Same content on several websites

There are many applications where content that has been created once should appear on all or at least some of the web pages. One example is a list of book recommendations for TYPO3: the book titles should appear in the right-hand content column on all websites in the "TYPO3 CMS" directory tree.

Instructions for creating a list

To be able to create the list of books, a page must be created in the tree and the type changed to "Sysfolder". This means that this page is not displayed in the menu and frontend. The list of books must then be created as a regular content element. If required, several elements can also be used. The book list created in this way should now be integrated in a part of the website, namely in the "TYPO3 CMS" branch. To do this, an extension template must be created on the page, which then applies to this and all subpages.

The template of the page works with variables and the list should appear using the variable bookList. The following Typoscript code adds a list of content elements to the variable:

page.10.variables.bookList = RECORDS
page.10.variables.bookList {
 tables = tt_content
 source = 153
 dontCheckPid = 1 
}

'tables = tt_content' is used to specify the table from which the data records to be inserted originate. The 'source' specification lists the content records that are to be displayed. The number is displayed when you move the mouse over the icon to the left of "Text w/Image" in the list of content elements. Several records can be specified in a comma-separated list.

With 'dontCheckPid', the book list is also displayed if the system folder with the books is located below a hidden page.

Hide content on individual pages

If the book list should not be displayed on a certain subpage of 'TYPO3 CMS' (e.g. on the 'TYPO3 Hosting' page), then an extension template is also created there and the list is hidden with this line:

page.10.variables.bookList >

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Updated: 09.04.2025