- new project-neutral extension evo_megamenu_json (Evomedien): a Megamenu plugin holding entries, columns, items, teaser cards and a featured slot as nested records; presentation settings travel with the payload so the front end reads behaviour instead of hard-coding it; published as page.10.fields.megaMenu, driven by the site settings megamenu.contentUid and megamenu.storagePid - vitec:seed-megamenu fills one element from the live structure: 5 entries, 26 columns, 95 items, 4 story cards; items without a page yet are flagged pending so the front end falls back to the column link - vitec:debug-sets prints the resolved site set order - read-only diagnostics: check_megamenu_schema.php, check_typoscript_templates.php - docs: schema updates run via extension:setup (database:updateschema no longer exists in v14), and a JSON Accept header activates headless-mixed, which strips every set-added page field
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# EVO Megamenu JSON
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An editable megamenu for headless TYPO3. One content element holds the whole
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menu; the extension publishes it as JSON, the front end renders it.
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Project-neutral by design — nothing in here knows which site it runs on.
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## What the editor gets
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A plugin called **Megamenu**. Inside it:
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| Level | Holds |
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| **Entry** | one item in the main bar: label, target page, panel layout |
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| **Column** | a heading (optionally a link) and its items |
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| **Item** | label, link, teaser line, badge, thumbnail, “page not ready” flag |
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| **Teaser card** | kicker, headline, text, link, image — for editorial panels |
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| **Featured** | one highlighted block per entry, edited on the entry itself |
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Two panel layouts per entry: `columns` for a structure menu (products,
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solutions, markets) and `teasers` for a small link column next to cards
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(news, stories).
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## Installation
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```bash
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composer require evomedien/evo-megamenu-json
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vendor/bin/typo3 extension:setup
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vendor/bin/typo3 database:updateschema "*.add,*.change"
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```
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In the site configuration, add the set **EVO Megamenu (JSON)** and set:
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| Setting | Meaning |
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| `megamenu.contentUid` | uid of the Megamenu element to publish on every page |
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| `megamenu.storagePid` | alternative: folder whose first Megamenu element is used |
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Leave both uid and pid at 0 and the menu is only rendered where the element
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sits — useful while building it.
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## Payload
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```json
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"megaMenu": {
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"settings": {
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"stage": 3, "openOn": "hover", "closeDelay": 140, "columnsPerRow": 4,
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"panelWidth": "container", "pendingBehaviour": "fallback",
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"showCounts": true, "showViewAll": true, "viewAllLabel": "View all %s"
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},
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"entries": [
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{
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"title": "Products",
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"link": "/products",
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"layout": "columns",
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"columns": [
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{
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"title": "IP Video Streaming",
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"link": "/products/ip-video-streaming",
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"items": [
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{ "title": "Appliances", "link": "/products/ip-video-streaming/appliances",
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"pending": true, "teaser": "MGW Diamond, Ace, Pico",
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"image": { "url": "/fileadmin/...", "alternative": "", "title": "", "width": 600, "height": 400 } }
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]
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}
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],
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"featured": { "kicker": "Datasheet", "title": "MGW Diamond-H", "text": "…", "link": "/product/…", "image": { } }
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}
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]
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}
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```
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`settings` travels with the menu on purpose: the front end reads hover
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behaviour, close delay, column count and labels from the payload instead of
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hard-coding them, so an editor can change them without a deploy.
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### Content stages
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`stage` decides how much detail is emitted — 1 structure only, 2 adds images,
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teaser lines and cards, 3 adds the featured block. Later stages only **add**
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keys, so a front end written for stage 1 keeps working when the stage is
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raised.
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### `pending`
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An item whose target page does not exist yet carries `"pending": true`.
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`settings.pendingBehaviour` says what to do with it: `fallback` (link to the
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column heading instead), `mute` (show, not clickable) or `hide`. This keeps
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a menu shippable while its deeper pages are still being built.
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## Notes
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* Every link is a resolved URL — page, record, external or file, run through
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typolink at render time.
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* Translations are overlaid per record, so a menu can be localised entry by
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entry.
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* The renderer never throws: a broken menu returns an empty value rather than
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taking the page payload down.
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* Without `friendsoftypo3/headless` the element has no JSON envelope to render
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into — the extension is built for headless installations.
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