Manual Setup

The manual setup helps you to build an integrated instance of the TYPO3 Blog Extension. If you want a standalone Blog and do not have an existing site, please go with the Setup Wizard instructions.

Prerequisites:

1. Ensure the TYPO3 Blog Extension is installed and activated
2. Ensure your logged in as Administrator

1. Edit your existing site your existing site configuration

   

2. Add the "Blog: Integration" set to your site.

   

   Tip

   It is recommended to use the "Integration" template to use the prepared page templates for lists and posts. These are using the layout "Default" and the section "Main" of your Template.

   If your "Page-Template/-Sections" named differently, please overwrite the blog templates in your sitepackage. Check the used templates below and adapt them to your own needs.

   • BlogList
   • BlogPost

3. Create Blog Pages

   

   1. Right click the page you want the Blog to list below
   2. Select "More options"
   3. Select "Create multiple pages"

   

   Create the following Pages, make sure they have the correct Type

   Name	Type
   Blog	Blog Page
   Authors	Blog Page
   Categories	Blog Page
   Tags	Blog Page
   Archive	Blog Page
   Data	Folder

   

   Edit the newly generated Data folder to contain the "Blog"

   4. Edit the page "Data" and select the "Behaviour" tab
   5. Select "Blog" at "Contains Plugin"
   6. Save the Page

   

   Sort the pages like the following screenshot

4. Configure the page ids in the site settings

   plugin:
      tx_blog:
         settings:
            blogUid:       ID_of_Page_Blog
            categoryUid:   ID_of_Page_Categories
            tagUid:        ID_of_Page_Authors
            authorUid:     ID_of_Page_Tags
            archiveUid:    ID_of_Page_Archive
            storagePid:    ID_of_Page_Data

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6. Frontend Routing

   The extension provides a frontend route enhancer configuration that you can include it in your site configuration.

   imports:
      - { resource: "EXT:blog/Configuration/Routes/Default.yaml" }

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   Tip

   You can find your site configuration in ./config/sites/<identifier>/config.yaml

7. Add Plugins to Blog Pages

   Example: Blog Listing

   1. Select the Page module
   2. Select the Blog page
   3. Click the Button to add content

   

   4. Select the "Blog" tab
   5. Add plugin "Blog: List of posts"

   

   Page	Plugin
   Blog	Blog: List of posts
   Authors	Blog: List by author
   Categories	Blog: List by category
   Tags	Blog: List by tag
   Archive	Blog: Archive

8. Congratulations

   Your blog is now ready, please read on in the capters about "how to add a blog post" and learn more about configuration options.