Typo3, mount points and realurl

Are you having problems with mount points in Typo3? Do you get errors like Illegal Mount Point found in rootline or The requested page didn’t have a proper connection to the tree-root!, especially when you select the Substitute Mount Point (this page) with Mounted page option? (more…)

Change Typo3 template depending on column content

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Let’s assume you don’t just want to inject some HTML if there is content in a column, but you want to use a completely different layout. This isn’t hard to accomplish, see the example: (more…)

Change template if content exists in Typo3

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If you build sites with Typo3 you might want to use a smart template that uses different markup for different pages. Of course you can define as many templates as you like in Typo3. But what if you want to use a two and a three-column layout, depending on if content in one column exists, and if you don’t know in advance if there is content in that column? The solution is rather easy, do something like in this example: (more…)

Include typo3 content elements on every page

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You often want to include some content on every page of your website. There are a lot of different ways to accomplish this with typo3. Here’s one quick solution: You create a hidden page or a page outside of your site tree, so that it doesn’t show up in your menu. Then you simply add the content you want displayed on all pages to that page. When you hover over the icon next to the title of the content element (the one that lets you copy, cut etc) you see the object’s ID. (more…)

Typo3 in 15 minutes

Ok, the title is a little exaggerated. You’ll need to install Typo3 yourself and I assume that you can log into the backend. But if those are given, you’re pretty close to creating your first Typo3 site. (more…)