Typo3 Country Manager¶

Managing countries and languages was never an easy task with Typo3. Typo3 Country Manager aims to fix this.

Installation¶

1. Install Extension "static_info_tables"
2. Download and Install Extension "countrymanager"
3. Add both static TypoScripts provieded by the extension to your TypoScript record (section Includes > Include static (from extensions))

Configuration¶

– Use the Constant Editor to configure some important things:

1. Root Page – A country switch will always fallback to this page
2. ID of the Main Country – Used for the automatic ts configuration

URLs¶

If you use RealUrl use this configuration instead of the standard one:

'preVars' => array( array( 'GETvar' => 'L', 'lookUpTable' => array( 'table' => 'sys_language', 'id_field' => 'uid', 'alias_field' => 'title', 'addWhereClause' => ' AND NOT hidden', 'useUniqueCache' => 1, 'useUniqueCache_conf' => array( 'strtolower' => 1, 'spaceCharacter' => '-', ), ), ), /* ... */ ),

If you use coolUri use this configuration instead of the standard one: L SELECT title FROM sys_language WHERE uid=$1 AND hidden=0 1

Create Website Languages¶

The translation scheme with Country Manager is different as normal. For each language for each country you create a sys_language. For Example:

• Generic Page Tree (Template) – sys_language 1 – NOT USED IN FRONTEND
• Switzerland German – sys_language 1
• Switzerland French – sys_language 2
• Switzerland Italian – sys_language 3
• Germany German – sys_language 4
• Germany English – sys_language 5
• US English – sys_language 7

As you see, you no longer have only one language record for one language but multiple; for each country one. This gives you full flexibility to use a single page tree while still being able to have differing content or even pages for single countries and even languages.

Create a new record of the type "Website Language". The title is used as the url and in the backend. I reccommend using something like this:

• Switzerland German: ch-de
• Switzerland French: ch-fr

This results in urls like www.yourpage.com/ch-de/path/to/site

Create Language Configuration TypoScript¶

After you have configured your countries, go to the Country Manager Backend module and checkt the automatically created configuration. Hit the "Update configuration" Button if everything is fine. For this to work you need to include the static typoscript template "Typo3 Country Manager – Automatic Language Configuration" in your template record.

Usage¶

You can insert 3 different Plugins:

• List of all countries expect the current (tt_content.list.20.countrymanager_countries)
• List of languages of current country (tt_content.list.20.countrymanager_countries) NOT IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY YET – Current country with languages (tt_content.list.20.countrymanager_languages)

You can also use typoscript: page.10 < tt_content.list.20.countrymanager_countries page.20 < tt_content.list.20.countrymanager_country NOT IMPLEMENTED CORRECTLY YET page.30 < tt_content.list.20.countrymanager_languages

FAQ¶

What happens if I change the country? – You will be directed to the Page with the ID configured by plugin.tx_countrymanager.settings.rootUid What happenes if I change the language inside the same country – If possible, you will be directed to the same page just in a different language

Attribute¶

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