FAQ

When working on TYPO3 you have a lot of small issues that you need to take care of. Sometimes, the answers to those small and simple questions are hard to find. That is why we created a list of frequently asked questions about TYPO3 development and setup.

1. TYPO3 setup: How to protect emails

Insert the following lines inside the root template setup:

config.spamProtectEmailAddresses = 2
config.spamProtectEmailAddresses_atSubst = (at)

2. TYPO3 setup: How to change body tag

Insert the following configuration on the page template setup:

page.bodyTag=<body id="myId">

3. TYPO3 setup: Page headers configurations

For page stylesheet you add the following configuration:

page.stylesheet = fileadmin/css/mystyle.css

For page header extra information (example: extra javascript files, extra css files etc.) you work with page.headerData configuration. An example for this kind of configuration:

page.headerData.10 = USER
page.headerData.10.userFunc = tx_metadata_pi1->getKeywords
page.headerData.20 = HTML
page.headerData.20.value = <script type="text/javascript" src="fileadmin/javascript/jquery.js"></script>

4. TYPO3 setup: How to wrap page header

Insert the following lines inside the root template setup:

lib.stdheader.10.1.wrap = ‹p›your wrap | ‹/p›

5. TYPO3 Setup: How to change header input into textarea

1. Add the following line in extTables.php:
$TCA['tt_content']['columns']['header']['config']['type'] = 'text';

2. Modify tt_content table and change the field "header" into "varchar".

6. TYPO3 setup: How to insert a typolink

Insert the following lines inside typoscript:

temp.loginLink = TEXT
temp.loginLink {
value = Login
typolink.parameter = 5
}

These lines generate: ‹a href="{baseUrl}index.php?id=5"›Login ‹/a›

7. TYPO3 setup: How to insert current date from typoscript

Insert the following lines inside typoscript:

temp.pageDate = TEXTtemp.pageDate { data = date:U strftime = %A %d %B %Y}

These lines generate today's date in a string.

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