[Neos] How to select different page templates

[Nick]

Ok just for the record I have answered my second question
./flow flow:cache:flush --force

but I am stuck on the first !

Many thanks

Nick :(

On 10/09/2013 00:15, Nick wrote:
> I thought I was making pretty good progress on this :
>
> On Mattias suggestion I created the a NodeTypes.yamlfile in
> mySite/Configuration to add a new property to TYPO3.Neos.Page with the
> following:
>
> ## YAML Template.
> # add a field to the page properties
> 'TYPO3.Neos:Page':
>    superTypes: ['TYPO3.Neos:Document']
>    ui:
>      inspector:
>        groups:
>          pageLayout:
>            label: 'Page Layout Info'
>    properties:
>      layoutType:
>            type: string
>            ui:
>              label: 'layoutType'
>              reloadIfChanged: TRUE
>              inspector:
>                group: 'pageLayout'
>
> This worked a dream and the option appeared in the Neos Inspector window.
>
> For Step 2 I tried adding the following to the Roots.ts2 file in mySites
> (Resources/Private...) to use the new property to select the appropriate
> Fluid template:
>
> page.body{
>    ...
>
>    layoutType = ${q(node).property('layoutType')}
>
>    templatePath = ${layoutType !='home' ?
> 'resource://reroot.DemoSiteReroot/Private/Templates/Page/Default.html':
> 'resource://reroot.DemoSiteReroot/Private/Templates/Page/Home.html'}
>
> ...
> }
>
> Now adding this into the Roots.ts2 at first threw an exception then when
> trying to work out what I got wrong and after a couple of reload
> attempts whilst logged into the back end(first getting an exception
> thrown) I ended up whith a white screen not my test website! This is now
> the case when I either just connect to the site (after flushing flow
> cache and shutting down apache) or after logging in to backend!
>
> I am left with two questions: First what did I do wrong? Second is it
> possible to recover the site in such a white out?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
> On 08/09/2013 15:56, Nick wrote:
>> Hi Mattias,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply, this would be a really useful feature for the
>> release.
>>
>> I also would really appreciate a bit more help with trying to implement
>> this as I am not quite sure how I would achieve this, I am still trying
>> to get an understanding of how things work with Neos.
>>
>> Your help would be appreciated
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 08/09/2013 14:39, Mattias Nilsson wrote:
>>> Hi Nick,
>>>
>>> There is currently no possibility to change a page template in the UI.
>>> But
>>> this is something is going to be implemented before the release of
>>> version
>>> 1.0.
>>>
>>> You can also make your own page template selector by defining an extra
>>> property for TYPO3.Neos:Page inside YAML. Then you can use this
>>> property to
>>> assign the chosen value to which page template it should match using
>>> TypoScript.
>>>
>>> If you need more help let me know and I will make a more detail
>>> version for
>>> you :)
>>>
>>> /Mattias
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Nick <nick at jamalade.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I am a neewbie to using Neos, so please forgive me for my questions,
>>>> but
>>>> have been following its progress from afar for a while now.
>>>> I have been thinking/toying with the idea of using Neos for a new
>>>> project.
>>>> With that in mind I have been playing around with the demo site as per
>>>> release alpha 5.
>>>>
>>>> First up I am a little confused as to how to get the homepage to
>>>> display a
>>>> different view (fluid template) from another page on a site.
>>>>
>>>> I can see in the NeosDemoTypo3Org site that there are a couple of
>>>> typoscript files one for the homepage and a default one one for the
>>>> rest of
>>>> the site:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ~/TYPO3-Neos-1.0-alpha5/Packages/Sites/TYPO3.NeosDemoTypo3Org/Resources/Private/TypoScripts/Nodes/Homepage/Home.ts2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> this defines the page.body.templatePath =
>>>> 'resource://TYPO3.NeosDemoTypo3Org/Private/Templates/Page/Home.html
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the fluid template pointed to here, I can see that on the
>>>> home
>>>> page the "teaser" content should be displayed above the "main" content
>>>>
>>>> The default can be found in :
>>>>
>>>> ~/TYPO3-Neos-1.0-alpha5/Packages/Sites/TYPO3.NeosDemoTypo3Org/Resources/Private/TypoScripts/Library/Root.ts2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> this defines the page.body.templatePath =
>>>> 'resource://TYPO3.NeosDemoTypo3Org/Private/Templates/Page/Default.html
>>>>
>>>> In this fluid template the teaser isn't rendered.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> However when I actually go to the home page i.e. http://neos.demo/ I
>>>> can
>>>> see that the Default.html  is rendered not the Home.html fluid
>>>> template.
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering how then you actually select the Home.html template
>>>> for the
>>>> home page, if not with the typoscript files as above?
>>>>
>>>> This would be an essential feature for me as for the project I am
>>>> working
>>>> on there are several different page templates required for different
>>>> parts
>>>> of the site.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> Nikos
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