For Editors

Target group: Editors

The internal notes are a useful feature for adding context and notes to pages. It provides a way for users to document important information related to specific pages.

Table of Contents

Usage

Adding a note

To add a note to a page:

  1. Log in to the TYPO3 backend as a user with appropriate permissions.
  2. Navigate to the page where you want to add a note.

  3. Click on Create internal note for this page .

    Screenshot demonstrating the location of the "Create internal note" button in the module header of the Page module

    The button to create a system not is located on the top right of the "Page" and "List" modules

  4. Create a new internal note, select the appropriate category and add the desired text content.
  5. Save the note.

Categories

You can choose between:

Instructions
Used to provide instructions to the backend user.
Notes
Used for simple notes.
To-Do
Used to allow a backend user to see and complete pending to-dos.
Template
Used to output a template.
Creating a new internal note

Create a new internal note

Describing the note

Enter the title of your note in the Subject field and the description in the Message field.

Activate the Personal toggle in the Access tab, if the note should be displayed only for you.

How does the internal note look in the backend?

A System note is displayed on the top or bottom (depending on which option was activated in the record) of the modules "Page" and "List" when viewing the page in question:

Screenshot of a TODO note on the top of the "Page" backend module

If you have sufficient permissions you can edit or delete the note.

System notes dashboard

New in version 13.3

There are multiple widgets available in the dashboard that show either all system notes or just those in a certain category. Only notes on pages for which you have access are shown.

Screenshot of the widget "All System Notes" in the Dashboard of a TYPO3 backend

Click the button to go to the page with the note in the backend.

If such a widget is not displayed in your dashboard, click the "+ Add widget to dashboard" button on the buttom right of the module and add the desired dashboard:

Screenshot of the "Add widget to dashboard" dialogue in tab "System notes"

Choose "All System Notes" or just the notes of a certain category

If you cannot find this type of widget in the dialogue or the widget does not show any messages talk to your administrator as your user permissions might be insufficient.