.. You may want to use the usual include line. Uncomment and adjust the path. .. include:: ../Includes.txt ====================== Backend login RSS news ====================== :Author: Jigal van Hemert :Created: 2011-01-26T15:43:09 :Changed: 2014-10-14T11:46:25.903000000 :Classification: alternet_beloginnews :Description: The keywords help with categorizing and tagging of the manuals. You can combine two or more keywords and add additional keywords yourself. Please use at least one keyword from both lists. If your manual is NOT in english, see next tab "language" ---- forEditors (use this for editors / german "Redakteure") forAdmins (use this for Administrators) forDevelopers (use this for Developers) forBeginners (manuals covering TYPO3 basics) forIntermediates (manuals going into more depth) forAdvanced (covering the most advanced TYPO3 topics) see more: http://wiki.typo3.org/doc_template#tags ---- :Keywords: forAdmins, forDevelopers, forBeginners :Author: Jigal van Hemert (alterNET Internet B.V.) :Email: support@alternet.nl :Version: 1.0.0 :Language: en .. _img-1-img-2-Backend-login-RSS-news: |img-1| |img-2| Backend login RSS news ====================================== Extension Key: alternet\_beloginnews Language: en Version: 1.0.3 Keywords: forAdmins, forDevelopers, forBeginners Copyright 2000-2014, Jigal van Hemert (alterNET Internet B.V.), This document is published under the Open Content License available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml The content of this document is related to TYPO3 \- a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.org .. _Table-of-Contents: Table of Contents ----------------- **`Backend login RSS news 1 <#__RefHeading__5708_1738894311>`_** **`Introduction 3 <#__RefHeading__5710_1738894311>`_** `What does it do? 3 <#__RefHeading__5712_1738894311>`_ `Features 3 <#__RefHeading__404_284585805>`_ `Screenshots 3 <#__RefHeading__5788_1738894311>`_ **`User manual 4 <#__RefHeading__5718_1738894311>`_** **`Administration 5 <#__RefHeading__1993_705318757>`_** `Installing the extension 5 <#__RefHeading__1995_705318757>`_ `Configuration in Extension Manager 5 <#__RefHeading__1999_705318757>`_ `Configuring the scheduler 5 <#__RefHeading__274_688047463>`_ **`Known problems 7 <#__RefHeading__2001_705318757>`_** **`Translations 8 <#__RefHeading__2003_705318757>`_** .. _Introduction: Introduction ------------ .. _What-does-it-do: What does it do? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Below the backend login form a list of news items is displayed. This news is imported from an RSS feed. .. _Features: Features ^^^^^^^^ - Compatible with TYPO3 4.5 – 6.2 - Title of news block configurable - Number of items configurable - Items will be cached for a configurable period of time .. _Screenshots: Screenshots ^^^^^^^^^^^ |img-3| User manual ----------- Nothing to configure for normal users. They just see the news items in the backend login. .. _Administration: Administration -------------- .. _Installing-the-extension: Installing the extension ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Install the extension from TER. .. _Configuration-in-Extension-Manager: Configuration in Extension Manager ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ In TYPO3 version 4.5 backend news items are stored in records and automatically shown in the backend. Furthermore a central scheduler is available to perform tasks on certain times. These features are used to reduce the system load even more. - **Folder where messages will be store...** [sysNewsPid]Folder where messages will be stored.Backend login news items are stored as proper records in the database. To let the system distinguish between RSS feed items and other messages the RSS feed items can be associated with a folder in the pagetree. The ID number of this folder must be set in this field - **RSS Feed** [rssFeed]The URL of the RSS FeedEnter the full URL of the RSS feed, e.g. `http://news.typo3.org/rss.xml `_ - **Title** [title]The title of the news listThis text will be shown in the title bar above the news items. - **Max Items** [maxItems]The maximum number of items which are displayedRSS feeds often contain a large number of items. Only the latest items are shown. - **Language** [language]Supported are "en", "de" and "nl"Each news item has a link to the full article. The link text is displayed in the language which is set here. .. _Configuring-the-scheduler: Configuring the scheduler ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Add a task “BE login news task” : |img-4| Set the **Frequency** to either the number of seconds between refreshing the list, or use a cron type syntax (0 2 \* \* \* means each day at 2 am); see tooltips for more information. Do not activate the option **Allow Parallel Execution** . If the scheduler is working correctly (which is not in the scope of this manual) the list of news items will be refreshed periodically. To fill the news items initially you can mark the checkbox in the list of **Scheduled tasks** and click on the **Execute selected tasks** button. .. _Known-problems: Known problems -------------- None so far .. _Translations: Translations ------------ Only the text for more information link can be translated. 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