[TYPO3] default news item tt_news

[Martin S]

Martin S wrote:

> I Posted this to the tt_news newsgroup - but as I am a bit short of time
> I'll try here as well. Sorry about the double postings. What I'm trying to
> do is get tt_news to display a default news_item on a single page when
> nothing has been selected:
> 
> "Finally found the section in the manual.
> I am using a plain 3-column template and added a tt_news in single mode on
> in the main column.
> 
> Then I added the following an ext template on the page.
> 
> plugin.tt_news._LOCAL_LANG.default.noNewsIdMsg =  
> plugin.tt_news.singlePid=3
> 
> tmp.pagecontent < page.10.subparts.contentsarea
> page.10.subparts.contentarea >
> page.10.subparts.contentarea = COA
> page.10.subparts.contentarea {
>    10 = CONTENT
>    10.table = tt_news
>    10.select {
>       pidInList = 4
>       orderBy = datetime desc
>       max = 1
>       categorySelection = 4
>       categoryMode = 1
>    }
>    10.stdWrap.if.isFalse.data = GPvar:tt_news|tt_news
>    20. < tmp.pagecontent
> }
> 
> Where plugin.tt_news.singlePid=3 points to my single page and
> pidInList = 4 the sysfolder with news items. I am not getting anything
> displayed except for the plugin.tt_news._LOCAL_LANG.default.noNewsIdMsg =
> &nbsp; (If I change &nbsp; to hi I get "hi"). I'm not getting the latest
> news item for category 4 (or any at all if I remove the two "category..."
> lines)
> 
> 
> So what am I doing wrong here?"

Anyone with an idea?

Martin S