Mastering TypoScript: TYPO3 Website, Template, and Extension Development

Key Features

• Powerful control and customization using TypoScript
• Covers templates, extensions, admin, interface, menus, and database control
• You don't need to be an experienced PHP developer to use the power of TypoScript

Book Description

What you will learn

• Design and develop templates in TYPO3ñdesign templates, pure TypoScript templates, and TemplaVoila
• Develop extensions in TYPO3; build extensions using Kickstarter
• Understand the objects, properties, operators, and data types in TypoScript
• Use and customize different text editors like HTMLAreaRTE and Rich-Text-Editor
• Understand the entire TYPO3 back end, including the Info/Modify tool, the Object browser, the Template Analyzer, and the TypoScript Properties display
• Edit the front end using the Admin panel
• Work with design templates using markers, subparts, and HTML comments
• Understand how to present different views of content with different menu entry types
• Understand TYPO3 database structure and query it using SQL
• Use user groups to distribute the editing and management of content on your site
• Customize the back end with Page TSConfig and User TSConfig

Who this book is for

This book is suitable for TYPO3 developers, administrators, and designers who want to develop fully featured TYPO3 websites using the power of TypoScript. A basic knowledge of TYPO3 is expected, and PHP and MySQL programming experience is useful, though not essential for using this book