[TYPO3-ttnews] startingpoint doesn't take effect?

[Rupert Germann]

hi,

startingpoint (aka pid_list) configures only the place where the plugin
looks for news. The categories are configured with the "General Record
Storage Page"

greets
rupert


Bing Du wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Typo3 V4.0.4
> tt_news 2.4.0
> 
> I created two sysFolders news1 and news2.  I also created several news
> categories in both news1 and news2 sysfolder like this.
> 
> news1 sysfolder
>     news cat1
>     news cat2
> 
> news2 sysfolder
>     news cat3
>     news cat4
> 
> Then I created a content element which was a news plugin that was
> supposed to show CATMENU.  'news2' sysfolder was selected as
> startingpoint.  I expected to see only 'news cat3' and 'news cat4' on
> the page.  However, the page lists all the four categories.
> 
> news cat1
> news cat2
> news cat3
> news cat4
> 
> So starting point doesn't take effect to show only selected categories?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any insight.
> 
> 
> Bing