TypoScript: select a specific content element from a column

Question

What is the best way to select a single content element? I have a static html template like this:

<html>
...
<div class="left clearfix">
    <h1><img src="fileadmin/templates/images/ueberschrift_startseite.png" alt="Willkommen" /><span>Willkommen</span></h1>
    <p>EINLEITUNGSTEXT 1 EINLEITUNGSTEXT 1</p>
    <ul>
        <li>LI 1</li>
        <li>LI 2</li>
        <li>LI 3</li>
        <li>LI 4</li>
    </ul>

    <h3>HEADLINETEXT 3</h3>
    <p>TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT </p>
</div>
...
</html>

In my Backend I have added

A Content Element for the <h1>
A Content Element that should be displayed between the <p> Tags where now Einleitungstext1 is displayed
A Content Element that contains the LI for the UL Section

and so on.

All Elements are in the same column.

I what to take my static HTML Template and fill several SPECIFIC parts with elements that can be edited in the backend.

I hope I could explain what my problem is.

How do you configure your templates? Is there a much better way to replace only specific parts of a static template?

Regards, Max

How are you mapping your common layouts ? with TemplaVoila or standard templating system ? — biesior

biesior biesior · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-04T11:09:02

I assume that you know how to use marks and subparts in TypoScript, in such case what you have to do is set marks in your template, put each CE in separate column (maybe you'll need to add custom columns if all left, default, right and border (0-3) columns are used for other things) and finally just map these columns to the marks.

tip: TemplaVoila allows for more combinations as you can map not only container for CE's but also other things (header fields, image fields, TS snippets etc.)

TypoScript: select a specific content element from a column

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