Mask and issues

Question

Regarding the mask, in backend mask have default configurations such as below:

general.json => typo3conf/mask.json
frontend.content => fileadmin/templates/content/
frontend.layouts => fileadmin/templates/content/Layouts/
frontend.partials =>  fileadmin/templates/content/Partials/
backend.backend =>  fileadmin/templates/backend/
backend.layouts_backend => fileadmin/templates/backend/Layouts/
backend.partials_backend => fileadmin/templates/backend/Partials/
backend.preview => fileadmin/templates/preview/

While installing our theme extension, we need to change the above mask configuration option values like below:

general.json => typo3conf/ext/<extension_key>/mask.json
frontend.content => fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/content/
frontend.layouts => fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/content/Layouts/
frontend.partials =>  fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/content/Partials/
backend.backend =>  fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/backend/
backend.layouts_backend => fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/backend/Layouts/
backend.partials_backend => fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/backend/Partials/
backend.preview => fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/preview/

We tried like below, but its not working:

plugin.tx_mask.general.json = EXT:user_ss4u/mask.json
module.tx_mask.general.json = EXT:user_ss4u/mask.json

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '17 at 08:54

It seems like you try to override the settings via typoscript, which is - as far as i know - not possible.
The settings you want to change are saved in typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php in ['EXT']['extConf']['mask'] so there are two (okay, one with two ways) possibilities to change them:

1.1 via Extension Manager
Open the module "Extension" in the TYPO3 Backend and search for the mask Extension.
Click on the configure icon at the end of the row.
Now you should be able to change the settings.

Changes are stored in typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php

1.2 via Mask itself
Open the module "Mask" in the TYPO3 Backend. Click on the configure icon to change to the Configuration Tab.
Now you should be able to change the settings.

Changes are stored in typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php

2. via PHP
You can add the following snippet to a file like the ext_localconf.php in typo3conf/ext/<extension_key> or in typo3conf/AdditionalConfiguration.php

$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXT']['extConf']['mask'] = serialize([
    'json' => 'typo3conf/ext/<extension_key>/mask.json',
    'content' => 'fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/content/',
    'layouts' => 'fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/content/Layouts/',
    'partials' => 'fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/content/Partials/',
    'backend' => 'fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/backend/',
    'layouts_backend' => 'fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/backend/Layouts/',
    'partials_backend' => 'fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/backend/Partials/',
    'preview' => 'fileadmin/<extension_key>/templates/preview/',
]);

Hi Kevin Thanks again for your help. We created the folder as mentioned. But after installation , the images are not showing and page contents are also not getting displayed. — Sharmistha, Dec 22 '17 at 13:12
Hi @Kevin Appelt Thanks again for your help. We created the folder/extension as mentioned. While installing this extension we have to change Mask back end configuration. This is not working. Secondly - page tree contents are not properly imported i.e. all page contents are missing. We have uploaded the extension here http://typo3sample06.softsolutions4u.com/user_ss4u.zip. Please help. Thanks so much. — Sharmistha, Dec 22 '17 at 13:21

Mask and issues

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