I would like to have something like "featured news" which is just selection of news which are to be published on the main page. Is there an simple way to do this in TYPO3?
I was thinking of creating a new category "Featured news", and when creating the article, you would assign it to its category and also to this category. But this is very clumsy - due to this bug you cannot do it directly and must first add the news with only one category, then edit it and add another.
I guess there must be some more correct solution for featured instead of hacking the categories?
I think using categories is the best way of doing it. To add more categories, just save it and continue editing.
Another option would be to create an extension that add this functionality to tt_news, but it could be overkill.
You can also put news in separate folder and set the list to display the news only from it.
BTW, don't use old bugtracker, the issue is moved to forge: http://forge.typo3.org/issues/23789
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By default, the category menu of tx_news shows all categories.
How it is possible to display only categories to which at least one news entry exist?
It is annoying for the user, if he clicks on a category but the are no news yet under that category.
It is impossible to know from the extension point of view what "is used" means as this could be restricted by a folder, additional constraints like time, archive, ...
Therefore this feature is not available by default. If you need it, create a simple VH and use the category as argument and then check with a DB query if this category is used in your project.
I'm working on a magazine webpage and the static version is pretty much ready by now.
Now I was wondering what would be the easiest way to create a post list, so a user can add a new post to that list.
For each post of that list, a page should be created, of course containing the text and images the user defines.
Also a goal would be, to be able to list all posts on one page where the user can click the one he want to read.
I've discovered the blog extension but I'm not sure if that is what I need.
The extension tx_news is probably good for you, hope it helps :)
You can have a look for the extension just_news: https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/just_news/
i'm currently working on a TYPO3 6.2 site using tx_news.
My goal is that a user can use the listView directly to download a related file, like it was possible in TT_news with type download.
The problem is in TX_news is only type news, internal page, external page available.
I dont really want to extend news that much to generate a new news type.
I got two possible solutions:
Use external page as link to file
Problem:
I dont really want the user to type the external file link
into these fields, since its a bigger project with many files.
Use sys_category and link the "more" field to related file
Problem:
I need a hardcoded check in the template files for the "File
Download Category" UID. What if this changes, or in a year some new
people need to maintain this.
This is possible with some template like this, but as is said before, this is an ugly hardcoded check in a template file:
<f:for each="{newsItem.categories}" as="category" iteration="catIterator">
</f:for>
Any help is very appreciated, if someone knows a better, cleaner solution.
To clarify: With 'listView' you mean a list of news items?
If so,
You could add a TemplateLayout to display only the URLs of the related files.
tx_news provides the news type "Internal Link", too.
With this type, it is possible to create a direct link to a file (on your webspace), page, folder or email.
HTH.
I'm going to be creating a Concrete5 website that will feature product listings. The listing system must offer all your typical ecommerce features, minus the ability to purchase items. It's strictly for browsing purposes only.
For example:
- Browse by category
- Search products
- Listings/results page with thumbnails and brief information (title, description, price in US/CAD, manufacturer, maker, etc.)
- Products single page (with detailed information, attributes and gallery/images)
All the things you'd expect to find in a listing system.
My issue is I can't find a specific add-on for something like product listings. This leaves me thinking that it may be best to use the e-commerce add on and do my best to hide anything related to the cart/payment process. That way it could just be used for everything else it offers.
What are your thoughts on this? Is there a better option?
Thanks for the advice!
Use the page list block. It has everything you need except for searching. But, in essence, that's what your requirements call for -- listing of pages.
Create a page type for your "product". The "brief information" can be in the Content block, or you can set as attributes. You'll probably want to make some minor changes to the block's view (by creating a new template) that displays the image as you want, the proper attributes, etc. Something similar to http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/how-tos/designers/styling-the-page-list-block/
There are several adanced page list blocks in the marketplace. You might want to start with those.
Right creat Page type.
After creat Page attributes.
Add a block page_list create a template for it and filter by attributes.
You can even use ajax to filter.
http://www.weblicating.com/doku/doku.php?id=cheatsheet/#.UbR7P0BmiSp
U can find here about page_list or read documentation Concrete5.
I have a Joomla site I am developing that centers around designer handbags of a particular label
(not my site, it's a client's). It is not an ecommerce site, more of a social site.
What I am looking to do is present the user with a list of handbag styles and patterns so that
they can mark which items they have and which items they need.
Then two sections of content would be generated - one listing what they have and one listing what
they need.
I would also need to be able to include a direct menu link to that page.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Probably the best way to do that would be to extend either community builder or JomSocial. Both have the ability to have custom user profiles which would go a long way to creating what you are looking for. You may even be able to do everything you want within the basic structure of one of those extensions.