[TYPO3-ttnews] Setting Number of Records Per Category

[Michael Miousse]

James Calhoun wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I have been reading through the tt_news documentation looking for a way to
> have list/latest display, say... 3-4 records from each category. That way
> my home page can have a collection of records from various categories, but
> no category dominates that area because it has been updated more often.
> 
> I am using TV on 4.2.3, and recently learned [mostly] how to create a TV
> flex content template with a TS object path and then use an ext template
> to insert tt_news into that object. So if necessary I can stop using the
> flexform in order to acheive my goal, but hopefully with some help!
> 
> I came across "listGroupBy" in the documentation, but was unable to get
> that to work for me.
> 
> Im embarassed to say I also tried "maxCatTexts", just in case it was that
> simple.
> 
> Am I missing a really simple TS configuration that can handle this?
> 
> Is there another approach anyone can recommend?
> 
> 
> PS: Reading through tt_news documentation is interesting. Much of it is
> over my head, but MAN this is a great, powerful extension. It powers my
> whole site.
> 
> PPS: The next site I build, all page content will come from TS, no flex
> forms, no "page" view   :)
> 
> Thanks List,
> 
> James Calhoun

Has far as i know, their is no configuration that allow you to make a
list/latest as you need it. The way i usualy do this is by creating a ts
object for each category and displaying all ts object on my page.

if their is a better way, i'd be glad to learn about it
-- 
Michael Miousse
Infoglobe
michael.miousse at infoglobe.ca