[Neos] Help with some typoscript

[Nick]

Hi Pankaj

Thanks that works a treat :)

Don't think I would have tried that, been going round and round in circles but no more.

Many thanks again
Nick

On 05/02/2014 20:07, Pankaj Lele wrote:
> Hell Nick,
>
> Please try doing
>
> # this pushes a new var into current ts context
> @override.teaserTargetNode = ${q(node).property('teaserTargetNode')}
>
> and then inside same prototype you should be able to use ${q(teaserTargetNode)
>
> -Pankaj
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I could still do with a bit of help on this as I am wondering if what I am trying to do is possible at all now!
>>
>> I thought as I was having no luck traversing the children of the teaserTarget node I would try getting a parent node. ie.
>>
>> // get the Target Node for this teaser
>>       teaserTargetNode = ${q(node).property('teaserTargetNode')}
>> // now get the parent
>> teaserTargetNodeParent = ${q(teaserTargetNode).parents().get(0)}
>>
>> in fluid I do a simple dump of the above ie. {teaserTargetNode} & {teaserTargetNodeParent}
>> for
>> {teaserTargetNode} i get :
>> Node /sites/rerootsitecom/what-we-do/for-you/main/node52e907b4a56fe[Reroot.RerootSiteCom:Section]
>> {teaserTargetNodeParent} is null .
>>
>> So clealry I can't traverse this nodes parents or children. Is this expected behaviour or a bug? From my limited understanding it would seem a
>> useful feature to have. All help welcome please :)
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>> On 04/02/2014 12:52, Nick wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I am trying to implement a teaser nodetype which I have called SectionTeaser which can be used to create a teaser element for a Section.
>>> The idea would be that the editor inserts a SectionTeaser and then selects a node of type Section. Then I want to grab the Section and display the
>>> sections Headline, if it exists, and say the first 400 characters of the section's first text element.
>>> I have defined:
>>> Reroot.RerootSiteCom:Section to be a subtype of TYPO3.Neos:Content and have childNodes column0 with type TYPO3.Neos:Content.
>>> Reroot.RerootSiteCom:SectionTeaser is a subtype of TYPO3.Neos:Content and has one property teaserTargetNode type reference with an editor option
>>> nodetypes : Reroot.RerootSiteCom:Section.
>>>
>>>
>>> When it comes to the TypoScript I seem to be getting nowhere, which is probably a reflection of my knowledge :(
>>>
>>> I had hoped in SectionTeaser.ts2 to try something like this:
>>>
>>> prototype(Reroot.RerootSiteCom:SectionTeaser) < prototype(TYPO3.Neos:Content){
>>> templatePath = 'resource://Reroot.RerootSiteCom/Private/Templates/NodeTypes/SectionTeaser.html'
>>>
>>> // get the Target Node for this teaser
>>> teaserTargetNode = ${q(node).property('teaserTargetNode')}
>>>
>>> //search for the first (there could be more than one ) TYPO3.Neos.NodeTypes:Headline contend in the childNode 'column0'
>>> teaserHeadline = ${q(teaserTargetNode).children('column0').children('[instanceof TYPO3.Neos.NodeTypes:Headline]').first().get(0)}
>>>
>>> //grab the first 400 chars of the first TYPO3.Neos.NodeTypes:Text contained in the Section
>>> teaserText= ${q(teaserTargetNode).children('column0').children('[instanceof TYPO3.Neos.NodeTypes:Text]').first().slice(0,400)}
>>> }
>>>
>>> I would then render teaserHeadline and teaserHeadline in the SectionTeaser.html
>>>
>>> However they are always empty.
>>>
>>> Any pointers would be gratefully appreciated
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Nick
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