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Plugins show your records in the frontend. They are normal content elements — not created in the Records / List module. A plugin connects three things: a datatype (what kind of records), a Startingpoint (the storage folder where they are stored) and a template (how they are rendered). Because the plugin is a content element, it inherits everything TYPO3 content can do — it can be hidden, scheduled, restricted to user groups, translated, or placed in any column of any page.

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Plugin types

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Add a plugin

  1. Open the page that should show the output.
  2. Page module (v14: Content > Layout; v12/v13: Web > Page).
  3. New content element → Tonictypes group.
  4. Choose Record List, Record Detail, Record Dynamic Detail, or Plain Fluid Template.
Tonictypes in the New Content Element wizard New content → Tonictypes

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Minimum settings

  1. Save the content element once.
  2. Datatype — which record type
  3. Startingpoint — storage folder with the records
  4. Template — use the debug template first if unsure
Without datatype + Startingpoint, the frontend stays empty. For list → detail: put Record Dynamic Detail on the detail page, and set Page for Detail View on the Record List.

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How list and detail work together

  1. The Record List on the overview page renders each record with a link built by dv:link.record and the list’s Page for Detail View (available in the template as {detailPid}).
  2. The link carries the record uid as tx_tonictypes_dynamic[record].
  3. The Record Dynamic Detail plugin on the detail page reads that parameter, loads the record and renders it as {record}.
Both plugins need the same datatype: if the linked record belongs to a different datatype, the detail plugin shows an error message instead of the record.
Select a Startingpoint and save once before all FlexForm fields appear.
Full FlexForm options: Plugin configuration. No fields/datatype yet? Start with Getting Started.