[TYPO3] BE user predefined template selection

[Tyler Kraft]

It depends upon how simple the templates are and how many columns or 
text editing areas there need to be?

Many people perfer using templavolia but I happen to dislike it. Yet 
still a good read of modern template building 1 (MTB1) and then MTB 2+3 
will also allow you to set up different templates and selectors. There 
are also extensions that allow users to select template sand such, but 
never having used any of them I can't comment on any of them.

Personally if its a simple design I prefer using the page layout option 
(to which I can rename and add more options as I need). I then use a 
conditional in my TS template and tell the CMS which html template to 
use based upon that page field.

And then for some users you can enable the field and for other users you 
can disable the field via the user/user group setup. And using 
typoscript int he page TSconfig field you can remove the layout field 
for some sections altogether no matter what the user/group setting is.

Anything more complex and we create more columns, and more 'logic' via 
TS configuration.

hth




Ryan Hayle wrote:
> What would the best way to create a set of predefined templates, from 
> which BE users with limited rights can select from when creating new 
> pages?  I want to give them the ability to create a page (only in 
> defined places under the site tree where they are allowed), chose one of 
> 5 or 10 layout templates for that page, and then add (allowed) content 
> elements to the page.  I don't want them to be able to create their own 
> templates or edit any TS code.
> 
> Thanks!
> Ryan