Configuration is done through Flexform in the plugin. The template is saved in the static templates. There is no need of manual configurations in the TYPO3 backend.
After the Installation of the extension, you need to clear the backend cache to get the static templates into your main template.
The extension has no HTML templates. The HTML structure is saved in the static templates. Make sure that you insert the two static templates into your main template. After adding the static templates, clear the backend and frontend cache.
Important: the extension does only work with TYPO3 version 4.1.2 or newer.
Make sure that at least one BE_user is inserted with admin rights and wich is not Disabled. The insertViaTce method needs such a user to create the data from the frontend.
When the toto extension is installed, the backend administration can be accessed through the Web > Info module: Soccer toto. Records are only shown from the selected sysfolder.
Both frontend plugins can be inserted as a content type “insert plugin”.
The user ranking and the tournament table need to have a relation to the sysfolder.
Walk through
To get a tournament running you need to set up a few things first after the configuration of the extension. This is a list of the steps needed:
enter teams
enter phases
lock phases
enter match dates
enter results
lock match
The extension contains three database types, but only one is meant to be added and edited in the sysfolder.
Enter Teams
To enter teams, create first a sysfolder for your tournament (e.g. EM08, WM06). Create for every tournament a new sysfolder.
Then just create a few new team records.
Create Phases
To create phases of the tournament, select the “Soccer toto” module in the navigation. Then make sure that the function of the module is set to “Phase administration”. Next, select the sysfolder where you have created the teams. If you have the sysfolder selected, you can click on “create new phase”.
First every phase needs a name and a position. The position is used to sort the entries. More than one entry is allowed on the same position.
There are two types of phases in a tournament.
Teams defined
You can select the teams of the phase manually. This means that every team in this phase plays one match against every single team. Do not fill out the second team selection in the lower part in this case. The teams from the selected sysfolder will be listed in the team selection.
Teams from previous phase
If the teams are not defined manually, the winner or second placed of the previous phase will be selected. In the drop down are all phases listed in the sysfolder.
Generate matches
Please make sure, that you have entered the correct teams or previous phases correctly, so that you can lock a phase. You simply have to klick the save button with the “key” icon.
Important: After saving phases with the lock function, you cannot edit it anymore. This is because the matches of this phase will be generated. Its better, if you start locking like the position, from one to to the next.
Administration of the matches
The administration of the matches is simple. Just click on the module of the “Soccer toto” then select the sysfolder where your data is stored. With the “match administration” function you are able to enter the results and dates. When the match has finished and you have entered the final result, then lock the record. It will appear in the frontend after locking (and of course only when the start time has passed).
If in your game the winner is declared by a judge, you can select the winner manually with the medal column (checkbox). It is possible to edit locked matches, but this will have an effect to the points of the fe_users.
