[TYPO3-english] Content type from legacy database?

[Xavier Perseguers]

Xavier Perseguers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> I have a single table in a database that holds organizations.  They 
>> have fields like telephone number, address, etc.
>>
>> I'd like to show that information in a typo3 page, one record per page 
>> and, ideally, let users modify those fields from the backend.
>>
>> Maybe I have to create a new content element, I don't know.  If it's 
>> needed I can migrate the tables to typo3.
>>
>> What would be the typo3 way of doing this?
> 
> Install Kickstarter extension, create a new extension, define your table 
> and all fields, add it a FE plugin install your newly created extension, 
> convert your legacy DB to this TYPO3 table and that's it, you have 
> integrated record edition within the backend and you have a code sample 
> on how you may code the frontend plugin to display whatever you wish.
> 
> It gives you a good base I think.

... another way would be to map this to fields from extension "address" 
and extend it if needed, this way you may use other extensions that 
already use the address extension.

-- 
Xavier Perseguers
http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3.html