[Typo3] Basic Template Setup

[Christopher]

Hi there,

--- Greg Ruthenbeck <greg at grit.net.au> wrote:
> Hi list
> 
> I have played with the QuickStart install - very impressive. Now I'm
> trying to put what I've seen into practice on my linux server. I have
> installed (from the zip) and the backend interface is all there. I have
> created a page and created a template record for it. 
> 
> But, even after adding the template record, I get (A) 'Template not
> found' error.
> After some playing with installing the static_templates extension I get a
> different error (B) 'The page is not configured! [type= 0][]'.
> 
> I've seen that Error (B) (see above) can be solved by setting up the
> template 'setup'  (and 'constant') fields... but I haven't succeeded.  
> :(
> 
> What I really want is a simple How-To on installing my first template
> (the static Business template would be fine).
> 
> Can anyone help me. I would have expected this to be pretty easy.. but,
> despite my uni degree, years of programming experience, and hours spent
> experimenting, I can't figure it out. I have also read:
> manual-doc_statictmpl-09-01-2004_13-36-37.pdf,
> manual-doc_tut_templselect2-01-04-2003_01-33-23.pdf,
> manual-doc_tut_templselect-29-12-2003_12-56-46.pdf... which all seem to
> teach more that I need at the moment.
> 
> If there is a simple solution I'd love to know. Thanks for your
> assistance/patience.
> 

Try this as a starting point:

http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Template_programming

Generally, I'd suggest working through (not just reading) - in order - *all
three* of the following:


[1] http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_tut_n1/
[2] http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_tut_templselect/
[which you already mention]
[3] http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_tut_ftb1/


Each of these three goes through a different way of creating a website from
scratch using Typo3 so they're pretty natural starting points. In a way,
the GoLive tutorial is fundamental to the others; to become well-versed in
any of the three templating methods, you're eventually going to need a
pretty high-level understanding of how Typoscript objects and properties
work.


Once you've started to come to some sort of grips with the templating
methods, I'd go through these in order to start to figure out what all the
stuff you've been typing out is actually doing:

[4]
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_core_tstemplates/Introduction-33/

[5] http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_core_tsbyex/


...and maybe this:


[6] http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_core_ts/



...while making frequent reference to this:



[7] http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/doc_core_tsref/



If you want the abbreviated course, I'd try 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 :)


-Christopher




		
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