TYPO3: Limit record types on a page

System folders in TYPO3 are often used to collect data of a certain type. It often makes sense to limit the type of records that can be inserted on the page: It makes data authoring easier for editors, since there are not 100 record types to choose from. And it helps keeping the folder clean of accidential rogue database records. ​

To enable only certain records on a page, edit the page settings and go to tab "Resources". Add the following "Page TS Config" and add a allowedNewTables setting: ​

mod.web_list {
  allowedNewTables = tx_odsosm_marker, tx_odsosm_track, tx_odsosm_vector
}

Now, only OSM markers, tracks and vectors may be created on that page: ​

PHP configuration​

Apart from PageTSconfig, you may use the global PAGES_TYPES array to limit the allowed record types on a certain page type: ​

$GLOBALS['PAGES_TYPES'][$categoryDoktype]['allowedTables']
    = 'pages,tt_content,sys_file_reference,sys_template';

This works in at least TYPO3 v7. ​