Changing & editing templates

The EXT:daycarecenters extension uses Fluid as its template engine. If you are already familiar with Fluid, you might skip this section.

This documentation will not cover all aspects of Fluid but will highlight the most important things you need to use it effectively. For more comprehensive information, you can refer to resources such as:

Books like Zukunftssichere TYPO3-Extensions mit Extbase & Fluid by Jochen Rau and Sebastian Kurfürst
Online resources like the http://wiki.typo3.org/Fluid

Many other sites also provide valuable information about Fluid.

Changing paths of the template

You should never edit the original templates of an extension, as those changes will disappear if you upgrade the extension. As with any Extbase-based extension, you can find the templates in the Resources/Private/ directory.

If you want to change a template, copy the desired files to the directory where you store your templates. This can be a directory in a sitepackage extension. Multiple fallbacks can be defined, making it much easier to customize the templates.

plugin.tx_daycarecenters {
  view {
    templateRootPaths >
    templateRootPaths {
      0 = EXT:daycarecenters/Resources/Private/Templates/
      1 = EXT:sitepackage/Resources/Private/EXT/daycarecenters/Templates/
    }
    partialRootPaths >
    partialRootPaths {
      0 = EXT:daycarecenters/Resources/Private/Partials/
      1 = EXT:sitepackage/Resources/Private/EXT/daycarecenters/Partials/
    }
    layoutRootPaths >
    layoutRootPaths {
      0 = EXT:daycarecenters/Resources/Private/Layouts/
      1 = EXT:sitepackage/Resources/Private/EXT/daycarecenters/Layouts/
    }
  }
}

Change the templates using TypoScript constants

You can use the following TypoScript in the constants to change the paths

plugin.tx_daycarecenters {
  view {
    templateRootPath = EXT:sitepackage/Resources/Private/EXT/daycarecenters/Templates/
    partialRootPath = EXT:sitepackage/Resources/Private/EXT/daycarecenters/Partials/
    layoutRootPath = EXT:sitepackage/Resources/Private/EXT/daycarecenters/Layouts/
  }
}

This configuration allows you to specify custom paths for your templates, partials, and layouts, ensuring your customizations are maintained independently of the extension's updates.