Add Additional configuration areas

Sometimes it’s necessary to add some custom areas / keys to the Typo3 configuration ($GLOBALS[‘TYPO3_CONF_VARS’]). In my case I needed some auth-data for a Magento / Typo3 crossover in a curl call. The problem is: If you made manual changes in the typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php , after a configuration save over the install tool, all changes will be […]

Include TypoScript from file

To include TypoScript from an external file you can add this line to the setup or constants part of a template record in Typo3 Backend: <INCLUDE_TYPOSCRIPT: source=”FILE: fileadmin/typoscript.ts”> To see your changes immediately, you should add the no_cache flag to your default config: config.no_cache = 1 This disables the caching of your TypoScript.

Allow access from multiple IPs

Sometimes you’re working in a network that has multiple external IP’s that are multiplexed. So for Typo3 your IP seems to change with nearly every click. With the default configuration you’ll be kicked out every now and then. To get rid of this problem, you can add the following snipped to your /typo3conf/lLocalConfiguration.php or /typo3conf/AdditionalConfiguration.php: […]