[TYPO3-english] THEMES - the tool for Designers, Template Builders and Content Creators

[JoH asenau]

> I really love TS but we all should agree that TV succeeded in removing
> this first barrier for newcomers as you don't have to learn "much" of TS
> (if at all) to start enjoying TYPO3. Of course, really quickly, you'll
> have to dig into it but not before having seen "wahoo, I can map my
> template or at least most part of it easily, TYPO3 rocks!".

And this is what we want to provide with Grid Packages.
Actuallly we want to go even a step further and get rid of templates as 
well.

The goal is:
Step 1 - Download and install a package base, use the backend layouts, 
grid elements and/or fluidcontent stuff provided by these packages to 
get any kind of HTML output you need.
Step 2 - Apply your own theme via JS and CSS, i.e. something you 
downloaded for bootstrap, or install a package that provides this theme 
for you if are not even familiar with that.

No mapping, no XML, no files, just 2 packages and there you go.

For the user first it doesn't matter, what happens under the hood, so he 
won't care if it is XML, Fluid, TypoScript or a combination of them, but 
from a developers point of view it does matter. And the user might 
become one later on. And of course it matters for the existing developer 
base as well, since we don't want to run into the same mess as with CSV 
inside XML put into a single database field. Clean concepts and 
performance must have a high priority as well.

So if you are familiar with TypoScript and TCA, this will be the way to 
go for your packages. If you prefer Fluid, fine, just put one line of 
TypoScript in your setups to trigger the FLUIDTEMPLATE and go on. But in 
any case, becoming a developer means you will have to learn new stuff.

This is why I would like to have different package bases but still 
focused on compatibility with each other and delivered by a joint 
venture of currently different teams.

Backed up with a crowd funded budget this should be doable until the end 
of the year.

Rock on!

Joey

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