tt_news
1.3.3. Quick start:
This section will give you a short overview about the basic setup requirements for tt_news to work. For more detailed informations you can have a look in the sections "Configuration" and "Administration" in this manual.
Include static extension templates
*** Important Note ***
There is one major change between tt_news 2.x and older tt_news versions: In tt_news 2.x the default TS-template is not included automatically. That means, if you don't include the TS-template as shown in the screenshot below, the plugin will do nothing.
The TS-settings are splitted in 4 different parts now which you should be included with the "Include static (from extensions)" feature. The big advantage of this technique is, that the extension is not included in all TypoScript setups from your site by default. You can now choose if you want to include only the basic setup or to include the CSS-based setup, the default CSS-Styles and the RSS-feed feature.
For the first test, open your main TS-template (in list view), scroll down to the "Include static (from extensions)"-section and include one of the "base" templates from tt_news, f.e. the "table-based tmpl". If you dont't know how to do this -> see section "Templates" in the "Getting Started" document: http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/tutorials/doc_tut_quickstart/0.1.0/view/1/9/
If you want to use the CSS-based HTML-template you you should include the "default CSS-styles" template too, because it contains all the formating information.
The 4 static ext-templates offer you the following settings:
CSS-based tmpl: includes all tt_news TS settings for the new css-based template (but no ccs default styles)
default CSS-styles: This are the CSS-style definitions for the CSS-based template.
table-based tmpl: This are the settings for the table-based tt_news template (with global wraps, global colors and <font> tags) including this template together with the css-based templates will work but it will not make much sense.
News-feed (RSS 0.91, RSS 2 , RDF, Atom 0.3, Atom 1.0): Include these settings if you want to enable XML feeds from your page.
Save your TS-template and open or create a page, where you want the news to appear.
Creating a "news" content-element:
Click on the "create new record" link, to add a new content-element. In the next screen click on the wizard link under "Pagecontent".
The page that now openingis called the "new Content Element Wizard". At the bottom of this page you'll find an icon called "News"':
Select it and choose the position (column): eg NORMAL:
A form will show up looking almost like this:
It is required, to select at least one item from the "What to display" field. If you don't do this, an error message will appear instead of the news content-element. To select an item, click on its name in the right list. (For the first test choose "LIST" or "LATEST" and leave the other settings at their defaults)
The "Startingpoint" is the page/sysfolder, where the extension looks for news-records. It is not required to set this value in this field, you can also define it with TypoScript for the whole page.
See: section "Configuration/Reference" in this manual (-> pid_list)
If you don't insert a page as "Startingpoint" and no value for "pid_list" is defined by TS, the current page is used. That means the news-extension looks for news-records in the same page where the content-element is.
Creating a news database record:
To test the functionality of the extension you'll also need at least one news-record. Save & Close the form for the News content-element and click again on the "create new record" link.
Choose the "News" item from the list.
A form opens, showing a news database record:
Fill in some dummy information, uncheck the "Hide" checkbox and save & close the form.
Assuming that you did not set a "Startingpoint" in the news content-element, and that the newly created news-record is located in the same page as the news content-element - click on the preview icon and you should see your news article in your browser.
If this is not the case, repeat the steps above. If still no news appear on your website, have a look in the section "Troubleshooting" of this document.