[TYPO3-english] centralize content records for some part of the webpage

[Jonas Kaiser]

Hi,

I am looking for a solution to the following setup of a typo3 4.2.1 webpage:
My layout features an area where content records from the border column are
meant to be displayed.
Now the content of that border should remain relatively static across
several pages of the site. I have created a systemfolder to contain all the
records that should be displayed in the border.

Is there a way to either create content records that are actually links to
other content records (like pages can be set up to be links to other pages)
or is their a possibility to tell the system that, if the list of content
records defined for a specific page in its border column is empty, it should
load all (or even better load always some according to specific rules) of
the records from a specified system folder.

The aim is to centralize the management of the border on the page (such that
a record only needs to be edited in one place) for the vast majority of
pages in the project, while maintaining the flexibility to obtain a slightly
different border for some specific pages.

If any of the options above exists I would welcome your help (I think that
this kind of functionality is rather common and might be available by the
system).

By the way I am not using TV and I would like to find a solution without it
;-)

Best wishes
Jonas

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Jonas Kaiser
Churchill College - Cambridge
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