[TYPO3-dev] EXT: categorization - proof of concept

[Rik Willems]

Hi all,

Some time ago there was a discussion about a categorization extension. 
There are some available but they don't seem to work fully. So I created 
my own. The great benefit of this extension is that it does not require 
the original extensions to be changed.

I'm looking for people who are willing to give it a test and give some 
feedback. For now it's simple but it has potential. It will work with 
tt_news records for now.

Grap a copy at:
http://forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-categorization


That it does

At the page level you can select one or more categories from a category 
tree. These are DAM categories, so this extension needs to be installed.
Then in a tt_news record you can also select one or more categories.
When you have a page that contains a tt_news list or latest plugin only 
the news items will be shown that meet the categorization criteria you 
set that page level.
Later this can be extended to all other extensions without modifying the 
extension itself.


How it works

The enableFields function has a hook that you can use to add statements 
to the where clause. This extension uses that hook to add the category 
criteria.


Greets, Rik