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This extension uses only data, which is saved in the page properties of each page
You can access different fields of the page properties via the markers in the template
1. title
2. navtitle
3. creation date
4. change date
5. keywords
6. a image
7. an “odd/even” - field, e.g. for styling every second teaser-element different
8. The classical “...more”-link

Use of the plugin

Insert the plugin over the Content-Element-Wizard
Via the plugin-settings (Flexform) you can change the look and the behavior of the extension

Flexform tab “settings”

Show “selected pages”

Set “mode” to “selected pages”, if you just want to specify each page which you would like to show in the page teaser
1. Select one or more pages via the page browser (on the right side)

Show “subpages of selected pages”

Set “mode” to “subpages from selected pages”, if you want to show subpages of a specific page.
1. Select a page via the page browser (on the right side)

Additional settings

1. To also show subpages of pages, you have to enter the depth in the field “Depth of sub-subpages”. This function also works in combination with “keywordfilter”, “ordering”, etc.
2. To specify, how many pages you want to show in the page teaser, enter a number in the field “maximum number of page teasers”
3. Select your own template file to completely define the look of the page teaser

Ordering and sorting

1. You can order and sort your pages in the pageteaser via Flexform
2. There are following ordering-types available:
  1. position in pagetree (standard)
  2. sitetitle
  3. timestamp
  4. creation date
  5. random
3. Choose “ascending” or “descending” for sorting (of course not available for ordering-mode “random”)

Flexform tab “contents”

Settings for the pageteaser image

1. Via “image: max width / max height” you can specify the maximum dimensions of the image

Settings for the pageteaser text

1. Via “crop” you can specify the length of the previewed text
  1. If you want to change the shown chars after the cropped text, look into the locallang.xml
  2. Via TypoScript you can set, if you want to crop only after complete words, or not ( cropOnlyAfterWords = 0)

FAQ

Do I have to save an abstract for each page?
1. Yes – at the moment you do. It is planned to automatically insert text from the content elements of a page, if there is no abstract. But for now, you will have to save an abstract for every page you want to show in the page teaser.
2. But you have the option of excluding every page without abstract or image – see “configuration”