[Typo3] Skeleton-structure

[dan frost]

Import / export - we're using it in a very similar 
way for a similar (but bigger!!) project. Each 
user has a microsite which is based on a 
template-microsite. It's a lot like freesite, but 
with more stuff!!

dan

Martin S wrote:
> In Unix you have /etc/skeleton where you can put stuff that you want every 
> new user you create on the system to get.
> Is there something like it in Typo3?
> 
> Example:
> I was recently creating a page for a tournament on our site. On this page 
> there is:
> a textbox (intro text to be entered by tournament coodinator)
> a table holding participants and results
> a tt_news object to hold news items assigned to the tournament
> 
> Everytime I create a new tournament, I have to add all of this anew.
> Or; make a copy of the page, insert the copy - reedit everything to suit the 
> new tournament (lots of unnecessary tasks)
> Or; create a hidden "skeleton" without data, copy it to a new tournament and 
> open it (adds clutter)
> 
> What if one could, when creating a page (or page structure) somewhere 
> designate it as a skeleton (and save the skeleton state in a database 
> naturally). Then in the BE you just had to go to the desired location, 
> choose "Insert skeleton" and voila! there's you new structure - ready for 
> the editor to fill in the data.
> 
> Perhaps there is such a thing in Typo3 already, but I'm missing it?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martin S