Regional University Computing Center Kaiserslautern-Landau

Plug-in extension options

The plug-in is already preconfigured. No settings need to be made to use it for a website. If required, the plug-in can be configured individually under "Extension options".

 

Settings

Under extension options "Settings" there is the possibility to change specifications and thus to overwrite the default setting.

Select output mode: Defines the output/display of the news on the web page. Selection between e.g. the list view, the detail view or the date menu.

Sort by: Defines how news will be sorted.

Sorting: News will be displayed either in ascending or descending order.

Category Mode: Allows you to select which news should be displayed.

Category Selection: Select your institution and target audience here.

Include subcategories: Place a check mark if subcategories should be displayed.

Archive: Defines if all archived-only news or non-archived-only news should be displayed.

Note about the archive menu: If you create a plug-in with a date menu and want to display archived (non-active) news there as well, the list view you link to must also be able to display archived news.

Basically, the date menu must have the same configuration as its list view. Likewise, any plug-in for the detail view must have the same settings as the list view.

Time Limit & Time Restriction: fill in these fields if you want to display news at a specific time or period.

Top News: Select if you want all, or only top news to be displayed.

Starting point: Select the news folder of your institution here.

Example element from the Typo3 backend: Shown is the edit bar. A red box, highlights the settings in the upper part of the image under extension options.
Example element from the Typo3 backend: extension options settings

Further settings

Page ID for single message view: Select here the page ID that should appear in single view. For this it is recommended to create a new page in advance, on which this should be output.

Page ID for list view: Here you link the page ID of the page on which the news list appears.

Page ID for "Back" link: Here you also link the page ID of the page on which the news list appears. 

Maximum number of records to display: Here you can define how many news posts should be displayed on the page, if you don't enter anything all posts will be displayed.

Hide pagination: If the pagination is hidden, it is not apparent how, many pages are still filled with news.

Entries per page: Select here how many entries should be displayed per page of the pagination.

"Top news" above: News that have been marked as top news via the news pool are displayed above.

Disable overwriting of plug-in settings: This check mark is set automatically. However, if you want the list view to also take over the information from the date menu, it is mandatory that you uncheck this box.

Example element from the Typo3 backend: Shown is the edit bar. A red box highlights Additional Settings under Extension Options in the upper part of the illustration.
Example element from the Typo3 backend: Extension options Additional settings.

Template

Under Template Layout you can select how the news list should be displayed (e.g. without images etc.).

 

Example element from the Typo3 backend: Shown is a section of the edit bar. The Template tab is framed in red. In the line below it in the left half of the image, the title Template Layout is highlighted by a second red box. Below that, several layout options are unfolded, with the list view without images highlighted in blue.
Example element from Typo3 backend: template layout

Top news: Are grayed out in the frontend.

 

Shown is an example view of a news item with a gray background. This news is a top news item, which is highlighted by a red box.
Example view of a top message with a gray background.