Speaking URL fragments (TYPO3 Extension)

Full documentation

You can find a more detailed documentation including several screenshots and how-tos on docs.typo3.org (HTML) and in the Documentation/ folder (ReST).

Introduction

"Speaking URLs" are a must-have feature for web pages. TYPO3 v9 and newer provide the Routing feature for this. Former TYPO3 versions needed the third-party extensions RealURL or CoolUri.

TYPO3 also provides the navigational content elements "Section index" and "Section index of subpages from selected pages", which will build a list of pages and their included content elements.

These content elements will be linked by their unique id, e.g.:

https://www.example.org/a-sub-page/#c123

It's working well, but it's not human-readable.

What does this extension do?

First of all, this extension provides human-readable URL fragments for TYPO3 content elements:

https://www.example.org/a-sub-page/#section-of-interest

Furthermore, the extension allows to set anchor links next to the header. An editor can activate these with a checkbox for individual content elements.

Features

• Editors can set individual, human-readable fragment identifiers per content element.
• Editors can use a button to automatically generate a fragment from the current header.
• Editors can activate anchor links to headers per content element.
• Scope: The human-readable fragment is used in Section Index menus, as well as for links in the RTE or TCA fields with renderType inputLink.
• Fallback: If no custom fragment is given, or the header is hidden, the default fragment is used in rendered links.
• Evaluation #1: Only supported characters are stored. Special characters are replaced.
• Evaluation #2: All content elements on the same page will get a unique fragment identifier.
• Error prevention: By default, the fragments are prepended with the uid of the content element.
• Of course, the Fluid templates can be customized to your needs.

Compatibility

TYPO3 12.4.0 - 13.4.99

Installation

The extension needs to be installed as any other extension of TYPO3 CMS.

Perform the following steps:

1. Load and install the extension.
2. Include the static template "Speaking URL fragments (anchors) (content_slug)" into your TypoScript template.
3. Add permissions for the new tt_content fields tx_content_slug_fragment and tx_content_slug_link for your editors.
4. Configure the fragment with TypoScript and customize the Fluid templates, if necessary.