Extension Configuration¶

Some general settings can be configured in the Extension Configuration.

Go to Admin Tools > Settings > Extension Configuration
Choose news

The settings are divided into several tabs and described here in detail:

Properties

Records
Backend Module
- Show administration module showAdministrationModule
- Hide page tree for Administration module hidePageTreeForAdministrationModule
Import Module
Alternative configuration instead of Admin Tools

Records ¶

Archive Date archiveDate ¶

archiveDate¶

Type:	string (keyword)
Default:	date

Define how the archive date field should be rendered:

date: Render the field as pure date
datetime: Render it as date and time field

Enable a RTE for the teaser field rteForTeaser ¶

rteForTeaser¶

Type:	bool
Default:	0

If set, the teaser field will be rendered using a RTE.

Define pid of tag records tagPid ¶

tagPid¶

Type:	int
Default:	0

New tags can be saved directly inside the news record. The given ID is used as page on which the tag records will be saved.

This setting can also be done with TSconfig, see tagPid

If you want to use TsConfig to define the page, set the tagPid to 0 and use the following syntax in TsConfig:

# Save tags on page with UID 123
tx_news.tagPid = 123

Prepend at copy prependAtCopy ¶

prependAtCopy¶

Type:	bool
Default:	1

If set and a news record is copied, the news record will be prepended with the string Copy X.

Category restriction categoryRestriction ¶

Category restriction: Restrict the available categories in news records.

PageTsConfig:

TCEFORM.tx_news_domain_model_news.categories.PAGE_TSCONFIG_IDLIST=120.

Warning

This feature is currently under development and not being expected to work!

Editor needs to have permissions to all selected categories to save a news item categoryBeGroupTceFormsRestriction ¶

categoryBeGroupTceFormsRestriction¶

Type:	bool
Default:	0

If activated, an editor needs to have permissions to all categories added to a news item to be able to edit this record.

Use content element relation contentElementRelation ¶

contentElementRelation¶

Type:	bool
Default:	1

If set, you can add content elements as relation to a news record. This makes it easy to enrich the news article with further images, plugins, …

If you want to reduce the available options of the content elements, you can use TsConfig in the sysfolder of the news records:

# Hide content element types
TCEFORM.tt_content.CType.removeItems = header,bullets,table,uploads,menu,list,html,login,mailform,search,shortcut,div
# Hide fields
TCEFORM.tt_content.header.disabled = 1
TCEFORM.tt_content.header_layout.disabled = 1

More information can be found at http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/TSconfigReference/PageTsconfig/TCEform/Index.html.

Improved preview of content element relations contentElementPreview ¶

contentElementPreview¶

Type:	bool
Default:	1

If set, the preview in the backend is rendered as in the page module.

Enable manual sorting of news records manualSorting ¶

manualSorting¶

Type:	bool
Default:	0

If set, news records can be manually sorted in the list view by the well known icons “up” and “down”.

Disable required date field dateTimeNotRequired ¶

dateTimeNotRequired¶

Type:	bool
Default:	0

If set, the date field of the news record is not a required field anymore. Furthermore if creating a new record, it is not filled anymore with the current date.

Be aware that using this feature may lead to unexpected results if using e.g. the date menu if the field is not used anymore.

Show thumbnails in backend list module mediaPreview ¶

mediaPreview¶

Type:	bool
Default:	false

If enabled, the list module will show thumbnails of the media items.

Advanced preview configuration for media files advancedMediaPreview ¶

advancedMediaPreview¶

Type:	bool
Default:	1

If enabled, more options are available for editors defining where an media element should be displayed.

Slug behaviour slugBehaviour ¶

slugBehaviour¶

Type:	string, keyword
Default:	unique

Choose one of the following slug behaviours:

uniqueInSite: The same slug can be used for news in different sites. Use this setting only if no news records are shared between sites.
unique: The same news title in different sites will lead to different slug names.

Backend Module ¶

Show administration module showAdministrationModule ¶

showAdministrationModule¶

Type:	bool
Default:	1

If set, the backend module “News” is shown. This view might be easier for editors who use a very limited set of features in the backend.

Hide page tree for Administration module hidePageTreeForAdministrationModule ¶

hidePageTreeForAdministrationModule¶

Type:	bool
Default:	0

If set, the backend module “News” is shown without the page tree. In combination with the TsConfig redirectToPageOnStart you can achieve a very simple workflow for editors if those need only to create news records.

Import Module ¶

Show importer showImporter ¶

showImporter¶

Type:	bool
Default:	0

If set, the backend module “News import” is shown. This is used to import news articles from sources like t3blog, tt_news or custom providers.

UID of storage to use when importing files/images storageUidImporter ¶

storageUidImporter¶

Type:	int
Default:	1

Define the uid of the storage which is used for importing media elements into FAL relations.

In which folder should the importer save files/images (has to exist) resourceFolderImporter ¶

resourceFolderImporter¶

Type:	string
Default:	/news_import

Define the folder which is used for the media elements which are imported.

Alternative configuration instead of Admin Tools ¶

Instead of defining the property in the Admin Tools it is also possible to define the properties in the AdditionalConfiguration.php. This is useful if you want to include the setting in version control.

AdditionalConfiguration.php¶

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXT']['extConf']['news'] = serialize([
    'archiveDate' => 'date',
    'rteForTeaser' => 0,
    'tagPid' => 1,
    'prependAtCopy' => 0,
    'categoryRestriction' => 'none',
    'categoryBeGroupTceFormsRestriction' => 0,
    'contentElementRelation' => 1,
    'manualSorting' => 0,
    'dateTimeNotRequired' => 0,
    'showAdministrationModule' => 1,
    'showImporter' => 0,
    'storageUidImporter' => '1',
    'resourceFolderImporter' => '/news_import',
]),