[TYPO3-dev] [TYPO3-core] RFC: #8623: Shortcut mode also to the parent page

[bernd wilke]

on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:05:00 +0200, Uschi Renziehausen wrote:

> Hi Masi,
> 
> Martin Kutschker wrote:
> 
>>>> Sometimes you have Internal / External URL in the pages TCA, but then
>>>> a file link is also an external link.
>> 
>> This is a nice hack, but UI-wise - sorry to say - rubbish. For that
>> purpose there should be a special page type "(link to )internal file".
>> 
>> 
> Somehow I do like the idea of that special page type :-)
> 
> That would solve the problem that you cannot build a menu of selected
> links via CE Sitemap that also contains links to PDF documents.
> 
> But I still do not understand why quite a few of you people do not see a
> natural difference between a shortcut and an external page. Obviously
> you use external page for some nifty tricks.Which ones? I am curious to
> know!

one example: jump to an internal page with some special GET-parameters. 
e.g. some special preselected views of an extension.
as you can't provide paramters to a shortcut you have to use external, 
also the target is in the tree. :-(
 
bernd
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