[TYPO3-english] Page Custom fields

[Sergey Alexandrov]

You can also use Browser extension to display various data w/o creation 
of any additional extensions ;)

On 10/24/2011 3:58 AM, Bernd Wilke wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:51:40 -0300, Gorosito Gonzalo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In my client's web site I need to classify the pages and then add
>> additional data (let's say metadata) for each type of them, in order to
>> create special sections for each one and work on the different templates
>> for each page type.
>>
>> For instance:
>> Type "Products", which have several extra fields: price, date added,
>> stock Type "Downloads", which have also extra fields: version, related
>> product(s), etc.
>>
>> So, how should I approach this on typo3? In Drupal, I would just add a
>> new content type and then configure the fields for it, but in typo3
>> seems to be a little bit harder to do that, any ideas?
> in TYPO3 all Information is handled by records. these records does not
> need to represent pages or content elements, just data.
> To show this data you typically use plugins which can be configured for
> the exact needs. this can be a selection of the data-records, by Storage-
> page, by categories or other selections, or a list of direct references.
>
> You also can extend the existing data-structures like pages or content
> elements.
>
> All this is done in extensions.
> Meanwhile building extensions can be done in two ways, both are supported
> with 'wizard-tools'
> - the old one (pibase) can be started by the 'kickstarter'
> - the new one (extbase) can be started be the 'extension builder'
> (search for these extensions in TER)
> there are documentations for it in different amounts. Keep in Mind: you
> can do all by yourself (PHP) or integrate into TYPO3 and use the TYPO3-API
> which enables your extension to integrate into newer versions of TYPO3
> (after upgrades) and work together with other extensions.
>
> there are different books on extension building. up to now mostly pibased.
>
> bernd