[TYPO3] Can TV be used with template auto-parser together?

[Bing Du]

Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Bing Du wrote:
>> We already had a website that's created using the Template
>> Auto-Parser extension.  Now we installed TV and need to create a
>> subsite that's in the same page tree.
> 
> This was never tested, so not directly supported but it may work ;)
> 

Thanks for the response, Dmitry.  It helped clear  some of confusions.

>> This subsite inherits the page template from the root site.  So the
>> subsite has the look and feel (e.g. banner, navigation, etc.) of the
>> root site.  We just want to use TV and flexible content element to
>> set up the subsite's content area.
> 
> So you need only flexible content, right?
> 

Yes, I just need the content area to be flexible.  Do I have to use TV 
to use flexible content?  We have another typo3 4.0.2 without TV 
installed, I don't see 'flexible content' is an option for content 
elements.  With the traditional template marker and selector, is there 
any way to use flexible contents?

>> I created a content area html template and did mapping, etc.  I was
>> able to see the flexible form and fill in the contents.   But the
>> page's content area is blank on the frontend.
> 
> The whole page is blank or only FCE?
> 

Just the content area is blank.  The banner, footer and navigation menu 
which were generated using the traditional template engine show up fine 
in the page.

> Usually when you use tv, you must do two things:
> - add "css styled content" template (if it is missing you see blank screen)
> - change PAGE object to tv's USER object
> 
>> In the subsite's page header, I see
>>
>> Select template:  (normal dropdown list and icons) Select content
>> area template: (normal dropdown list and icons) Page Template
>> Structure:  (dropdown list empty) Subpages - Page Template Structure:
>> (dropdown list empty) Content: Data Structure ERROR: No source value
>> in fieldname "tx_templavoila_ds"
>>
>> I've google'd that error and looks like it's a complain about page 
>> template.    So the question I have is can TV be used just for the
>> content area?
> 
> Not without using TV for pages at the moment because TV does not
> register FCE as content element but processes it directly inside its pi1
> class. I am not sure what is the reason behind this :(
> 

Good to know.  Thanks much again for the information.

Bing