[TYPO3] Extensions twocolumn and threecolumn content howto needed

[Loek Hilgersom]

Hello Reiner,

The extensions xinit_two/threecolumn are pretty old (2003), to make them work in 
Typo3 v4 you need to add an empty file with the name locallang.php:
typo3conf/ext/xinit_threecolumn/pi1/locallang.php

Other than that, they should work out of the box. Initialising the plugin in 
your template is not necessary, just add a content element of the type 'two 
column' in the content column 'normal' and it should display in your CONTENT1 
through the styles.content.get.

As you probably know, you can adjust the output by adapting the html template 
from the extension.

Loek


Dr. Reiner Pietrzak wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I tried to implement the twocolumn and threecolumn content extensions to
> my site. 
> 
> Installation worked well.
> 
> I added the content of ext_typoscript_setup.txt to my template setup and
> inserted the desired content to the left and right column categories of
> the BE page content. But nothing shows up. 
> 
> As there is no manual and no information available via google besides
> the information that some people managed to get it working I ask here
> whether anyone is able to point me into the direction where to find more
> information.
> 
> Within my template I have one main content region where the two resp.
> threecolumncontent should be displayed. I assigned this region the
> markers <!--###CONTENT1### start--> and <!--###CONTENT1### stop-->.
> Within my setup I wrap the content of the main column of the BE page
> content into this region via
> 
> ...
> page.10.subparts.CONTENT1 < styles.content.get
> ...
> 
> The plugin is initalised by
> 
> ...
> plugin.tx_xinittwocolumn_pi1 {
>     templateFile = EXT:xinit_twocolumn/twocolumn_template.html
>     parser < tt_content.text.20.parseFunc
> }
> plugin.tx_xinittwocolumn_type = 0
> 
> How do I manage to render the two resp. threecolumn content into the
> CONTENT1 region of my template?
> I already looked up the extensions source code to get an idea but
> without success. Any help appreciated.
> 
> Thank you in advance.