[TYPO3-english] Which blog extension should I choose (t3blog, timtab, ?)

[Ulrich Lorenz PHZ Luzern]

Hi Bas

I mentioned lot3blog in my mail but I do not recommend using it because you're losing the flexibility to configure everything. It's a double-edged sword and I decided to take the time to adapt T3BLOG configuration. In addition there's no trouble with compatibility after a T3BLOG update.

Import: There's no import possibility given but it's quite simple to write a little script if you can code with PHP. Just study the tables of T3BLOG. A post is stored in tx_t3blog_post, the category relation is tx_t3blog_post_cat_mm and the content of a blogpost is stored in tt_content. So you basically need to:

- Add a row into tx_t3blog_post containing the title and some configuration (comments allowed/denied i.e.)
- Add a tt_content record for the bodytext field of each tt_news item and refer to the corresponding post (fields irre_parentid/irre_parenttable).
- Add a row to the category relation if you're using categories.

That's not very complex to do.


Regards,


Lorenz


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: typo3-english-bounces at lists.typo3.org im Auftrag von Bas Heutink
Gesendet: Sa 13.03.2010 19:09
An: typo3-english at lists.typo3.org
Betreff: Re: [TYPO3-english] Which blog extension should I choose (t3blog, timtab, ?)
 
Thanks for your replay Lorenz.

What the templating is concerned, there seems to be an extension 
(lot3blog ) with which you can make T3BLOG templates other than with TS:
http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/lot3blog/current/

Maybe this is good improvement for T3BLOG.

Another problem I have is that I want to import tt_news records into 
t3blog (if that extension will be my choice), it seems this is not 
possible is it? I want this because I want my news section on my website 
being turned into a weblog.

Regards,

Bas



On 13-3-2010 18:55, Ulrich Lorenz PHZ Luzern wrote:
> Hi there
>
> T3BLOG is a good blog extension but a little tricky to integrate in
> TYPO3 as the output is not based on HTML templates, but on
> Typoscript. So you need to overwrite properties from some 1000+ lines
> Typoscript setups if you want to change something. On the other hand,
> it gives you the possibility to change everything you like or need.
>
> But you will need some time to get into - especially if you want to
> use the widgets in an existing design. The standard design for the
> blog has very bad CSS (absolute positioning i.e.) so you need to
> change everything to fit your requirements.
>
> I tested lot3blog that simplifies configuration but as a consequence
> you're losing the flexibility if T3BLOG.
>
> As for development I can tell you that since Dmitry Dulepov is
> "maintaining" the extension the most severe bugs were fixed and he is
> willing to improve this extension, and fast in reacting, by the way
> ;-). (see bugs.typo3.org)
>
>
> Lorenz
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von:
> typo3-english-bounces at lists.typo3.org im Auftrag von Bas Heutink
> Gesendet: Sa 13.03.2010 15:46 An: typo3-english at lists.typo3.org
> Betreff: [TYPO3-english]  Which blog extension should I choose
> (t3blog,timtab, ?)
>
> Hi all,
>
> On our website we now have a news page with tt_news. Now I want to
> make it a blog with comments, tagcloud, etc...
>
> My question is, which extension is best suitable to make a blog? I
> read about timtab and t3blog. Are there any other choices?
>
> Timtab It comes up in the TER as the number 1. But I read it is not
> being developed anymore, so I wonder if I should still use this
> extension...
>
> T3blog It seems to be a new extension with a lot of possibilities,
> but also a lot of problems. There has been released a template
> extension (lot3blog), which makes things easier though. A plus for
> this extension is that it is still being developed.
>
> Other blog extension Are there any? Pls let me know your
> experiences.
>
> Regards,
>
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