[TYPO3] "Capture" content elements from another page??

[bernd wilke]

on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:56:08 +0200, The Plankmeister wrote:

> Hi...
> 
> I have a site setup that uses a particular TV template. However, when
> printing, it looks awful, and no matter how much I fiddle with the
> "print" CSS (2 days now!) it still looks awful (well - in IE6, anway.
> Argh).
> 
> So... I'd like to create a new template, specifically for printing, but
> which copies its content from an existing page.
> 
> The plan is to have a page in the tree which uses this new template
> (which is setup with the same mapping as the other template) but using
> some cunningly formed TS, it copies or references the content elements
> that are on the "target" page to this new page.
> 
> Then I have control over the HTML layout aswell as the CSS.
> 
> (And no... it wasn't me that made the HTML to start with, and now it's
> too late to change, and it's fairly big and clunky positioning and OMG
> it's just a BEAST!)
> 
> The question is... What would the TS look like that would "copy" (or
> otherwise duplicate) the required content elements into the new template
> dynamically, depending on the "target" page?
> 
> Or is it even possible?
> 
> //Plankmeister

normaly a printlayout is done with another page-definition and the 
typeNum 98. 
this takes the content from the 'normal' page (type=0) and arranges it 
fitted for the print.
The printlayout can be accessed with the normal URL and the additional 
parameter "&type=98" so it is possible to have a link for each page which 
shows the actual page formatted for print.


you can reuse your existing page-definition like this:

page = PAGE
page {
	// this is default:
	typeNum = 0 	
	:
	: here your page-definition
	:
}

// copy your existing page:
printpage < page
// do some modification:
printpage {
	// like: remove menu 
	10 > 
	// like. include additional CSS
	includeCSS.print = 
}


bernd
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