[Typo3] menu and plugins all on the left?

[ben van 't ende [netcreators]]

Bing Du wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> 
> ben van 't ende [netcreators] wrote:
> 
>> Bing Du wrote:
>>
>>> On the left side, I want to show the mainmenu first and below that 
>>> insert a plugin.  I can use the following to display either the menu 
>>> or the plugin.
>>>
>>> subparts.nav < temp.mainmenu
>>> subparts.nav < styles.content.getLeft
>>>
>>> But what should be done to grab both, using COA?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Bing,
>>
>> You could use it like:
>>
>> subparts.nav < temp.mainmenu
>> subparts.plugin < styles.content.getLeft
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> ben
> 
> 
> Thanks for the idea.  I use an external HTML file as template.  It does 
> not have a subpart for plugin.  Just wondering, without changing the 
> HTML template file, if it's possible to use Typoscript to get the plugin 
> included, just like how dynamic menu is coded in Setup outside of HTML 
> template.
> 
> Any more ideas or pointers?


Hi Bing,

Just change your HTML template. It doesn't make much sense to use 
subparts.nav to display a plugin. You could use:

subparts.nav = COA
subparts.nav.10 < temp.mainmenu
subparts.nav.20 < styles.content.getLeft

Semantically it just doesn't make sense.

gRTz

ben
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