TYPO3 Pagetree Export / Import Tool

Zen Wireframe was designed to be used with the TYPO3 Pagetree Export / Import Tool for rapid project development.

Zen Wireframe contains numerous TypoScript templates / snippets for TYPO3 extension plugins, page configuration, graphic and font rendering, and menu acccessibility options. You can export and import  these TypoScript configurations and portions of Zen Wireframe into other TYPO3 sites using the Pagetree Export / Import Tool.

To create a .t3d Pagetree export for another TYPO3 project, begin with the steps on the left. Click on the page to be exported and click "More options...". Next, click "Export to .t3d".

Configuring the .t3d Export

Next select the level of pages to export, select [All tables], click "Update" and proceed to Exclude all files.

Download the .t3d Export File

The next 2 steps involve clicking "Update" to Exclude files then "Download export".

Import the .t3d File

This the same process as installing Zen Wireframe. The only difference is, the .t3d file is imported at the root page (id=1) as shown here. If you are not familiar with how to import a .t3d file please Click Here.

Make sure you include the necessary Extension HTML and CSS files before importing. If you forget, simply upload them and Clear all caches.

Final Steps

Because TYPO3 renumbers imported pages sequentially, the last thing you will need to do is edit the Extension TypoScript template to point to the new Page IDs. 

For example, the news record storage folder for storing and retrieving news records in Zen Wireframe Business is news posts Page ID 63 (pid=63), single page news articles are displayed on News article Page ID 64 (pid=64) and the Archive and Category views point to News Page ID 60 (pid=60).

plugin.tt_news {
  pid_list = 63
  singlePid = 64
  catSelectorTargetPid = 60
  archiveTypoLink.parameter = 60
  10.typolink.parameter = 60
}