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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. mediadreams/md\_news\_author ActiveTypo3-cms-extension[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) mediadreams/md\_news\_author ============================ Adds one or more authors to a tx\_news record, show a list of all authors and display a detail page of the author containing the attached news entries. v8.1.3(1mo ago)435.4k↓15%31GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP Since Feb 19Pushed 1mo ago2 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/cdaecke/md_news_author)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mediadreams/md_news_author)[ Docs](http://www.mediadreams.org)[ RSS](/packages/mediadreams-md-news-author/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (4)Versions (30)Used By (1) TYPO3 Extension `md_news_author` ================================ [](#typo3-extension-md_news_author) This extension is based on extbase & fluid and provides the famous extension `ext:news` of Georg Ringer (thanks a lot @georgringer !) with one or more authors. You can centrally manage authors and attach them to news records. The extensions comes with two plugins, one for listing all authors and one for the detail page of an author which also shows the news records of the selected author. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - TYPO3 >= 12.4 - ext:news >= 11.0 ### Installation [](#installation) - Install the extension by using the extension manager or use composer (`composer req mediadreams/md_news_author`) - Include the static TypoScript of the extension - Configure the extension by setting your own constants Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Create authors and attach them to news records [](#create-authors-and-attach-them-to-news-records) - Create some author records on a sysfolder (use list modul, push plus-icon `Create new record` and select `News Author`) - Create a news record on a sysfolder and find the new tab `Author` - Select one or more authors for the news record - Save and close ### List authors [](#list-authors) Insert paginated list of all authors. - Create a plugin `News author: Author list` on a page - Choose for `Page with single author view` the page with single author view - Select the sysfolder where the author records are stored - Additional settings can be found in the tab `List view settings` - If needed, show authors of certain categories only (tab `Categories`) - Save and close ### Authors detail page [](#authors-detail-page) Insert an author detail view. This page includes also all news which are associated with the choosen author. - Create a plugin `News author: Show author` on a page - Optionally choose for `Page with author list` the page with the list of all authors - Select the sysfolder where the author records are stored - Additional settings can be found in the tab `Detail view settings` - Save and close ### Show author in `ext:news` view [](#show-author-in-extnews-view) - Access the author properties in a news record with `{newsItem.newsAuthor}`. Since there could be more than one author attached to a news record, you have to iterate: ``` {md:ShowAuthorName(author: author)} {author.phone} {author. ...} ``` - Add a link to the profile page Don't forget to load the viewhelper `{namespace md=Mediadreams\MdNewsAuthor\ViewHelpers}`: ``` ``` ### Page TSconfig [](#page-tsconfig) In order to show only authors of a single page in the "Authors"-tab of a news record, you can use the following TSconfig: ``` TCEFORM.tx_news_domain_model_news.news_author.PAGE_TSCONFIG_STR = 1 ``` This will show only the author records, which are stored on page ID = 1 ### `routeEnhancers` [](#routeenhancers) ``` routeEnhancers: NewsAuthorList: type: Extbase extension: MdNewsAuthor plugin: list routes: - routePath: 'page-{page}' _controller: 'NewsAuthor::list' _arguments: slug: 'newsAuthor' page: 'currentPage' - routePath: '/a-z/{letter}' _controller: 'NewsAuthor::list' _arguments: 'letter': 'selectedLetter' defaultController: 'NewsAuthor::list' requirements: page: '\d+' defaults: page: '0' aspects: page: type: StaticRangeMapper start: '1' end: '100' letter: type: StaticValueMapper map: a: A b: B c: C d: D e: E f: F g: G h: H i: I j: J k: K l: L m: M n: N o: O p: P q: Q r: R s: S t: T u: U v: V w: W x: X y: Y z: Z NewsAuthorShow: type: Extbase extension: MdNewsAuthor plugin: show routes: - routePath: '{slug}' _controller: 'NewsAuthor::show' _arguments: slug: 'newsAuthor' - routePath: '{slug}/articles-{page}' _controller: 'NewsAuthor::show' _arguments: slug: 'newsAuthor' page: 'currentPage' defaultController: 'NewsAuthor::show' requirements: slug: '^[a-zA-Z0-9].*$' page: '\d+' defaults: page: '0' aspects: slug: type: PersistedAliasMapper tableName: 'tx_mdnewsauthor_domain_model_newsauthor' routeFieldName: 'slug' page: type: StaticRangeMapper start: '1' end: '100' ``` Bugs and Known Issues --------------------- [](#bugs-and-known-issues) If you find a bug, it would be nice if you add an issue on [Github](https://github.com/cdaecke/md_news_author/issues). THANKS ====== [](#thanks) Thanks a lot to all who make this outstanding TYPO3 project possible! Credits ------- [](#credits) Icons used by this extension are kindly take from Font Awesome ([user](https://fontawesome.com/icons/user?style=solid) and [users](https://fontawesome.com/icons/users?f=classic&s=solid) ). ### Health Score 57 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance89 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity34 Limited adoption so far Community14 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity74 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 98% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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