How to Create a Multi-Column Custom Content Element

Question

I'm trying to create a custom two-column content element in Typo3 Neos. I'm aware that Neos is shipped with multi-column functionality, but for this particular case I need to create my own custom content element.

So far I've been able to create one of the columns (see below gist for code). However, as soon as I try to add the second column, the page just turns blank and no further changes can be made.

Gists

1 column activated (working properly): https://gist.github.com/anonymous/c5f33c7923faae26aa1a
2 columns activated (not working): https://gist.github.com/anonymous/85fc6994e9e2c5892a11

Any idea why that is happening, or how to solve this / build a multi-column custom content element in Neos?

Could you give some more details about the error? Either the Neos logs or the php logs should give you a hint on what is wrong. I guess a YAML formatting problem, but I cannot see it in your gist (which looks fine). — ChristianM
@ChristianM I took a look at the log files and it seems to be a problem with resolving the node of the second column. On the following link you can find both the excerpt from the system.log of Neos as well as the referenced exception: gist.github.com/anonymous/5390832d7e22b47bec88 — dlange87

dlange87 dlange87 · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-12T20:14:25

I found the solution! I simply had to execute the following flow command to create the missing node: ./flow node:autocreatechildnodes --node-type Daniel.MultiColumn:TwoCol

How to Create a Multi-Column Custom Content Element

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