[TYPO3-UG Australia] Newbie question - How do you start with Typo3 4.0? (Steve Atkins)

[Jason Brock]

Hi Steve,

In terms of developing and deploying custom Typo sites, a starting
point for the patterns you seek may be the collection of components
needed for each and every site.

I've found that these components include:

1. Some extensions:
- Page Template Selector (rlmp_tmplselector)
- CSS Styled Content (css_styled_content)
- Template Auto-parser (automaketemplate)

2. Some XHTML/CSS templates:
- Your main (outer) templates destined for: /fileadmin/templates/main
- Your sub (content) templates destined: /fileadmin/templates/sub
- Your CSS file(s) destined for: /fileadmin/templates/main/res

3. Some Typoscript (TS) to link the extensions to your XHTML templates:
Check out the code here: (http://www.brock.bz/?id=203)
- Page Template Selector Configuration Typoscript
- Template Autoparser Configuration Typoscript
- Content Render Typoscript
- Page Render Configuration Typoscript
- Pass everything above to the Page

4. A main site template to contain the above Typoscript setups, and
define other stuff like 'constants,setup,rootlevel' etc..

When I installed my first Typo site a few years ago it took me weeks
of reading and trawling the english list to understand how to
implement the above (I'm kinda slow ;) -- the "Guide to Modern
Templating"  document at Typo3.org teaches you how to use css styled
content and the template autoparser to build stuff like this ...
http://www.brock.bz/?id=20 ... but it lacked a detailed enough
tutorial on how to get a 'dummy' site up and configured ready for your
custom site templates.

'cause I love Typo, and want others to love it as well  :-) , I'd be
happy to walk you (and any other newbies) through how-to implement the
above code via an instant messenger session.

Let me know if you're interested.

Cheers,
Jason.
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