[TYPO3-performance] Typoscript with conditions or ext template on page

[Martin Kutschker]

Michiel Roos [netcreators] schrieb:
> Op 12/15/09 1:42 PM, Martin Kutschker schreef:
>> Mathias Schreiber [wmdb >] schrieb:
>>> Sven Wolfermann schrieb:
>>>> sample constants condition:
>>>>
>>>> [PIDinRootline = 703]
>>>> homeID = 703
>>>> catId = 1,6,18
>>>> showListId = 946
>>>> showEventId = 945
>>>> newsSingle = 3343
>>>> newsFolder = 353,248,53
>>>> plugin.tx_cal_controller.pidList = 2476,1457,1954
>>>> [end]
>>> Ext Templates are faster, since conditions are parsed (uncached) at any
>>> page request.
>>>
>>> Drawback:
>>> A lot of things are only possible with conditions AND ext Templates are
>>> a bit more "chaotic" to find.
>>> Basically I like to keep my stuff at one place only.
>> A matter of taste. I don't like PIDinRootline at all. PIDs mean nothing to me (without a further
>> comment in the TS) when I try to understand the TS code. So I prefer ext templates for branches.
>>
>> Masi
> 
> We use constants instead of PIDs.
> 
> On the template in the site root we have the constants:
> 
> newsPage       = 1
> newsSinglePage = 2
> someOtherPage  = 3
> 
> And then in the ext templates we use those constants in the conditions.

Right. Try to use constants before you use conditions or multiple TS setups.

Masi