[TYPO3-core] RFC: #4911: No function for adding alternative external URL for other languages

[Benjamin Mack]

Hey all,

REMINDER!

I'm still waiting for a +1 from a core dev.

Benjamin Mack wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> this is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Branches: Trunk only
> 
> BT Reference: http://bugs.typo3.org/view.php?id=4911
> 
> Description:
> There is no way to add a corresponding external URL in another language 
> when using the one tree model and choosing page type: external URL.
> 
> There is no facility to create an alternative external URL on the 
> default page or in the alternative language record.
> 
> Typo3 only allows one URL in the default language.
> 
> 
> Solution:
> Add the needed fields to the DB and the TCA.
> 
> 
> Notes:
> * I created a patch in response to that issue as I noticed this problem 
> as well. It works quite well for me. It also is compatible with existing 
> solutions as it takes the URL field of the pages_language_overlay first 
> and if that is empty it takes the original URL.
> * The only issue I have right now is that the three added fields are 
> shown with every page type in the Backend. The fields are not used when 
> the pagetype is something else than 4 (External URL) but it's not nice. 
> Any ideas? I'm not as good in TCA to figure this out by myself. Anyway, 
> that solution could be added as a follow-up to this patch here.
> 
> 
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