David’s Thoughts

When using the typo3 extension “rtehtmlarea” there is a compatability issue with Firefox 2.0.0.3. The issue is explored on the typo3 bugtracker here and here. Toward the bottom of the list of comments you’ll find the solution. I’ve tried it, and it works. Here’s the boiled down solution.

in this file:
sysext/rtehtmlarea/htmlarea/htmlarea.js in line 85
change this:

HTMLArea.is_wamcom = (HTMLArea.agt.indexOf("wamcom") != -1) || (HTMLArea.is_gecko && (HTMLArea.agt.indexOf("1.3") != -1));

to this:

HTMLArea.is_wamcom = (HTMLArea.agt.indexOf("wamcom") != -1) || (HTMLArea.is_gecko && HTMLArea.agt.indexOf("1.3") != -1 && HTMLArea.agt.indexOf(".1.3") == -1);

Then disable the compressed scripts option for rtehtmlarea in the extension manager.

And, remove from typo3temp all files that start with rtehtmlarea. Clear the cache and Firefox, and you’re good to go!

So, you’ve started using typo3, and you’ve even built a couple of web using typo3. Then, of course, you’ve heard of typoscript, and seen things like this:

lib.something = TEXT
lib.something.value = hello there.

Well, have you ever wanted to just append a value, or slightly change an existing value?

Welcome, :=

Here’s an example:

lib.something.value = hello there.
lib.something.value := prependString(Umm, )
# results in “Umm, hello there”

Here are all the functions that are available, copied right out of doc_core_ts.

prependString: Adds a string to the beginning of the existing value.
appendString: Adds a string to the end of the existing value.
removeString: Removes a string from the existing value.
replaceString: Replaces old with new value. Separate these using “|”.
addToList: Adds a comma-separated list of values to the end of a string value. There is no check for duplicate values, and the list is not sorted in any way.
removeFromList: Removes a comma-separated list of values from a comma-separated list.

For all of you intermediate TYPO3 configurators out there, I know your gears are turning already, thinking about all the times you wished you could use something like this!