Installation

Extension Manager

The extension is normally installed by default – you can check it in the extension manager.

Verifying that css_styled_content is loaded in the Extension Manager

Web > Template

To use the default rendering definitions CSS Styled Content provides you have to add the static template to your TypoScript template.

Inclusion of the static template in a system template

Normally you should choose the template “CSS Styled Content”. If you upgraded from a previous TYPO3 version and notice that something breaks your layout – try the template corresponding to your version (for example “CSS Styled Content TYPO3 v4.7”).

Note

The upgrade wizard in the install tool automatically inserts the static template corresponding to your compatibility version.

Inserting content into your template

To get the different columns from the backend displayed in the frontend you can use predefined CONTENT objects. Normally you would do something like the following to get the content from the “Normal” column into your template:

page = PAGE
page.10 = TEMPLATE
page.10 {
        file = your/html/template.html
        subparts {
                MAIN_CONTENT = CONTENT
                MAIN_CONTENT {
                        table = tt_content
                        select {
                                orderBy = sorting
                                where = {#colPos}=0
                                languageField = sys_language_uid
                        }
                }
        }
}

With CSS Styled Content you can shorten that code quite a bit:

page = PAGE
page.10 = TEMPLATE
page.10 {
        file = your/html/template.html
        subparts {
                MAIN_CONTENT < styles.content.get
        }
}

styles.content.get is one of the predefined CONTENT objects, that renders the “normal” column. The following predefined CONTENT objects exist:

CONTENT object	Column
styles.content.get	Normal
styles.content.getLeft	Left
styles.content.getRight	Right
styles.content.getBorder	Border