The New Content Wizard
Once a Flux Content Element has been registered it becomes available in TYPO3's New Content Element wizard. The wizard is the editor's catalogue of content types and is normally opened from the Page module by selecting Create new content element in one of the page columns.
Each Flux Content Element gets its own entry in the wizard. The title, description, icon and group shown here are taken from the element's configuration. Giving the element a clear title is therefore just as important as choosing sensible field labels: the editor must be able to understand what the element is intended for before opening its editing form.
The Flux Form's id identifies the element and should be unique and stable.
Changing the identifier after content records have been created makes TYPO3
treat the template as a different content type. Labels and descriptions, on the
other hand, can safely be improved without changing the identity of the
element.
If a newly created element does not appear in the wizard, check the following:
- The provider extension is loaded and registered with Flux.
- The template is stored in the configured Content template path.
- The template's Configuration section can be parsed without errors.
- The backend user is allowed to create the resulting content type.
- TYPO3's system caches have been cleared after adding or renaming the template.
Note: Clearing caches is usually only necessary when templates or their registration have changed. Editing the values of an existing content element does not require a cache clear.
Selecting an entry in the wizard creates the content record and opens the form defined by the Flux fields in the template. From this point onwards the record behaves like any other TYPO3 content element: it can be hidden, scheduled, copied, moved and translated using the normal backend controls.