[TYPO3-ttnews] [tx_news] sys_category basics

[Georg Ringer]

Am 23.09.2014 15:44, schrieb Jan Slusarczyk:
> I'm trying to use categories on a typo3 6.2.4 intallation and the more I
> dig inside the more lost I've become. I'd really appreciate some help.
> 
> I want to use categories as a link between tx_news elements and regular
> content pages (where pages and news elements are assigned the same
> category). How should I think of menus/lists containing both pages and
> tx_news elements? Is it possible to mix them in one list? Is it possible
> to make id dynamic so that I wouldn't need to create a separate page for
> each category but automate it with one and specific parameters?
> 
> Any hints on how it should be done?
> 
> I've found a lot on categories but examples are mostly based on
> pre-typo3 6 categories (like the realurl configurations) and linking is
> done solely through tx_news list view...
> 
> Any help will be appreciated...
> 
> Jan

http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/CoreApiReference/ApiOverview/Categories/Index.html
should help to build this collection

Georg