[TYPO3-doc] Tutorials structure: diving into TYPO3 CMS

[Jim MacFarlane]

I did use the introduction site as a guide. I had a typo3 site version
4.7.18. Since it looked like that site, using Templavoila, could not be
migrated to version6.2.4 I just wrote it in that site again using the
bootstrap version. Of the four things that you mention I miss the
documentation on creating templates the most. It seems that much of the
literature and documentation out there is for Templvoila. It will be good
to find documentation on the doing the templating without Templavoila and
to take advantage of the fluid technology.

The books that I could find on modern templating all seem to be in German.
Is there a good source available in English?

Jim MacFarlane

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 6:33 AM, François Suter <fsu-lists at cobweb.ch> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> With Tim reviewing several of our tutorials, I was led to think about our
> current structure and especially about the learning path that we are
> presenting to beginners. It doesn't look good at all.
>
> We used to have a suggestion of manuals to read and in what order on
> http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/, but this is now gone.
> Also starting from the typo3.org home page, one just finds a link to the
> download page, which itself contains no hint about the documentation at all.
>
> The first step would be to improve that situation. The second step is to
> make the tutorials better structured and clearly showing the recommended
> sequence of learning.
>
> So here's how it would look to me:
>
> 1) Getting Started: first steps in into TYPO3 CMS, getting to know the
> main areas of the BE. This currently requires a local installation
> (references are pointing to the Installation Guide), but we could suggest
> that people use http://introduction.cms.demo.typo3.org/typo3/.
>
> 2) Editors Tutorial: everything relating to editing pages and content
> should be located in that tutorial. Getting Started should just skim over
> the principles and point to the Editors Tutorials for more details.
>
> People who are going to interact with TYPO3 CMS as simple editors can stop
> here. For those who are going to create websites, we continue with:
>
> 3) TypoScript in 45 minutes: to learn the fundamentals about what is TS
> and how it is used to drive a TYPO3 CMS site.
>
> 4) Templating Tutorial: make your first serious template from A to Z,
> using the most basic technique possible, i.e. markers/subparts and TS.
>
> Essentially we already have all this, but the aims of each tutorial are
> not always clear, some have redundant content and the path from one to the
> next is often not mentioned.
>
> Going beyond that we would actually need more templating tutorials,
> showing additional techniques like using Fluid templates, backend layouts,
> etc.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Cheers
>
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>
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>
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