[TYPO3] HMENU and entryLevel with multiple trees (top menu /left menu)

[James Corell]

There probably is a better solution, but I just don't know what that would
be. Ideally you could use regular HMENUs and TMENUs to build two separate
trees for menus, but what happens when you enter a different tree from the
one you are currently at? Your menus change to reflect your new position in
the hierarchy.

The easiest way I've found to handle this is to create 2 trees at the
rootline, one for the top menu and another for the left menu. Then, using
.special=directory, create menus. This allows content editors to create and
delete pages, and I don't have to edit the template every time they do.

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-----Original Message-----
From: typo3-english-bounces at lists.netfielders.de
[mailto:typo3-english-bounces at lists.netfielders.de]On Behalf Of Tomas
Mrozek
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 3:00 PM
To: typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de
Subject: Re: [TYPO3] HMENU and entryLevel with multiple trees (top menu
/left menu)


> Oh, duh! .special=directory works great...

Yeah, that's what I tried to push you at.

There's only one problem:
The whole idea of populating menus by TypoScript is wrong since it goes
against the point of CMS - customers manage the site (Customer's
Managment of the System :-)) and since only admins can chnage TS template...

I personally think that there's a smoother solution.

Tomas Mrozek
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