Category¶
Categories are not mandatory but make it easier to structure news records.
Hint
EXT:news uses the System Categories since version 3.0.0.
Add a category¶
- Switch to any page or sysfolder in the backend of your TYPO3 installation
- Click on the + icon.
- Select “Category” which can be found in the section System Records.
Properties¶
| Field: | Description: |
|---|---|
| Title | Title of the category. This field is required! |
| Parent category | The parent category is used to build a category tree. Therefore select the parent of the current category. If nothing selected, the category is used as a root category. |
| Image | Image of the category which can be shown next to a category title. |
| Description | Description of the category |
| Single-view page for news from this category | If a page is defined, it is used as page for displaying the news record. If a news record belongs to more than one category, only the 1 st category is checked for this field. |
| News category shortcut | Optional link of a news category |