[TYPO3-english] felogin update and display

[Max van Essen]

Op 03-09-10 20:14, Jigal van Hemert schreef:
> On 3-9-2010 13:34, Max van Essen wrote:
>> I'm new to typo so maybe I ask something that's asked before, I tried
>> searching for my question but couldn't find an answer so here it is:
>
> A small detail, but it's "TYPO3" and not "typo", "typo3", "typo 3",
> "Typo3", etc.

I'll use TYPO3 from now on ;)

>
>> 1. I have a typo 4.2.14 site, but the version of felogin is still 1.0.0.
>> How can I update the ext to the new version?
>
> It's a system extension, so it comes with the package. You don't need
> update it. If there are bugs found in system extensions they are fixed
> in all TYPO3 versions where the bug is present.
>
> Installing system extensions from other versions than the branch (4.2.x
> , 4.3.x, 4.4.x) you're working with may cause the extension or the
> entire installation to become non-functional, cause erratic behaviour, etc.
> Felogin for example is different for 4.2 than for 4.3 because 4.3 has
> functionality in the core which is not present in 4.2. If you use the
> 4.3 version on a 4.2 installation it will (depending on the
> functionality you use) throw PHP errors about undefined functions.

I did not try to install a different version than the branch, I updated 
4.2.5 (I think) to 4.2.14, but the felogin version did not get updated 
to 1.3. At least it doesn't say so in the ext manager.

>
>> 2. I want a login/logout form on every page on my site. In the template
>> I defined a place (with ###) for the felogin form, but how next? Where
>> should I place to code display it on every page.
>
> In the manual there is an explanation on how to use it from Typoscript.
> In the Typoscript part where you fill the markers (the ###....###
> places) you can use the Typoscript call (plugin.tx_felogin_pi1 if I
> remember correctly) to put the loginbox at that marker.
> The exact piece of Typoscript depends on how you've setup the handling
> of the HTML template.

Thanks, I'll have a look at the manual for Typoscript.