Adding the page content to a fluid template - typo3

Question

I'm new to TYPO3 and Fluid and trying to display the page content using a Fluid template similar to the following one:
<div id="content">
<f:format.html>{content}</f:format.html>
</div>
The page data is entered via the backend using a two-column layout (colPos=0, colPos=1).
I am now trying to display the content of the first column (colPos=0) inside the div.
At the moment, my TYPO-Script looks like the following:
page = PAGE
page {
# ...
5 = FLUIDTEMPLATE
5 {
file = fileadmin/templates/default.html
# ...
variables {
pageTitle = TEXT
pageTitle.data = page:title
content = CONTENT
content {
table = tt_content
select {
where=colPos=0
}
renderObj = COA
renderObj {
10 = TEXT
10.field = bodytext
}
}
}
}
It works this way, but I cannot get rid of the feeling that my 5.variables.content is way too complicated.
I saw some solutions using content < styles.content.get as an alternative but using this causes my resulting div to be empty.
Are there any more elegant ways (i.e. shorter in this context) to achieve what I am doing?

Answer 1

On your question which approach is more elegant
(I don't use fluid, but I think it's general Typoscript):
If you want to use css_styled_content, but with more flexibility and transparence than the shortcuts "get", "getLeft" etc., use this:
content < styles.content.get
content.select.where = colPos = 0
No need to specify content = CONTENT in that case.
In the way you wrote it above, you would probably need to add:
10.parseFunc = < lib.parseFunc_RTE
to your renderObj, as else, automatically linked e-Mail addresses etc. won't be rendered in the content.
If you want full control over the markup, your original approach using the CONTENT object is superior to css_styled_content. But you will have to cover each field the editors are supposed to use.
I always use this article: http://www.typo3wizard.com/en/articles/explaining-the-content-object.html
With css_styled_content on the other hand, you get parsing for all fields for free - but also you get all the markup it will write for you.
It might be helpful to look at csc's static template in /typo3/sysext/css_styled_content/static/setup.txt to see what it does.

Answer 2

i dont use fluid, just plain TS for my projects, but i hope ill help.
In backend the cols are like this if u have not "touched" em:
| col1(Left) | col0(Normal) | col2(Right) | col3(Border) |
What i do is this for "normal" layout:
page.10 = TEMPLATE
page.10 {
subparts{
LEFT-CONTENT < styles.content.getLeft
CONTENT < styles.content.get
RIGHT-CONTENT < styles.content.getRight
}
marks {
DESCRIPTION < styles.content.getBorder
}
If u need something more u can use something like this to generate some content that is not on that page and can use it to display it on all pages.
subparts{
LEFT-CONTENT < styles.content.getLeft
LEFT-CONTENT {
select.pidInList = 50
select.where = colPos=0
select.orderBy = sorting
wrap = <div class="col100">|</div>
}

Answer 3

page.5.variables.content < styles.content.get
Of course you must have the CSS styled content extension installed (default) and the static template "CSS Styled content" included in your TypoScript Template (Tab: Includes).

Answer 4

Alternative solution: https://fluidtypo3.org/viewhelpers/vhs/development/Content/RenderViewHelper.html (along with get and random get/render counterparts).