[TYPO3] "Template on next level:" causes menu to disappear?

[Adam Harvie]

Well, I managed to get around the problem by assigning the alternate 
template file as a conditional statement:

plugin.tx_automaketemplate_pi1 {

  content.file = fileadmin/templates/internal/internal.html
  relPathPrefix = fileadmin/templates/internal/

  #some other stuff snipped...

}

[globalVar = TSFE:id = 4] #id of the page in question
plugin.tx_automaketemplate_pi1.content.file = 
fileadmin/templates/alternatetemp/alttemp.html
plugin.tx_automaketemplate_pi1.relPathPrefix = 
fileadmin/templates/alternatetemp/
[global]

Not sure why the "next level" option was misbehaving though


Adam Harvie wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We've got a site with a structure as so:
> 
> root <-(default template)
> --page1
> --page2 <-(ext template)
> ---subpage1 <-(default template)
> ---subpage2
> ---etc
> 
> We're wanting to assign a different template to a particular page 
> (page2), then revert to the default template for its children.
> 
> I assigned an extension template to the page in question (page2), and in 
> the setup assigned a different template file to the autoparser extension:
> 
> plugin.tx_automaketemplate_pi1.content.file = 
> fileadmin/templates/alternatetemp/alttemp.html
> plugin.tx_automaketemplate_pi1.relPathPrefix = 
> fileadmin/templates/alternatetemp/
> 
> Then in the "Template on next level" field of the extension template, 
> assign the root (default) template.
> 
> This all works fine, but the menu that should appear in the default 
> template isn't generated on any of the 3rd level pages. Is there any way 
> that the 'next level' assignment is causing it to misinterpret the page 
> levels, or where the page tree starts? The menu is set up to only 
> display level 1 and 2 pages.
> 
> The reason that the alternate template is used is to get rid of the 
> right-most column that normally appears as part of a three column 
> layout, but have it still appear on the subpages.
> 
> Re-assigning the default template via a new extension template on the 
> third level subpages makes everything behave itself, but since there are 
> over 60 of them, it would be better not to have to assign 60+ extension 
> templates.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated,
> Adam Harvie