[TYPO3-news] [TYPO3-project-news] best practice - how can I use my own fields for news lists

[Bernd Wilke]

Am 23.02.2016 um 17:51 schrieb Rolf Nakielski:
> Hi all,
>
> I extended the tx_news extension with some fields. One of them is a flag
> called "premium" to indicate some more valuable content. (Top news are
> already used for other stuff.) Now I would like to be able to generate
> lists of news with only "premium news". I would like to keep all the
> possibilities the flexform offers now (show topNews, use categories and
> so on) and add a selectbox with the options: "premium - don't care",
> "only premium", "no premium".
>
> So I'll need to influence the flexform but also controller and
> repository to choose the right records? Or am I wrong?
>
> Is there some "best practice" description for things like this anywhere
> in the net?
> Has anybody done this before and can give me a hint?
> I really would like to do it in a way that still allows me to use
> updates of this great extension.

why didn't you use a category? (or two: 'premium','no premium')
so you could use build-in features without additional fields.

bernd