TYPO3-Addict is your TYPO3 Blog. Bringing you tips and tricks for developing websites with TYPO3. Here you'll find TypoScript snippets, TSConfig and configuration options for your own TYPO3 website.

A simple way to let FE-users download your content as a PDF file: First install the extension: PDF Generator (html2fpdf) nc_pdfgen Now add a download link at the bottom of the content: subparts.your_content_id = COA subparts.your_content_id { 10 < styles.content.get 20 < temp.PDF } Setup the downloadlink using the extension: temp.PDF = COA temp.PDF { [...]

Yslow tells you to put your javascripts at the bottom of your pages. Normally when you include your JS files TYPO3 puts them in your head by default. To fix this you can easily: Old style: page.includeJS.file1 = file.js Solution: page.20 < lib.javascript lib.javascript = HTML lib.javascript.value = <script type=”text/javascript” src=”file.js”></script> Note: In this example [...]

This makes sure tt_news never displays duplicate news items on the same page. Put this is your typoscript setup: plugin.tt_news { excludeAlreadyDisplayedNews = 1 } This can be usefull when you have multiple news plugins on one page, like latest and list.

Here’s a snippet for a nice language menu… temp.languagemenu = COA temp.languagemenu.wrap = <div id=”language”> | </div> temp.languagemenu.10 = HMENU temp.languagemenu.10 { special=language special.value = 0,1,2,3 1 = TMENU 1 { wrap = <ul>|</ul> NO = 1 NO { stdWrap.cObject = TEXT stdWrap.cObject { value = Default Language (id=0) || Language with id=1 || Language [...]

Some while ago I needed to make a GMENU with a different image for each menu item. This was tricky since normally I used CSS to include the image before or behind the menu. After a lot of thinking I realised TYPO3 had a BE field (even a tab!) I had never used; Page properties [...]

I just found this line in the TSRef.. It’s not perfect but it makes your BE field like setup and constants in list mode wider. Just a small User TSConfig line so why not… ## Makes the BE fields wider setup.override.edit_wideDocument = 1 See screenshots!