[TYPO3-english] Template update - when does it happen?

[Alister Mitchell]

Hello Bas.
Thank you for your comments - particularly on the nature of the "template". 
I think that's where I have been looking at it wrongly.
I was using it to mean an HTML file (with markers for content areas) and I 
think I was being mislead by a document which indicated that there is a 
button to manually "reload" the template (I think that must have been in 
Version 3).  Experiment after reading your reply indicates that after an 
edit of the HTML "template", it is simply necessary to flush the content 
cache for the engine to see the edits.
I shall now get back to climbing the learning curve.  Happily the final 
result should be worth it!
Thank you for your assistance.

Alister

Alister J Mitchell (Glasgow, Scotland)

> "Bas v.d. Wiel" wrote:
> Hello Alister,
> The learning curve is indeed steep, especially because there are so many
> ways to reach identical results using TYPO3. Much depends on personal
> preferences, which you as a newcomer probably haven't developed yet..
> which makes things complicated.
> Before I can help you with your question I need to know what exactly you
> mean by 'template'. Do you mean a HTML file that you use as a template
> for your design, or are you refering to a TypoScript template record? In
> TYPO3's terminology a template is usually the latter, but the rest of
> the world tends to refer to the former as a template.
> When you update/save a TypoScript template by submitting the editing
> form, usually the entire site's caches are automatically flushed and
> you'll see the effects of your changes immediately once you refresh your
> browser.
>
> Regards,
> Bas