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

[Andreas Becker]

+1 very well said Xavier

Sent from my iPad

On 14 มิ.ย. 2556, at 14:49, Xavier Perseguers <xavier at typo3.org> wrote:

> Hi Joey,
> 
>> Personally I never understood the hype about FCE, since this is
>> something you can do with some TCA within just a few minutes and you
>> will need at least some TypoScript for each of them anyway.
> 
> I do as as I remember when I started that creating FCE was exactly as
> easy as mapping page templates. You don't need any TS to start with,
> just as you don't for TV. OK this is only for "basic" operations but
> with default TS created when you have TV installed, you can easily
> create a page template and a few FCEs (again, basic such as mapping 3
> columns of content with hardcoded width ratio) without any need to
> configure something in TS.
> 
> 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!".
> 
>> From my POV, this is this "wahoo" feeling that made TV so successful.
> 
> And this is why we all should concentrate on letting people with less
> technical knowledge start using TYPO3 without being frustrated. As an
> example, did you read the post from "marina t" ("Major background
> issues") in this English ML? Citing her:
> 
>> =====================================================
>> Login to TYPO3 6.1.1 Install Tool
>> Site: New TYPO3 site
>>    .    Password
>>    .    Login
>> The password you just tried has this md5-value:
>> bacb98acf97e0b6112b1d1b650b84971
>> The Install Tool Password is not the admin password of TYPO3.
>> The default password is joh316. Be sure to change it!
>> 
>> If you don't know the current password, you can set a new one by
>> setting the value of $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['installToolPassword']
>> in typo3conf/LocalConfiguration.php to the md5() hash value of the
>> password you desire.
>> 
>> =====================================================
>> 
>> I confess the above makes no sense to me. What is an md5-value? Why
>> should I know it?
>> 
>> Also, as you mention your database password - when are you required
>> to enter it, and how do you get it? I couldn't find any way to set up
>> the database while installing TYPO3, so evidently I am missing some
>> fundamental steps (or required skill!)
> 
> This typically shows that even within the installer we take for granted
> that everyone knows what a md5 hash is. OK, we don't really require
> people to be able to compute one because we give the corresponding hash
> of entered password, but this is already too complicated for some people.
> 
> TYPO3 is great and highly configurable but the challenge now (at last)
> to gather more users and spread the word is to remove most if not all
> entry barriers while keeping the flexibility we have for more powerful
> users. I love having systematically various way of being able to
> configure something or perform an action but other CMS have more success
> by simply having 1 single way of doing something, perhaps something
> worth thinking of.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> -- 
> Xavier Perseguers
> Release Manager TYPO3 4.6
> 
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