[FEATURE] Improve integration of the news feed to allow settings

Classes/Controller/NewsFeedController.php

@@ -2,29 +2,31 @@
 
 namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Controller;
 
-	/***************************************************************
-	 *  Copyright notice
-	 *
-	 *  (c) sgalinski Internet Services (https://www.sgalinski.de)
-	 *
-	 *  All rights reserved
-	 *
-	 *  This script is part of the TYPO3 project. The TYPO3 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!
-	 ***************************************************************/
+/***************************************************************
+ *  Copyright notice
+ *
+ *  (c) sgalinski Internet Services (https://www.sgalinski.de)
+ *
+ *  All rights reserved
+ *
+ *  This script is part of the TYPO3 project. The TYPO3 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\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 
 /**
  * Controller that handles the news feed rendering
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ class NewsFeedController extends AbstractController {
 	 * @return void
 	 */
 	public function indexAction() {
-		$news = $this->newsRepository->findLastUpdatedOrHighlightedNewsByCategories(10, FALSE);
+		$categories = GeneralUtility::intExplode(',', $this->settings['showCategories'], TRUE);
+		$news = $this->newsRepository->findLastUpdatedOrHighlightedNewsByCategories(10, FALSE, $categories);
 		$this->view->assign('news', $news);
 	}
 }

Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,23 @@ newsFeed = PAGE
 newsFeed {
 	typeNum = 78906523
 
-	10 < tt_content.list.20.sgnews_newsfeed
+	10 = USER
+	10 {
+		userFunc = TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Core\Bootstrap->run
+		extensionName = SgNews
+		pluginName = NewsFeed
+		vendorName = SGalinski
+		controller = NewsFeed
+		action = index
+		view < plugin.tx_sgnews.view
+		persistence < plugin.tx_sgnews.persistence
+		features < plugin.tx_sgnews.features
+		legacy < plugin.tx_sgnews.legacy
+		settings {
+			# if not provided all categories are shown
+			showCategories =
+		}
+	}
 
 	config {
 		disableAllHeaderCode = 1

Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_backend.xlf

@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
 				<source>News Overview</source>
 				<target>News-Übersicht</target>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="titlePageBrowserPlugin" approved="yes">
-				<source>Page Browser Plugin</source>
-				<target>Seitenbrowser-Plugin</target>
-			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="titleSingleViewPlugin" approved="yes">
 				<source>News Single View</source>
 				<target>News-Einzelansicht</target>

Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf

@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 			<trans-unit id="titleOverviewPlugin">
 				<source>News Overview</source>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="titlePageBrowserPlugin">
-				<source>Page Browser Plugin</source>
-			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="titleSingleViewPlugin">
 				<source>News Single View</source>
 			</trans-unit>

ext_tables.php

@@ -28,17 +28,11 @@ TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\ExtensionUtility::registerPlugin(
 	'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf:titleListByCategoryPlugin'
 );
 
-TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\ExtensionUtility::registerPlugin(
-	'sg_news', 'PageBrowser',
-	'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf:titlePageBrowserPlugin'
-);
-
 // Removal of the unused plugin setting fields
 $TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_overview'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 $TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_listbycategory'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 $TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_latest'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 $TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_singleview'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
-$TCA['tt_content']['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_pagebrowser'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 
 // Flex form assignment
 $pluginSignature = str_replace('_', '', 'sg_news') . '_overview';