[TYPO3-hci] Doktypes: Advanced and a new one

[Steffen Kamper]

"Franz Koch" <typo.removeformessage at fx-graefix.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1194361252.12028.typo3-team-hci at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hi,
>
>>> But this field exists also using mount point pages. Setting new icon 
>>> should relate with certain values of the 'doktype' field and the field 
>>> "Show content from this page instead" has some value. Note that the 
>>> field works also using doktype '1' and "Not in menu" - you just can't 
>>> set it directly. The problem doesn't relate only with the doktype '2'.
>>
>> i removed the field from all doktypes and show it only in the new doktype 
>> (Container page)
>
> but as tapio mentioned, that is not enough. Example:
> You create a 'container Page' with the new doktype and select a page for 
> the field 'show content from this page instead'. After some time you 
> change the doktype to 'regular page' but forget to delete the relation in 
> 'show content from this page instead'. Then you can add content to your 
> page, but still the content of the other page is shown and the icon in the 
> pagetree doesn't visualize that.
>
> So it's only a half improvement as long a those fields are processed 
> independet from the doktype or the pagetreeIcon isn't related to those 
> fields. Decide yourself what's the better way. Same with shortcuts as far 
> as I know.
>
> --
> Greetings,
> Franz

this is indeed a general problem. The TCA only switch the view, the content 
of the fields are leaved unchanged.
I don't know what is the best way to handle that - we should discuss that 
before i make a patch in the devlist so Masi and others could take part of.

vg  Steffen