PAGE

This defines what is rendered in the frontend.

PAGE is an object type. A good habit is to use page as the top-level object name for the content-page on a website.

TYPO3 does not initialize page by default. You must initialize this explicitly, for example:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page = PAGE
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Pages are referenced by two main values. The "id" and "type".

The "id" points to the uid of the page (or the alias). Thus the page is found.

Most of this code is executed in the PHP script \TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\Http\RequestHandler.

Output of the PAGE object

An empty PAGE object without further configuration renders a HTML page like the following:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<!--
    This website is powered by TYPO3 - inspiring people to share!
    TYPO3 is a free open source Content Management Framework initially created by Kasper Skaarhoj and licensed under GNU/GPL.
    TYPO3 is copyright 1998-2019 of Kasper Skaarhoj. Extensions are copyright of their respective owners.
    Information and contribution at https://typo3.org/
-->
<title>Page title</title>
<meta name="generator" content="TYPO3 CMS">
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
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This default behaviour can be changed by setting the property disableAllHeaderCode:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page.config.disableAllHeaderCode = 1
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If the output represents another format different from HTML the HTTP header should also be set, for example:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page.config.additionalHeaders.10.header = Content-type:application/json
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Multiple pages

When rendering pages in the frontend, TYPO3 uses the GET parameter "type" to define how the page should be rendered. This is primarily used with different representations of the same content. Your default page will most likely have type 0 (which is the default) while a JSON stream with the same content could go with type 1.

The property typeNum defines for which type, the page will be used.

Example:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page = PAGE
page.typeNum = 0
page {
   # set properties ...
}

json = PAGE
json.typeNum = 1
# ...
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See An example page type used for JSON data about an example for the latter page.

In the frontend, the original URLs that are generated will include the type and an id parameter (for the page id), example (for json and page id 22):

/index.php?id=22&type=1

Guidelines

Good, general PAGE object names to use are:

  • page for the main page with content
  • json for a json stream with content
  • xml for a XML stream with content

These are just recommendations. However, especially the name page for the content bearing page is very common and most documentation will imply that your main page object is called page.

Examples

Please see the dedicated example page about examples of how to use the PAGE object: Examples

Properties

1,2,3,4...

1,2,3,4...
Type
cObject

These properties can be used to define any number of objects, just like you can do with a COA content object.

The content of these objects will be rendered on the page in the order of the numbers, not in the order they get defined in the TypoScript definition.

It is considered best practice to leave space between the numbers such that it will be possible to place objects before and after other objects in the future. Therefore you will often see that people use the number 10 and no number 1 is found.

Example: Render "Hello World"

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page = PAGE
page.20 = TEXT
page.20.value = World
page.10 = TEXT
page.10.value = Hello
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This renders to HelloWorld.

bodyTag

bodyTag
Type
<body>

Body tag on the page

Example: Set a class on the body tag

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
# This will lead to <body class="example"> if constant "bodyClass" is set accordingly.
page.bodyTag = <body class="{$bodyClass}">
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bodyTagAdd

bodyTagAdd
Type
string

This content is added inside of the opening <body> tag right before the > character. This is mostly useful for adding attributes to the <body> tag.

Example: Add a parameter to the body tag

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
# This will lead to <body class="example">
page.bodyTagAdd = class="example"
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bodyTagCObject

bodyTagCObject
Type
cObject

This is the default body tag. It is overridden by bodyTag, if that is set.

config

config
Type
->CONFIG

Configuration for the page. Any entries made here override the same entries in the top-level object config.

CSS_inlineStyle

Changed in version 12.0

Using this setting has no effect anymore. Use page.cssInline instead.

cssInline.[array]

cssInline.[array]
Type
cObject

Allows to add inline CSS to the page <head> section. The cssInline property contains any number of numeric keys, each representing one cObject. Internally handled as PHP integer, maximum number is therefore restricted to PHP_INT_MAX.

Example: Add inline styles for the h1 tag

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
cssInline {
    10 = TEXT
    10.value = h1 {margin:15px;}

    20 = TEXT
    20.value = h1 span {color: blue;}
}
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footerData.[array]

footerData.[array]
Type
cObject

Same as headerData.[array], except that this block gets included at the bottom of the page (just before the closing </body> tag).

The footerData property contains any number of numeric keys, each representing one cObject. Internally handled as PHP integer, maximum number is therefore restricted to PHP_INT_MAX.

headerData.[array]

headerData.[array]
Type
cObject

Inserts custom content in the head section of the website.

While you can also use this to include stylesheet references or JavaScript, you should better use page.includeCSS and page.includeJS for such files. Features like file concatenation and file compression will not work on files, which are included using headerData.

For meta tags, use the dedicated configuration page.meta.

By default, gets inserted after all the style definitions.

The headerData property contains any number of numeric keys, each representing one cObject. Internally handled as PHP integer, maximum number is therefore restricted to PHP_INT_MAX.

Example: Add a script tag and a comment to the head tag

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page.headerData {
    3 = TEXT
    3.value = <script src="...."></script>

    50 = TEXT
    50.value = <!-- Hello from the comment! -->
}
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headTag

headTag
Type
tag / stdWrap
Default
<head>

Head-tag if alternatives are wanted

includeCSS.[array]

includeCSS.[array]
Type
resource

Inserts a stylesheet (just like the stylesheet property), but allows setting up more than a single stylesheet, because you can enter files in an array.

The file definition must be a valid resource data type, otherwise nothing is inserted.

Each file has optional properties:

allWrap
Wraps the complete tag, useful for conditional comments.
allWrap.splitChar
Defines an alternative splitting character (default is "|" - the vertical line).
alternate
If set (boolean) then the rel-attribute will be "alternate stylesheet".
disableCompression
If config.compressCss is enabled, this disables the compression of this file.
excludeFromConcatenation
If config.concatenateCss is enabled, this prevents the file from being concatenated.
external
If set, there is no file existence check. Useful for inclusion of external files.
forceOnTop
Boolean flag. If set, this file will be added on top of all other files.
if
Allows to define conditions, which must evaluate to true for the file to be included. If they do not evaluate to true, the file will not be included. Extensive usage might cause huge numbers of temporary files to be created. See function if for details.
inline
If set, the content of the CSS file is inlined using <style> tags. Note that external files are not inlined.
media
Setting the media attribute of the <style> tag.
title
Setting the title of the <style> tag.

New in version 12.1

Additional data attributes can be configured using a key-value list.

Example: Include additional css files

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
includeCSS {
    styles = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/Css/styles.css

    print = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/Css/print.css
    print.title = High contrast
    print.media = print

    additional = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/Css/additional_styles.css
    additional.data-foo = bar

    ie6 = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/Css/ie6.css
    ie6.allWrap = <!--[if lte IE 7]>|<![endif]-->

    example = https://example.org/some_external_styles.css
    example.external = 1
}
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includeCSSLibs.[array]

includeCSSLibs.[array]
Type
resource

Adds CSS library files to head of page.

The file definition must be a valid resource data type, otherwise nothing is inserted. This means that remote files cannot be referenced (i.e. using https://...), except by using the .external property.

Each file has optional properties:

allWrap
Wraps the complete tag, useful for conditional comments.
allWrap.splitChar
Defines an alternative splitting character (default is "|" - the vertical line).
alternate
If set (boolean) then the rel-attribute will be "alternate stylesheet".
disableCompression
If config.compressCss is enabled, this disables the compression of this file.
excludeFromConcatenation
If config.concatenateCss is enabled, this prevents the file from being concatenated.
external
If set, there is no file existence check. Useful for inclusion of external files.
forceOnTop
Boolean flag. If set, this file will be added on top of all other files.
if
Allows to define conditions, which must evaluate to TRUE for the file to be included. If they do not evaluate to TRUE, the file will not be included. Extensive usage might cause huge numbers of temporary files to be created. See ->if for details.
media
Setting the media attribute of the <style> tag.
title
Setting the title of the <style> tag.

New in version 12.1

Additional data attributes can be configured using a key-value list.

Example: Include CSS libraries

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
includeCSSLibs {
    bootstrap = https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.2.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css
    bootstrap.external = 1

    additional = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/Css/additional_styles.css
    additional.data-foo = bar
}
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includeJS.[array]

includeJS.[array]
Type
resource

Inserts one or more (Java)Scripts in <script> tags. With moveJsFromHeaderToFooter set to TRUE all files will be moved to the footer. The file definition must be a valid resource data type, otherwise nothing is inserted. This means that remote files cannot be referenced (i.e. using https://...), except by using the .external property.

Each file has optional properties:

allWrap
Wraps the complete tag, useful for conditional comments.
allWrap.splitChar
Defines an alternative splitting character (default is "|" - the vertical line).
async
Allows the file to be loaded asynchronously.
crossorigin
Allows to set the cross-origin attribute in script tags. It is automatically set to anonymous for external JavaScript files if an .integrity is set.
defer
Allows to set the HTML5 attribute defer.
disableCompression
If config.compressJs is enabled, this disables the compression of this file.
excludeFromConcatenation
If config.concatenateJs is enabled, this prevents the file from being concatenated.
external
If set, there is no file existence check. Useful for inclusion of external files.
forceOnTop
Boolean flag. If set, this file will be added on top of all other files.
if
Allows to define conditions, which must evaluate to TRUE for the file to be included. If they do not evaluate to TRUE, the file will not be included. Extensive usage might cause huge numbers of temporary files to be created. See ->if for details.
type
Setting the MIME type of the script. Default: The attribute is omitted for frontend rendering when config.doctype is not set or set to html5. Otherwise text/javascript is used as type.
integrity
Adds the integrity attribute to the script element to let browsers ensure subresource integrity. Useful in hosting scenarios with resources externalized to CDN's. See SRI for more details. Integrity hashes may be generated using https://srihash.org/.

New in version 12.1

data
Array with key/value for additional attributes to be added to the script tag.

Example: Include JavaScript in the header

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
includeJS {
    helloworld = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/JavaScript/helloworld.js
    helloworld.type = application/x-javascript

    # Include the file only if myConstant is set in the TS constants field.
    conditional = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/JavaScript/conditional.js
    conditional.if.isTrue = {$myConstant}

    # Include another file for consent management
    # A data attribute enriches the tag with additional information
    # which can be used in the according JavaScript.
    # This results in "<script data-consent-type="essential" ...></script>"
    consent = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/JavaScript/consent.js
    consent.data.data-consent-type = essential

    # Another attribute can also be defined also with the "data" key.
    # This results in "<script other-attribute="value" ...></script>"
    consent.data.other-attribute = value

    jquery = https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js
    jquery.external = 1
    jquery.integrity = sha384-vk5WoKIaW/vJyUAd9n/wmopsmNhiy+L2Z+SBxGYnUkunIxVxAv/UtMOhba/xskxh
}
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includeJSFooter.[array]

includeJSFooter.[array]
Type
resource

Add JavaScript files to footer (after files set in includeJSFooterlibs)

Same as includeJS above, except that this block gets included at the bottom of the page (just before the closing </body> tag).

includeJSFooterlibs.[array]

includeJSFooterlibs.[array]
Type
resource

Add JavaScript library files to footer.

Same as includeJSLibs, except that this block gets included at the bottom of the page (just before the closing </body> tag).

The optional properties from includeJS can be applied.

includeJSLibs.[array]

includeJSLibs.[array]
Type
resource

Adds JavaScript library files to head of page.

Same as includeJSFooterlibs, except that this block gets included inside <head>. tag).

The optional properties from includeJS can be applied.

inlineLanguageLabelFiles

inlineLanguageLabelFiles
Type
(array of strings)

Adds language labels to the page. All labels will be then be available in the JavaScript object TYPO3.lang.

Available sub-properties:
selectionPrefix
Only label keys that start with this prefix will be included. Default: ''.
stripFromSelectionName
A string that will be removed from any included label key. Default: ''.
errorMode
Error mode if the file could not be found: 0 - syslog entry, 1 - do nothing, 2 - throw an exception. Default: 0

Example: Make a language file available in JavaScript

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
inlineLanguageLabelFiles {
    someLabels = EXT:my_extension/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlf
    someLabels.selectionPrefix = idPrefix
    someLabels.stripFromSelectionName = strip_me
    someLabels.errorMode = 2
}
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inlineSettings

inlineSettings
Type
(array of strings)

Adds settings to the page as inline javascript, which is accessible within the JavaScript object TYPO3.settings.

Example: Make some values available in JavaScript

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page.inlineSettings {
    setting1 = Hello
    setting2 = GoOnTop
}
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Will produce following source

TYPO3.settings = {"TS":{"setting1":"Hello","setting2":"GoOnTop"}};
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jsFooterInline.[array]

jsFooterInline.[array]
Type
cObject

Same as jsInline, except that the JavaScript gets inserted at the bottom of the page (just before the closing </body> tag).

The jsFooterInline property contains any number of numeric keys, each representing one cObject. Internally handled as PHP integer, maximum number is therefore restricted to PHP_INT_MAX.

jsInline.[array]

jsInline.[array]
Type
cObject

Use array of cObjects for creating inline JavaScript.

The jsInline property contains any number of numeric keys, each representing one cObject. Internally handled as PHP integer, maximum number is therefore restricted to PHP_INT_MAX.

Example: Make a cObject available in JavaScript

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page.jsInline {
    10 = TEXT
    10.stdWrap.dataWrap = var pageId = {TSFE:id};
}
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meta

meta
Type
array of key names (string / stdWrap)

Use the scheme meta.key = value to define any HTML meta tag.

value is the content of the meta tag. If the value is empty (after trimming), the meta tag is not generated.

The key can be the name of any meta tag, for example description or keywords. If the key is refresh (case insensitive), then the http-equiv attribute is used in the meta tag instead of the name attribute.

For each key the following sub-properties are available:

httpEquivalent
If set to 1, the http-equiv attribute is used in the meta tag instead of the name attribute. Default: 0.
replace
If set to 1, the tag will replace the one set earlier by a plugin. If set to 0 (default), the meta tag generated by the plugin will be used. If there is none yet, the one from TypoScript is set.

Example: Define meta tags for description and keywords

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
meta.description = This is the description of the content in this document.
meta.keywords = These are the keywords.
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Example: Fetch data for the keyword meta tag from the page record

If the page record is not set search up the root line of pages.

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
meta.keywords.data = levelfield:-1, keywords, slide
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Example: Make a meta.refresh entry

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
meta.refresh = [seconds]; [URL, leave blank for same page]
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Example: Set a meta tag with HTTP equivalent

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
meta.X-UA-Compatible = IE=edge
meta.X-UA-Compatible.httpEquivalent = 1
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Result:

Example output
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">.
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Example set Open graph meta tags

Meta tags with a different attribute name are supported like the Open Graph meta tags:

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page {
    meta {
        X-UA-Compatible = IE=edge
        X-UA-Compatible.attribute = http-equiv
        keywords = TYPO3
        og:site_name = TYPO3
        og:site_name.attribute = property
        description = Inspiring people to share Normal
        dc\.description = Inspiring people to share [DC tags]
        og:description = Inspiring people to share [OpenGraph]
        og:description.attribute = property
        og:locale = en_GB
        og:locale.attribute = property
        og:locale:alternate {
            attribute = property
            value {
                1 = fr_FR
                2 = de_DE
            }
        }
        refresh = 5; url=https://example.org/
        refresh.attribute = http-equiv
    }
}
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They can be used like property used for OG tags in the example.

You may also supply multiple values for one name, which results in multiple meta tags with the same name to be rendered.

Result for og:description:

<meta property="og:description"
content="Inspiring people to share [OpenGraph]" />
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See https://ogp.me/ for more information about the Open Graph protocol and its properties.

shortcutIcon

shortcutIcon
Type
resource

Favicon of the page. Create a reference to an icon here!

Browsers that support favicons display them in the address bar of the browser, next to the name of the site in lists of bookmarks and next to the title of the page in the tab.

If the file is missing no tag will be rendered.

Example: Add a favicon to the page

EXT:site_package/Configuration/TypoScript/setup.typoscript
page.shortcutIcon = EXT:site_package/Resources/Public/Images/favicon.ico
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stdWrap

stdWrap
Type
stdWrap

Wraps the content of the cObject array with stdWrap options.

typeNum

typeNum
Type
integer
Default
0

This determines the typeId of the page. The &type= parameter in the URL determines, which page object will be rendered. The value defaults to 0 for the first found PAGE object, but it must be set and be unique as soon as you use more than one such object.

wrap

wrap
Type
wrap

Wraps the content of the cObject array.