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

[Timothy Mark Brennan, Jr.]

Ditto. ;)
On Oct 29, 2014 8:34 PM, "Jim MacFarlane" <jmacfarlane094 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > --
> >
> > Francois Suter
> >
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> >
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