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22Dec

Create page teasers using just TypoScript

Posted on December 22, 2010 in TypoScript by Sebastiaan de Jonge

Sometimes I wonder how far you can actually go in using just TypoScript to achieve your technical challenges. Today I will show how you create a simple page teaser with multilingual support by just using some TypoScript.

21Dec

Translated page titles made simple with TypoScript

Posted on December 21, 2010 in TypoScript by Sebastiaan de Jonge

This is something really cool I had to create recently for one of my projects. I actually had to create a page teaser, which due to the simplicity of the teaser I decided to do with TypoScript (I will show how to make the teaser in the next post). First I will show how you can get the translated page title without creating any weird constructions.

13Oct

10 Pitfalls for extension developers

Posted on October 13, 2010 in Extension Development by Sebastiaan de Jonge

While developing and reviewing TYPO3 extension, you occasionally come upon pretty funny and sometimes disturbing stuff. At some point we all have to learn new things. So we can't expect it all to go right and well from the start.

11Oct

Code Snippets

Posted on October 11, 2010 in Extensions by Sebastiaan de Jonge

Some days ago I got a request from someone who was interested in my code snippets plugin. At that time I couldn't really offer the extension, it was simply too specific for my own website. Now that I've made some changes, I feel more comfortable with making it public.

6Oct

Spoofing TCA columns

Posted on October 6, 2010 in Extension Development by Sebastiaan de Jonge

Sometimes, the normal approach for adding extra fields to a table will just not do. For example, if you don't really know what the other table is going to be. I came across this challenge some days ago. I was working on my sitemaps extension and wanted to have some nice options to use inside Google Sitemaps. To keep it flexible I didn't want to predefine the tables. So how do we add fields to a table, without actually adding them to a table?

28Sep

The Extension Icon

Posted on September 28, 2010 in TYPO3 by Sebastiaan de Jonge

Most extension developers deal with this little image for their extension, others don't. With over 4500 extensions in the TER, theres also quite the variety of icons to be found. Let's have a closer look at those icons.

27Sep

T3BLOG: Whitelist for comments

Posted on September 27, 2010 in Extensions by Sebastiaan de Jonge

Since I there are several people who frequently comment in my blog articles, I thought some kind of white list for these people would be a good idea. This would save me some time, so I wouldn't have to approve all their comments. This didn't exist in t3blog yet though..

21Sep

Bringing AJAX to your frontend plugins

Posted on September 21, 2010 in Extension Development,jQuery by Sebastiaan de Jonge

When designing and creating cool and fast web applications, a technique called AJAX is commonly used to provide the user with a nice and smooth workflow. It allows the user to get new information from the server-side, without having to deal with page reloads. TYPO3 has some cool features that allow you to easily combine AJAX with TYPO3, to make awesome web applications.

16Sep

TypoScript: Temp vs. Lib

Posted on September 16, 2010 in TypoScript by Sebastiaan de Jonge

When using TypoScript we often have to work with objects like TEXT, HTML, COA.. you name it. Some developers store their objects inside lib., others will use temp.. But what's the difference? And when should you use the one, and when the other?

14Sep

TypoScript: Bypassing database table restrictions

Posted on September 14, 2010 in Security,TypoScript by Sebastiaan de Jonge

In this article I will explain how to bypass the table restriction that was made for CONTENT objects. This restriction is made for security reasons, however I wonder how useful it is since it's so easy to bypass.

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