TYPO3 extension to simplify writing cropVariants for TYPO3 Integrators/Developers
The inital extraction of the functionality from
josefglatz/TYPO3-Distributioninto its own extension was supported by supseven.
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- Handling of cropVariants in TYPO3
- Defaults And Presets
- CropVariantsBuilder
- Example 1: Set a global default cropVariants configuration
- Example 2: Set custom cropVariants for a specific field of a specific table (pages.tx_my_nice_site_extension_nav_image)
- Example 3: Set custom cropVariants for tx_news_domain_model_news.fal_media
- Example 4: Set custom cropVariants for
tt_content.imagefor CTypetx_my_nice_site_extension_custom_ce1
- Translation logic for cropVariant label
This extensions centralizes the configuration of
- default aspectRatios,
- aspectRatios used within the TYPO3 instance,
- coverAreas used within the TYPO3 instance,
- cropAreas used within the TYPO3 instance,
- focusAreas used within the TYPO3 instance.
This extension makes it easy to configure cropVariants within TCA
(EXT:your_ext/Configuration/TCA/**/*.php) modifications in your "site
package" extension.
The extension relies 100% on the TYPO3 core functionality and can be seen as an on-top-time-saver for TYPO3 integrators.
The initial public version was part of
https://github.com/josefglatz/TYPO3-Distribution. The demands grew in
2019 and therefore I came up with a new idea to support also the TYPO3
site configuration which was introduced in TYPO3 9.5 LTS.
This extension doesn't support the TYPO3 site configuration. With that known fact, it's not possible to distinguish between multiple sites in a multitree environment.
Beside that fact, I want to make
https://github.com/josefglatz/TYPO3-Distribution more versatile and
clearer. The interested crowd suggested me to remove the
cropvariantsbuilder feature into an own extension. At the time of
extracting the feature into this extension, the extension officially
supports TYPO3 8.7 LTS and 9.5 LTS. So, here it is, the standalone
cropvariantsbuilder formerly known from Josef Glatz's EXT:theme.
The functionality of this extension will stay as it is. There will be no direct successor to which you can update and migrate automatically (from my current perspective). I will link the new extension here when it's publicly available.
At the time of writing about the future my plan is to re-adding the functionality completely via the TYPO3 site configuration and the FormDataProvider. With that in mind, it's possible to make site specific configurations. Even the configuration can be done completely via a YAML file beside your existing YAML file of one configured site.
If it makes really sense, I probably add also the functionality of
EXT:cropvariantsbuilder to make global TCA modifications possible (not
yet specified if you have to write YAML or the known PHP syntax).
The recommended way to install the extension is by using
Composer. In your Composer based TYPO3
project root, just do composer require josefglatz/cropvariantsbuilder.
Download and install the extension with the TYPO3 CMS extension manager module or directly via typo3.org.
The following options must to be set within the TYPO3 extension configuration:
configurationProviderExtension = my_nice_site_extension
So if you place the configuration file in
EXT:my_nice_site_extension/Configuration/ImageManipulation/CropVariants.yamlyou have to set the value tomy_nice_site_extension.
configurationProviderLocallangFilename = locallang
So if you place the translations in
EXT:my_nice_site_extension/Resources/Private/Language/locallang.xlfyou have to set the value tolocallang. Read more about the supported translation logic.
The following example shows the resulting PHP configuration part:
$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXT']['extConf']['cropvariantsbuilder'] = serialize([
'configurationProviderExtension' => 'my_nice_site_extension',
'configurationProviderLocallangFilename' => 'locallang',
]);
// TYPO3 >= 9.5 LTS:
$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['cropvariantsbuilder'] = [
'configurationProviderExtension' => 'my_nice_site_extension',
'configurationProviderLocallangFilename' => 'locallang',
];Just clone the file
EXT:cropvariantsbuilder/Configuration/ImageManipulation/CropVariants.yaml
to
EXT:my_nice_site_extension/Configuration/ImageManipulation/CropVariants.yaml
and modify it however you want. With that approach, you have no
dependencies on the default CropVariants.yaml of
EXT:cropvariantsbuilder.
Example of using your own CropVariants.yaml file while using the \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Configuration\Loader\YamlFileLoader->load() imports feature
The following example represents the content of the file
EXT:my_nice_site_extension/Configuration/ImageManipulation/CropVariants.yaml.
imageManipulation:
cropVariants:
defaults:
aspectRatios:
"1.91:1":
title: "This is the new title for an existing aspectRatio within EXT:cropvariantsbuilder"
"123:321":
title: "Completely new introduced aspect ratio"
value: 123 / 321
defaultCropVariantsConfiguration:
default:
aspectRatios:
- "3:2"
- "2:3"
- "123:321"
- "NaN"
imports:
-
resource: 'EXT:cropvariantsbuilder/Configuration/ImageManipulation/CropVariants.yaml'
You can rely on the default CropVariants.yaml of
EXT:cropvariantsbuilder while modifying it to meet the demands of your
specific project with the example shown above. And of course, you can
import any other YAML file. You don't have to rely on the default
CropVariants.yaml if the resulting YAML file includes a configuration
for every necessary part.
- Handling of cropVariants in TYPO3
- DefaultsAndPresets
- CropVariantsBuilder Examples
- Translation logic for cropVariant label
The ongoing development is done within the master branch!
You can use composer require josefglatz/cropvariantsbuilder:dev-master if you want to test the
current development state.
Cheers to all TYPO3 enthusiasts out there!
Many thanks to my employer supseven.at for sponsoring work time.