Comments on: Require to select a category for tt_news

By: Edward Lenssen

Edward Lenssen — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:05:26 +0000

http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/lab_newsfolders/current/ ?

By: Dmitry Martynenko

Dmitry Martynenko — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:52:56 +0000

How can I set default value to category field ?
I try to add TSConfig:

# Set default values
TCAdefaults {
tt_news {
category = 1
}
}

But it does not works! Category is empty for new items.

By: Michiel Roos

Michiel Roos — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:24:05 +0000

Good tip!

I re-discovered this TSConfig magic too a week ago. You can fiddle with the complete TCA. One thing I use for tt_news is:

// Set default values
TCAdefaults {
tt_news {
hidden = 0
author = Michiel Roos
author_email = michiel@typofree.org
}
}

And the realy good thing is that in the recent TYPO3 incarnations you can also use TCAdefaults in page TSConfig. So you no longer have to fiddle with a group ‘general settings’ or a group ‘all’, just add the TCAdefaults to the news folder or root page.