selection direct after the type select in the general product type. But I am not able to add some additional configuration fields to this tab.
Already added
'formtemplate' => [
'label' => 'ProductDetail Variant Form',
'config' => [
'type' => 'select',
'renderType' => 'selectSingle',
'items' => [
['Standard', 1],
['Matten', 2],
['Zaunpaket', 3],
],
'size' => 1,
'minitems' => 1,
'maxitems' => 1,
],
],
to the tx_cartproducts_domain_model_product_product.php but nothing appears in the backend.
I don't know that specific extension but some hints in general:
it seems that you have tried to modified the TCA directly in the extension (cart_products/Configuration/TCA/tx_cartproducts_domain_model_product_product.php). You should never change anything in a 3rd party extension (neither the TYPO3 core) because you loose the ability to update.
You need to create your own extension and add a file to Configuration/TCA/Overrides. Ideally you name the file exactly like the file you like to extend for easier understanding. See the documentation for details.
To add a new field to the TCA you not only need to define the name and type but you also need to create the database field. That's done in ext_tables.sql of your custom extension.
It's not sufficent to create the TCA config and SQL mentioned above you also need to tell, where the new field should be visible in the backend. That's done with the showitem setting. See documentation for details.
To ease the process of extending an existing TCA I can recommend the extension TCA Builder which makes it in many cases much easier to create the TCA code. See these examples how that's done. Nevertheless you need to create ext_tables.sql.
Last but not least: when you made changes to ext_tables.sql you need to run the database compare in the TYPO3 install tool.
I've special requirement on my project and I need help. I am using TYPO3 8.7.8. I've a custom extension to render tag labels in frontend. We can add the tags as TCA record in backend storage folder. In the TCA record, you can tag name. My requirement is, when I save the TCA record I want to create a TYPO3 page automatically with the same name as tag in a specific position. Everytime when I add a TCA record, I need to create corresponding page automatically. Is this possible? I can use hook while saving TCA. But is there any function to create pages automatically?
After automatic page creation, I want to insert a plugin content element in that page with a specific flexform value automatically. I know this is a strange requirement, but I would like to know if it is possible or not.
Exactly, you'd trigger a hook on saving and then as next step you can use the data handler to generate the new page (and possible content).
To create the page and content, use something like the following data structure
$data = [
'pages' => [
'NEW_1' => [
'pid' => 456,
'title' => 'Title for page 1',
],
],
'tt_content' => [
'NEW_123' => [
'pid' => 'NEW_1',
'header' => 'My content element',
],
],
];
Then call the datahandler with that structure:
$tce = \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility::makeInstance('TYPO3\\CMS\\Core\\DataHandling\\DataHandler');
$tce->stripslashes_values = 0;
$tce->start($data, []);
$tce->process_datamap();
Find out more in the docs at
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/CoreApiReference/ApiOverview/Typo3CoreEngine/Database/Index.html#data-array
and
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/CoreApiReference/ApiOverview/Typo3CoreEngine/UsingDataHandler/Index.html
Are you sure you need additional pages?
In general your problem sounds like you need one page where the plugin is inserted and where the plugin in dependency of an url-parameter (which can be converted with realurl into a path segment) shows only information depending of the selected record (tag).
If no tag is selected you can output a list with all available tags as a menu to navigate to all possible tags.
With a little effort (less than writing a hook like intended) you can add all tags to your menu.
In versions prior to TYPO3 7.6 you could select a position for your header within your content element (left, middle, right as far as I remember).
The field which has been used for storing that information in tt_content header_position is still available.
However, it will not appear in the backend.
I'm also using fluid_styled_content for rendering my content, and the Header partial doesn't contain any reference to the position, but only to the layout field.
My question is: How can I reenable that field and use it to position my headers?
You have to build a quick extension of yours which can reenable the field. You need to create folders and a file like following:
your_ext/Configuration/TCA/Overrides/tt_content.php
the contents of that file are:
use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility;
ExtensionManagementUtility::addTCAcolumns('tt_content',[
'header_position' => [
'exclude' => 1,
'label' => 'LLL:EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tt_content.header_position',
'config' => [
'type' => 'select',
'renderType' => 'selectSingle',
'items' => [
['LLL:EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tt_content.header_position.left', 'left'],
['LLL:EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tt_content.header_position.right', 'right'],
['LLL:EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tt_content.header_position.center', 'center']
]
]
]
]);
ExtensionManagementUtility::addFieldsToPalette('tt_content', 'header', '--linebreak--,header_position', 'after:header_layout');
ExtensionManagementUtility::addFieldsToPalette('tt_content', 'headers', '--linebreak--,header_position', 'after:header_layout');
Now the field should be back in the backend, because you've added it to the TCA via addTCAColumns to the tt_content configuration and added it via addFieldsToPalette to the header and headers palettes of tt_content, which are used by the types textmedia and header.
You can find out more about this by using the Configuration module in the TYPO3 backend. You can see it, when you are logged in as admin. Also a good place to look and learn about the TCA is the TCA reference: https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/TCAReference/
Now you need to alter the fluid_styled_content templates. You need to create template overrides for the header partial of fluid_styled_content.
First create a folder: your_ext/Configuration/TypoScript and add a setup.txt and a constants.txt file.
In setup.txt add the following lines:
lib.fluidContent{
templateRootPaths{
10 = {$plugin.your_ext.view.fluid_styled_content.templateRootPath}
}
partialRootPaths{
10 = {$plugin.your_ext.view.fluid_styled_content.partialRootPath}
}
layoutRootPaths{
10 = {$plugin.your_ext.view.fluid_styled_content.layoutRootPath}
}
}
In constants.txt do:
plugin.your_ext{
view{
fluid_styled_content{
templateRootPath = EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/FluidStyledContent/Templates/
partialRootPath = EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/FluidStyledContent/Partials/
layoutRootPath = EXT:your_ext/Resources/Private/FluidStyledContent/Layouts/
}
}
}
To enable your TypoScript, you need to add a ext_tables.php in your your_ext folder and give it the following one-liner:
TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addStaticFile($_EXTKEY,'Configuration/TypoScript', 'Your Ext Template');
You need to include your static TypoScript to your page via the Template module to enable the change to fluid_styled_content
Now you can copy the templates you need from
typo3/sysext/fluid_styled_content/Resources/Private/Templates
typo3/sysext/fluid_styled_content/Resources/Private/Partials
typo3/sysext/fluid_styled_content/Resources/Private/Layouts
into your extensions folders you need to create:
your_ext/Resources/Private/FluidStyledContent/Templates
your_ext/Resources/Private/FluidStyledContent/Partials
your_ext/Resources/Private/FluidStyledContent/Layouts
Now you can alter the templates. For your header_position field, you probably just need to copy
typo3/sysext/fluid_styled_content/Resources/Private/Partials/Heaeder.html
to
your_ext/Resources/Private/FluidStyledContent/Partials/Header.html
and add your selected value as {data.header_position} to a div class and style that.
Keep in mind you do not need to copy all of the templates, because with the TypoScript you just defined another location for fluid to search for templates and take them, if they are available. If not, fluid will walk back the chain and take the templates that are defined at position 9 and lower. You can look into the TypoScript Object Browser by the Template module and look into the TypoScript variable lib.FluidContent to see, if your TypoScript include has worked.
Hope this helped a bit ;)
The database field header_position is only included in the TYPO3 core extension css_styled_content. If you don't have that extension installed the field in the database is probably there because it was installed sometime before.
It is not advised to install css_styled_content and fluid_styled_content installed in parallel as some options can conflict.
If you want to use fluid_styled_content and have the header_position field available the best way to go would be to create a very small TYPO3 extension yourself that includes the necessary SQL definition for the column header_position, the appropriate TCA configuration for that column and a few bits of TypoScript to extend/override the „Partial” paths of fluid_styled_content.
At first, it is need to know I get active the FullTinyMCe and TinyMCEComplete plugins in Impresspages. Well, I have a new plugin where I have a field like this:
$fields[] = array(
'label' => 'Rich Text to Store',
'field' => 'textToStore',
'type' => 'RichText',
'preview' => '\Plugin\MyPlugin\Helper::previewText'
);
How do I do to force the type RichText using the versatility of the FullTinyMCE instead of internal configuration? I need other skills in this field like html edit and save for instance.
Thanks for the aid!
These plugins alter the config just for themselves. If you want to update TinyMCE globally, change the implementation of ipTinyMceConfig() function. This is the default function that provides the configuration of TinyMCE. Replace it with your own function (this is all about JavaScript) that returns your custom configuration. That will take affect everywhere on ImpressPages. More about that:
https://www.impresspages.org/docs/tinymce
EDIT: TYPO3 version 4.7
there is table Create Website user with many tabs.
I am able to add new tab with my own data using:
$test = array(
'tx_promconf_send_email' => array(
'exclude' => 0,
'label' => 'HAHAHA',
'config' => array(
'type' => 'input'
,)));
t3lib_div::loadTCA('fe_users');
t3lib_extMgm::addTCAcolumns('fe_users',$test,1);
t3lib_extMgm::addToAllTCAtypes('fe_users','--div--;Documents;;;;1-1-1,tx_promconf_send_email');
But I am not able to put my input to already existing tabs. Also I was not able to find some explanation of this string 'fe_users','--div--;Documents;;;;1-1-1,tx_promconf_send_email'.
Is there an option how to modify existing tabs? Where can I found the name of the tab? I tried to use instead of --div-- name of the tab and it does not work.
This weird string is hardly documented. You can find the TCA Documentation here.
If you want to insert it to an existing tab, just do it by finding a field within the desired tab where you want to put your new field after or before.
For example:
t3lib_extMgm::addToAllTCAtypes('fe_users','tx_promconf_send_email', '', 'after:last_name');
Your field will now be displayed after the field "last_name", and so within the tab "Personal Data". You can also use "before:fieldname" to insert your field before a field.