[FEATURE] Some improvements and new functions for the author news

Classes/Controller/NewsByAuthorController.php

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class NewsByAuthorController extends AbstractController {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$news = [];
 		$authors = [];
 		$authorRepository = $this->objectManager->get(AuthorRepository::class);
 		foreach ($newsAuthorsIds as $newsAuthorsId) {
@@ -72,11 +71,15 @@ class NewsByAuthorController extends AbstractController {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		$categories = [];
+		$categories = $newsMetaData = [];
 		$categoryRepository = $this->objectManager->get(CategoryRepository::class);
-		$newsMetaData = [];
+		$excludedNewsIds = GeneralUtility::intExplode(',', $this->settings['excludedNews']);
 		foreach ($news as $newsEntry) {
 			/** @var News $newsEntry */
+			if (in_array($newsEntry->getUid(), $excludedNewsIds, TRUE)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			$categoryId = $newsEntry->getPid();
 			if (!isset($categories[$categoryId])) {
 				$category = $categoryRepository->findByUid($categoryId);

Classes/Domain/Model/Author.php

@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ class Author extends AbstractEntity {
 			}
 		}
 
-		return $this->email;
+		if ($this->image instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+			$this->image->_loadRealInstance();
+		}
+
+		return $this->image;
 	}
 }

Classes/ViewHelpers/RenderAuthorNewsViewHelper.php

+<?php
+
+namespace SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers;
+
+/***************************************************************
+ *  Copyright notice
+ *
+ *  (c) sgalinski Internet Services (http://www.sgalinski.de)
+ *
+ *  All rights reserved
+ *
+ *  This script is part of the AY project. The AY project is
+ *  free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  The GNU General Public License can be found at
+ *  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.
+ *
+ *  This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
+ ***************************************************************/
+
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Core\Bootstrap;
+use TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractViewHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Example:
+ * {namespace sgnews=SGalinski\SgNews\ViewHelpers}
+ * <sgnews:renderAuthorNews newsAuthors="123,321" excludedNews="123,423" />
+ */
+class RenderAuthorNewsViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper {
+	/**
+	 * Extbase Bootstrap
+	 *
+	 * @var Bootstrap
+	 */
+	protected $bootstrap;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param Bootstrap $bootstrap
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function injectBootstrap(Bootstrap $bootstrap) {
+		$this->bootstrap = $bootstrap;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * CommentThreadViewHelper constructor.
+	 */
+	public function __construct() {
+		$this->escapeOutput = FALSE;
+		$this->escapeChildren = FALSE;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Initialize arguments.
+	 *
+	 * @throws \TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\Exception
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws \TYPO3Fluid\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\Exception
+	 */
+	public function initializeArguments() {
+		$this->registerArgument('newsAuthors', 'string', 'A list with author uids', TRUE);
+		$this->registerArgument('excludedNews', 'string', 'A list with excluded news uids');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Renders the Comment plugin. The view helper arguments configures the behavior.
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function render() {
+		$configuration = [
+			'extensionName' => 'SgNews',
+			'vendorName' => 'SGalinski',
+			'pluginName' => 'NewsByAuthor',
+			'controllerName' => 'NewsByAuthor',
+			'action' => 'list'
+		];
+
+		if ($this->arguments['newsAuthors']) {
+			$configuration['settings']['newsAuthors'] = $this->arguments['newsAuthors'];
+		}
+
+		if ($this->arguments['excludedNews']) {
+			$configuration['settings']['excludedNews'] = $this->arguments['excludedNews'];
+		}
+
+		return $this->bootstrap->run('', $configuration);
+	}
+}

Configuration/FlexForms/NewsByAuthor.xml

@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@
 							</config>
 						</TCEforms>
 					</settings.newsAuthors>
+
+					<settings.excludedNews>
+						<TCEforms>
+							<label>LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:plugin.flexForm.excludedNews</label>
+							<config>
+								<type>select</type>
+								<renderType>selectMultipleSideBySide</renderType>
+								<size>5</size>
+								<maxitems>99</maxitems>
+								<foreign_table>pages</foreign_table>
+								<foreign_table_where>AND pages.sys_language_uid IN (-1, 0) AND pages.doktype = 116 ORDER BY pages.title</foreign_table_where>
+							</config>
+						</TCEforms>
+					</settings.excludedNews>
 				</el>
 			</ROOT>
 		</main>

Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf

@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
 				<source><![CDATA[Only show news published before]]></source>
 				<target><![CDATA[Zeige nur News veröffentlicht vor]]></target>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="plugin.flexForm.excludedNews" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[News which are excluded from the list]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[News, welche nicht in der Liste dargestellt werden]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="plugin.flexForm.newsAuthor" approved="yes">
 				<source><![CDATA[News Author]]></source>
 				<target><![CDATA[News Autor]]></target>

Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
 			<trans-unit id="plugin.flexForm.endtime">
 				<source><![CDATA[Only show news published before]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="plugin.flexForm.excludedNews">
+				<source><![CDATA[News which are excluded from the list]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="plugin.flexForm.newsAuthor">
 				<source><![CDATA[News Author]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>