[TYPO3-ttnews] Replace tt_news-symbol in "related news" depending on category of the related item

[Sönke Hartung]

Hi List,

I'm still struggling with this problen. Can anybody give me a hint, how 
I can check the category of the link target?

Regards
Sönke

Am 06.02.2012 02:09, schrieb Sönke Hartung:
> Hello List,
>
> I'm currently trying to replace the symbol of tt_news in the "related
> news" marker, depending on the categorie of the related item.
>
> More precise:
> I use tt_news for news (as usual) and for dates. Dates are sorted in
> it's own categorie (tt_news_cat uid 21). I refer with the "related
> news"-field between news and dates. Both, news and dates, appear in the
> "related news"-section. There they appear with the same icon, so it's
> not possible to distinguish the two "types".
> Therfore I'm trying to change the icon of the related items, depending
> on their category.
>
> I tried the TS below, but I'm not sure if the CASE-key data =
> register:newsCategoryUid is correct.
>
> plugin.tt_news.getRelatedCObject.10.default.5 = CASE
> plugin.tt_news.getRelatedCObject.10.default.5 {
> # Alte config löschen
> file >
> wrap >
>
> key.data = register:newsCategoryUid
>
> # Default für alle tt_news-Kategorien
> default = IMAGE
> default {
> file = EXT:tt_news/ext_icon.gif
> file.width = 18
> file.height = 16
> wrap = |  
> }
>
> # Ausnahme für tt_news_cat uid=21
> 21 = IMAGE
> 21 {
> file = othericon.png
> file.width = 32
> file.height = 32
> wrap = |  
> }
> }
>
> With this TS, related items shown under a news record with tt_news_cat
> 21 get the othericon.png, no matter which category is defined for the
> related item. So the behaviour is kind of inverted. The CASE dosn't care
> about the tt_news_cat of the related target. It only checks the
> tt_news_cat of the currently shown tt_news record.
> Therfore I guess, that my CASE-key is not the one, that I need.
> Can anybody help me with this?
>
> Many thanks and kind regards
> Sönke