[TYPO3-mvc] Extension spread over several pages - best practice?

[Bastian Waidelich]

Stefan Wild wrote:

Hi Stefan,

> how do I tell the linkViewHelper where to link? I
> know of the pageUid parameter, but hard-coding pageuids there doesn't
> seem to be a good solution.

you're right, hard-coding the target PID in the template would be bad. A 
common approach in TYPO3 is to create TypoScript settings for the 
respective PIDs. For the ease of use you might want to add TS constants 
for those as well:

// TS CONSTANTS

plugin.tx_yourext {
	settings {
		 # cat=plugin.tx_yourext/links; type=int+; label=Page id of the news 
list page
		newsListPID =

		 # cat=plugin.tx_yourext/links; type=int+; label=Page id of the news 
details page
		newsDetailsPID =
	}
}


// TS SETUP

plugin.tx_yourext {
	settings {
		newsListPID = {$plugin.tx_yourext.settings.newsListPID}
		newsDetailsPID = {$plugin.tx_yourext.settings.newsDetailsPID}
	}
}


..and in your Fluid template:

<f:link.action action="foo" controller="Bar" arguments="{article: 
article}" pageUid="{settings.newsDetailsPID}">show details</f:link.action>


HTH,
Bastian