Classes/Controller/NewsByAuthorController.php

+<?php
+
+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!
+ ***************************************************************/
+
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model\News;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository\AuthorRepository;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository\CategoryRepository;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository\NewsRepository;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Service\HeaderMetaDataService;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+
+/**
+ * Controller that handles the news single view page
+ */
+class NewsByAuthorController extends AbstractController {
+	/**
+	 * Renders the news author list.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Exception\InvalidQueryException
+	 */
+	public function listAction() {
+		$newsAuthorsIds = GeneralUtility::intExplode(',', $this->settings['newsAuthors']);
+		if (\count($newsAuthorsIds) <= 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$authors = [];
+		$authorRepository = $this->objectManager->get(AuthorRepository::class);
+		foreach ($newsAuthorsIds as $newsAuthorsId) {
+			$author = $authorRepository->findByUid($newsAuthorsId);
+			if (!$author) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			$authors[] = $author;
+		}
+
+		if (\count($authors) <= 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$newsRepository = $this->objectManager->get(NewsRepository::class);
+		$news = $newsRepository->findAllByNewsAuthor($newsAuthorsIds);
+		if (\count($news) <= 0) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$categories = $newsMetaData = [];
+		$categoryRepository = $this->objectManager->get(CategoryRepository::class);
+		$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);
+				if (!$category) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				$categories[$categoryId] = $category;
+			}
+
+			$newsMetaData[] = $this->getMetaDataForNews($newsEntry, $categories[$categoryId]);
+		}
+
+		$this->view->assign('newsMetaData', $newsMetaData);
+		$this->view->assign('authors', $authors);
+	}
+}

Classes/Controller/SingleViewController.php

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class SingleViewController extends AbstractController {
 //			$similarNewsMetaData[] = $this->getMetaDataForNews($similarNewsEntry, $category);
 //		}
 
-		$newsAuthor = $news->getAuthorFrontendUser();
+		$newsAuthor = $news->getNewsAuthor();
 		$newsMetaData = $this->getMetaDataForNews($news, $newsCategory);
 		if ($newsMetaData['image']) {
 			HeaderMetaDataService::addOgImageToHeader($newsMetaData['image']);

Classes/Domain/Model/Author.php

+<?php
+
+namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model;
+
+/***************************************************************
+ *  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\Extbase\Domain\Model\FrontendUser;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\DomainObject\AbstractEntity;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Generic\LazyLoadingProxy;
+
+/**
+ * Author
+ */
+class Author extends AbstractEntity {
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $name = '';
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $email = '';
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $description = '';
+
+	/**
+	 * @lazy
+	 * @var \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FrontendUser
+	 */
+	protected $frontendUser;
+
+	/**
+	 * @lazy
+	 * @var \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FileReference
+	 */
+	protected $image;
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getName(): string {
+		return $this->name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $name
+	 */
+	public function setName(string $name): void {
+		$this->name = $name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getNameAndRespectFrontendUser(): string {
+		$frontendUser = $this->getFrontendUser();
+		if ($frontendUser) {
+			$name = $frontendUser->getName();
+			if (!empty($name)) {
+				return $name;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $this->name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getEmail(): string {
+		return $this->email;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $email
+	 */
+	public function setEmail(string $email): void {
+		$this->email = $email;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getEmailAndRespectFrontendUser(): string {
+		$frontendUser = $this->getFrontendUser();
+		if ($frontendUser) {
+			$email = $frontendUser->getEmail();
+			if (!empty($email)) {
+				return $email;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $this->email;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getDescription(): string {
+		return $this->description;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $description
+	 */
+	public function setDescription(string $description): void {
+		$this->description = $description;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return FrontendUser
+	 */
+	public function getFrontendUser(): ?FrontendUser {
+		if ($this->frontendUser instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+			$this->frontendUser->_loadRealInstance();
+		}
+
+		return $this->frontendUser;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param FrontendUser $frontendUser
+	 */
+	public function setFrontendUser(FrontendUser $frontendUser): void {
+		$this->frontendUser = $frontendUser;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return FileReference
+	 */
+	public function getImage(): ?FileReference {
+		if ($this->image instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+			$this->image->_loadRealInstance();
+		}
+
+		return $this->image;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param FileReference $image
+	 */
+	public function setImage(FileReference $image): void {
+		$this->image = $image;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function getImageAndRespectFrontendUser(): string {
+		$frontendUser = $this->getFrontendUser();
+		if ($frontendUser) {
+			$images = $frontendUser->getImage();
+			if ($images->count() > 0) {
+				return $images->current();
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($this->image instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+			$this->image->_loadRealInstance();
+		}
+
+		return $this->image;
+	}
+}

Classes/Domain/Model/News.php

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
-use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FrontendUser;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Generic\LazyLoadingProxy;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\ObjectStorage;
 
@@ -39,11 +38,6 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 	 */
 	protected $description = '';
 
-	/**
-	 * @var string
-	 */
-	protected $author = '';
-
 	/**
 	 * @var boolean
 	 */
@@ -82,9 +76,9 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 
 	/**
 	 * @lazy
-	 * @var \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FrontendUser
+	 * @var \SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model\Author
 	 */
-	protected $authorFrontendUser;
+	protected $newsAuthor;
 
 	/**
 	 * @var int
@@ -96,6 +90,11 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 	 */
 	protected $location;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	protected $contentFromAnotherPage = 0;
+
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
 	 */
@@ -105,21 +104,6 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 		$this->tags = new ObjectStorage();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @param string $author
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public function setAuthor($author) {
-		$this->author = $author;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public function getAuthor() {
-		return $this->author;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * @param string $description
 	 * @return void
@@ -283,22 +267,21 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param FrontendUser $authorFrontendUser
-	 * @return void
+	 * @return Author
 	 */
-	public function setAuthorFrontendUser(FrontendUser $authorFrontendUser) {
-		$this->authorFrontendUser = $authorFrontendUser;
+	public function getNewsAuthor(): ?Author {
+		if ($this->newsAuthor instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+			$this->newsAuthor->_loadRealInstance();
+		}
+
+		return $this->newsAuthor;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return FrontendUser
+	 * @param Author $newsAuthor
 	 */
-	public function getAuthorFrontendUser() {
-		if ($this->authorFrontendUser instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
-			$this->authorFrontendUser->_loadRealInstance();
-		}
-
-		return $this->authorFrontendUser;
+	public function setNewsAuthor(Author $newsAuthor): void {
+		$this->newsAuthor = $newsAuthor;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -329,4 +312,17 @@ class News extends CategoryAndNews {
 		$this->location = $location;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public function getContentFromAnotherPage(): int {
+		return $this->contentFromAnotherPage;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param int $contentFromAnotherPage
+	 */
+	public function setContentFromAnotherPage(int $contentFromAnotherPage): void {
+		$this->contentFromAnotherPage = $contentFromAnotherPage;
+	}
 }

Classes/Domain/Repository/AuthorRepository.php

+<?php
+
+namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository;
+
+/***************************************************************
+ *  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 SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository\AbstractRepository;
+
+/**
+ * Repository for the Author model.
+ */
+class AuthorRepository extends AbstractRepository {
+
+}

Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model\Author;
 use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model\News;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Generic\QueryResult;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\QueryInterface;
@@ -35,6 +36,24 @@ use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\QueryResultInterface;
  * News Repository
  */
 class NewsRepository extends AbstractRepository {
+	/**
+	 * Finds all news by the given authors.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $authorIds
+	 *
+	 * @return QueryResultInterface|NULL
+	 * @throws \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Exception\InvalidQueryException
+	 */
+	public function findAllByNewsAuthor(array $authorIds): ?QueryResultInterface {
+		if (count($authorIds) <= 0) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		$query = $this->createQuery();
+		$query->matching($query->in('newsAuthor', $authorIds));
+		return $query->execute();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Method returns all news by category id sorted by the field lastUpdated.
 	 *

Classes/UserFunction/AddAdditionalMailRecipients.php

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ namespace SGalinski\SgNews\UserFunction;
  *  This copyright notice MUST APPEAR in all copies of the script!
  ***************************************************************/
 
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Model\Author;
+use SGalinski\SgNews\Domain\Repository\AuthorRepository;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\SingletonInterface;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Model\FrontendUser;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Domain\Repository\FrontendUserRepository;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager;
 
 /**
@@ -47,16 +47,15 @@ class AddAdditionalMailRecipients implements SingletonInterface {
 	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
 	 */
 	public function addAdditionalMailRecipients(): string {
-		$newsAuthorUid = (int) $this->cObj->data['tx_sgnews_author'];
+		$newsAuthorUid = (int) $this->cObj->data['tx_sgnews_news_author'];
 		if ($newsAuthorUid > 0) {
-			/** @var ObjectManager $objectManager */
 			$objectManager = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ObjectManager::class);
-			/** @var FrontendUserRepository $frontendUserRepository */
-			$frontendUserRepository = $objectManager->get(FrontendUserRepository::class);
-			/** @var FrontendUser $frontendUser */
-			$frontendUser = $frontendUserRepository->findByUid($newsAuthorUid);
-			if ($frontendUser) {
-				$email = $frontendUser->getEmail();
+			$authorRepository = $objectManager->get(AuthorRepository::class);
+
+			/** @var Author $author */
+			$author = $authorRepository->findByUid($newsAuthorUid);
+			if ($author) {
+				$email = $author->getEmailAndRespectFrontendUser();
 				if (!empty($email)) {
 					return $email;
 				}

Classes/Utility/BackendNewsUtility.php

@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ class BackendNewsUtility {
 			);
 		}
 
+		// @todo adapt author
 		if (isset($filters['search']) && trim($filters['search'])) {
 			$expressions = [
 				$queryBuilder->expr()->like('p.title', $queryBuilder->createNamedParameter('%' . trim($filters['search']) . '%')),

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

+<T3DataStructure>
+	<meta>
+		<langDisable>1</langDisable>
+	</meta>
+	<sheets>
+		<main>
+			<ROOT>
+				<TCEforms>
+					<sheetTitle>LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:plugin.flexForm</sheetTitle>
+				</TCEforms>
+				<type>array</type>
+				<el>
+					<settings.newsAuthors>
+						<TCEforms>
+							<label>LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:plugin.flexForm.newsAuthor</label>
+							<config>
+								<type>group</type>
+								<internal_type>db</internal_type>
+								<allowed>tx_sgnews_domain_model_author</allowed>
+								<size>5</size>
+								<minitems>1</minitems>
+								<maxitems>99</maxitems>
+								<wizards>
+									<suggest>
+										<type>suggest</type>
+									</suggest>
+								</wizards>
+							</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>
+	</sheets>
+</T3DataStructure>

Configuration/TCA/Overrides/pages.php

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ call_user_func(
 					--palette--;;standard,
 					--palette--;;titleDescriptionAndHighlightFlag,
 					--palette--;LLL:EXT:core/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:' . $table . '.palettes.editorial;editorialWithNewsAuthor,
-					tx_sgnews_related_news, tx_sgnews_tags,
+					tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page, tx_sgnews_related_news, tx_sgnews_tags,
 				--div--;' . $localLangDbPath . $table . '.tabs.images,
 					tx_sgnews_teaser2_image, tx_sgnews_teaser1_image,
 				--div--;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:' . $table . '.tabs.metadata,
@@ -212,14 +212,40 @@ call_user_func(
 						$GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['GFX']['imagefile_ext']
 					),
 				],
-				'tx_sgnews_author' => [
+				'tx_sgnews_news_author' => [
 					'exclude' => TRUE,
 					'l10n_exclude' => TRUE,
-					'label' => $localLangDbPath . $table . '.tx_sgnews_author',
+					'label' => $localLangDbPath . $table . '.tx_sgnews_news_author',
 					'config' => [
 						'type' => 'group',
 						'internal_type' => 'db',
-						'allowed' => 'fe_users',
+						'allowed' => 'tx_sgnews_domain_model_author',
+						'size' => 1,
+						'minitems' => 0,
+						'maxitems' => 1,
+						'items' => [
+							['', ''],
+						],
+						'wizards' => [
+							'suggest' => [
+								'type' => 'suggest',
+							],
+						],
+						'fieldControl' => [
+							'addRecord' => [
+								'disabled' => FALSE,
+							],
+						],
+					],
+				],
+				'tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page' => [
+					'exclude' => TRUE,
+					'l10n_exclude' => TRUE,
+					'label' => $localLangDbPath . $table . '.tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page',
+					'config' => [
+						'type' => 'group',
+						'internal_type' => 'db',
+						'allowed' => 'pages',
 						'size' => 1,
 						'minitems' => 0,
 						'maxitems' => 1,
@@ -360,10 +386,7 @@ call_user_func(
 		];
 
 		$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['palettes']['editorialWithNewsAuthor'] = [
-			'showitem' => 'tx_sgnews_author;' . $localLangDbPath . $table . '.tx_sgnews_author.inPalette,
-			--linebreak--,
-			author;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:' . $table . '.author_formlabel,
-			author_email;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:' . $table . '.author_email_formlabel,
+			'showitem' => 'tx_sgnews_news_author,
 			--linebreak--, lastUpdated;LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_tca.xlf:' . $table . '.lastUpdated_formlabel,
 			tx_sgnews_date_end,
 			--linebreak--,tx_sgnews_likes,--linebreak--,tx_sgnews_location',
@@ -407,6 +430,7 @@ call_user_func(
 						'tx_languagevisibility_visibility',
 						'lastUpdated',
 						'tx_sgnews_date_end',
+						'tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page',
 					])
 				) {
 					$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['types'][\SGalinski\SgNews\Utility\BackendNewsUtility::NEWS_DOKTYPE]['columnsOverrides'][$languageExcludeField]['l10n_mode'] = 'exclude';

Configuration/TCA/Overrides/tt_content.php

@@ -44,11 +44,18 @@ call_user_func(
 			'LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf:pageTypeTitlePluginCategory.news'
 		);
 
+		\TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Utility\ExtensionUtility::registerPlugin(
+			$extKey,
+			'NewsByAuthor',
+			'LLL:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf:newsFromAuthorPlugin'
+		);
+
 		// Removal of the unused plugin setting fields
 		$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_overview'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 		$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_listbycategory'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 		$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_latest'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 		$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_singleview'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
+		$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['types']['list']['subtypes_excludelist']['sgnews_newsbyauthor'] = 'select_key,pages,recursive';
 
 		// Flex form assignment
 		$pluginSignature = str_replace('_', '', $extKey) . '_overview';
@@ -68,5 +75,11 @@ call_user_func(
 		\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addPiFlexFormValue(
 			$pluginSignature, 'FILE:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Configuration/FlexForms/Latest.xml'
 		);
+
+		$pluginSignature = str_replace('_', '', $extKey) . '_newsbyauthor';
+		$GLOBALS['TCA'][$table]['types']['list']['subtypes_addlist'][$pluginSignature] = 'pi_flexform';
+		\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::addPiFlexFormValue(
+			$pluginSignature, 'FILE:EXT:' . $extKey . '/Configuration/FlexForms/NewsByAuthor.xml'
+		);
 	}, 'sg_news', 'tt_content'
 );

Configuration/TCA/tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.php

+<?php
+/**
+ *
+ * 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!
+ */
+
+return [
+	'ctrl' => [
+		'title' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgnews_domain_model_author',
+		'label' => 'frontend_user',
+		'label_alt' => 'name, email',
+		'label_alt_force' => TRUE,
+		'tstamp' => 'tstamp',
+		'crdate' => 'crdate',
+		'cruser_id' => 'cruser_id',
+		'searchFields' => 'name, email, frontend_user, description',
+		'dividers2tabs' => TRUE,
+		'delete' => 'deleted',
+		'enablecolumns' => [
+			'disabled' => 'hidden',
+		],
+		'default_sortby' => 'crdate DESC',
+		'iconfile' => 'EXT:sg_news/Resources/Public/Icons/module-sgnews.svg'
+	],
+	'interface' => [
+		'showRecordFieldList' => 'hidden, crdate, name, email, description, frontend_user, image',
+	],
+	'types' => [
+		'1' => [
+			'showitem' => 'hidden;;1, frontend_user, --palette--;;authorInfos, description'
+		],
+	],
+	'palettes' => [
+		'authorInfos' => [
+			'showitem' => 'name, email, --linebreak--, image',
+			'canNotCollapse' => TRUE,
+		],
+	],
+	'columns' => [
+		'pid' => [
+			'exclude' => FALSE,
+			'label' => 'PID',
+			'config' => [
+				'type' => 'none',
+			]
+		],
+		'crdate' => [
+			'exclude' => FALSE,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.crdate',
+			'config' => [
+				'type' => 'input',
+				'max' => '20',
+				'eval' => 'datetime',
+				'default' => $GLOBALS['EXEC_TIME'],
+			]
+		],
+		'hidden' => [
+			'exclude' => TRUE,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:frontend/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_ttc.xlf:hidden.I.0',
+			'config' => [
+				'type' => 'check',
+			],
+		],
+		'frontend_user' => [
+			'exclude' => TRUE,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.frontend_user',
+			'config' => [
+				'type' => 'group',
+				'internal_type' => 'db',
+				'maxitems' => 1,
+				'size' => 1,
+				'allowed' => 'fe_users',
+				'wizards' => [
+					'suggest' => [
+						'type' => 'suggest',
+					],
+				],
+			]
+		],
+		'name' => [
+			'displayCond' => 'FIELD:frontend_user:<=:0',
+			'exclude' => FALSE,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.name',
+			'config' => [
+				'type' => 'input',
+				'size' => 30,
+				'eval' => 'trim'
+			]
+		],
+		'email' => [
+			'displayCond' => 'FIELD:frontend_user:<=:0',
+			'exclude' => FALSE,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.email',
+			'config' => [
+				'type' => 'input',
+				'size' => 30,
+				'eval' => 'trim'
+			]
+		],
+		'description' => [
+			'exclude' => FALSE,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.description',
+			'config' => [
+				'type' => 'text',
+				'cols' => 30,
+				'rows' => 10
+			]
+		],
+		'image' => [
+			'displayCond' => 'FIELD:frontend_user:<=:0',
+			'exclude' => TRUE,
+			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.image',
+			'config' => \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\ExtensionManagementUtility::getFileFieldTCAConfig(
+				'files', [
+					'appearance' => [
+						'useSortable' => TRUE,
+					],
+					'minitems' => 0,
+					'maxitems' => 1,
+				]
+			),
+		],
+	]
+];

Configuration/TsConfig/Page/NewContentElementWizard.tsconfig

@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ mod {
 					list_type = sgnews_listbycategory
 				}
 			}
+
+			author {
+				iconIdentifier = sg_news-module
+				title = LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf:titleNewsByAuthorPlugin
+				description = LLL:EXT:sg_news/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf:titleNewsByAuthorPlugin
+				tt_content_defValues {
+					CType = list
+					list_type = sgnews_newsbyauthor
+				}
+			}
 		}
 		show = *
 	}

Configuration/TypoScript/Common/setup.typoscript

@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ config.tx_extbase {
 						tx_sgnews_highlighted.mapOnProperty = highlighted
 						tx_sgnews_never_highlighted.mapOnProperty = neverHighlighted
 						tx_sgnews_related_news.mapOnProperty = relatedNews
-						tx_sgnews_author.mapOnProperty = authorFrontendUser
+						tx_sgnews_news_author.mapOnProperty = newsAuthor
 						lastUpdated.mapOnProperty = lastUpdated
 						crdate.mapOnProperty = creationDate
 						tx_sgnews_teaser1_image.mapOnProperty = teaser1Image
 						tx_sgnews_teaser2_image.mapOnProperty = teaser2Image
 						tx_sgnews_tags.mapOnProperty = tags
 						tx_sgnews_likes.mapOnProperty = likes
+						tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page.mapOnProperty = contentFromAnotherPage
 						tx_sgnews_location.mapOnProperty = location
 						tx_sgnews_date_end.mapOnProperty = dateEnd
 					}

Configuration/TypoScript/Frontend/setup.typoscript

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ page.headerData {
 lib.mainContent < styles.content.get
 lib.mainContent.select.where = colPos=1
 
+lib.contentFromAnotherPage = CONTENT
+lib.contentFromAnotherPage {
+	table = tt_content
+	select {
+		where = colPos=1
+		pidInList = TEXT
+		pidInList.data = FIELD:tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page
+	}
+}
+
 plugin.tx_sgnews {
 	view {
 		templateRootPaths {

Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_backend.xlf

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 				<source>Please upload an image first and save the form!</source>
 				<target>Bitte lade zuerst ein Bild hoch und speichere anschließend das Formular!</target>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="newsFromAuthorPlugin" approved="yes">
+				<source>[News] News from author</source>
+				<target>[News] News vom Author</target>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="pageType.category" approved="yes">
 				<source>Category</source>
 				<target>Kategorie</target>
@@ -29,6 +33,10 @@
 				<source>List News by Category/Tag.</source>
 				<target>Liste News aus Kategorien/Tags</target>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="titleNewsByAuthorPlugin" approved="yes">
+				<source>List News by Author.</source>
+				<target>Liste News vom Author</target>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="titleOverviewPlugin" approved="yes">
 				<source>News Overview</source>
 				<target>News Übersicht</target>

Resources/Private/Language/de.locallang_db.xlf

@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
 				<source><![CDATA[Pagetitle (automatically generated from Last Update + Headline)]]></source>
 				<target><![CDATA[Seitentitel (automatisch generiert aus Letzte Aktualisierung + Schlagzeile)]]></target>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_author" approved="yes">
+			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_news_author" approved="yes">
 				<source><![CDATA[Author]]></source>
 				<target><![CDATA[Autor]]></target>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_author.inPalette" approved="yes">
-				<source><![CDATA[Author (use the free text field if the author not in the list)]]></source>
-				<target><![CDATA[Autor (benutze das Freitextfeld, falls der Autor nicht in der Liste ist)]]></target>
+			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Show the content from another page]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Zeige den Inhalt einer anderen Seite an]]></target>
 			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_date_end" approved="yes">
 				<source><![CDATA[Date until]]></source>
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@
 				<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>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="plugin.flexForm.orderInPageTree" approved="yes">
 				<source><![CDATA[Order in pagetree]]></source>
 				<target><![CDATA[Reihenfolge im Seitenbaum]]></target>
@@ -189,6 +197,34 @@
 				<source><![CDATA[Include only news subpages of the page containing this overview]]></source>
 				<target><![CDATA[Beachte nur News-Unterseiten der Seite, die diese Übersicht beinhaltet]]></target>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Author]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Autor]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.crdate" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Creation Date]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Erstellungsdatum]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.description" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Description]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Beschreibung]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.email" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Email]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[E-Mail]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.frontend_user" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Frontend User (The other fields will be hidden, after selecting one)]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Frontend-Benutzer (Die anderen Felder werden versteckt, wenn einer selektiert ist)]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.image" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Image]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Bild]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.name" approved="yes">
+				<source><![CDATA[Name]]></source>
+				<target><![CDATA[Name]]></target>
+			</trans-unit>
 		</body>
 	</file>
-</xliff>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xliff>

Resources/Private/Language/locallang_backend.xlf

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 			<trans-unit id="coordinatePicker.missingImage">
 				<source>Please upload an image first and save the form!</source>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="newsFromAuthorPlugin">
+				<source>[News] News from author</source>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="pageTypeTitlePlugin.news">
 				<source>[News] Plugins</source>
 			</trans-unit>
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@
 			<trans-unit id="titleListByCategoryPlugin">
 				<source>News by Category/Tag</source>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="titleNewsByAuthorPlugin">
+				<source>List News by Author.</source>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="descriptionListByCategoryPlugin">
 				<source>List news by category/tag</source>
 			</trans-unit>

Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf

@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 			<trans-unit id="pages.title">
 				<source><![CDATA[Pagetitle (automatically generated from Last Update + Headline)]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_author">
-				<source><![CDATA[Author]]></source>
+			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_content_from_another_page">
+				<source><![CDATA[Show the content from another page]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
-			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_author.inPalette">
-				<source><![CDATA[Author (use the free text field if the author not in the list)]]></source>
+			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_news_author">
+				<source><![CDATA[Author]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="pages.tx_sgnews_date_end">
 				<source><![CDATA[Date until]]></source>
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@
 			<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>
 			<trans-unit id="plugin.flexForm.orderInPageTree">
 				<source><![CDATA[Order in pagetree]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
@@ -144,6 +150,27 @@
 			<trans-unit id="plugin.overview.flexForm.onlyNewsWithinThisPageSection">
 				<source><![CDATA[Include only news subpages of the page containing this overview]]></source>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author">
+				<source><![CDATA[Author]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.crdate">
+				<source><![CDATA[Creation Date]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.description">
+				<source><![CDATA[Description]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.email">
+				<source><![CDATA[Email]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.frontend_user">
+				<source><![CDATA[Frontend User (The other fields will be hidden, after selecting one)]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.image">
+				<source><![CDATA[Image]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="tx_sgnews_domain_model_author.name">
+				<source><![CDATA[Name]]></source>
+			</trans-unit>
 		</body>
 	</file>
-</xliff>
\ No newline at end of file
+</xliff>