[TYPO3-UG US] Status of TYPO3.us

[Dom Stockdale]

Alex Heizer wrote:
> Hi Zach,
> 
> The consensus about the Learning TYPO3 project is, and always was, to
> teach people how to properly make a site in TYPO3 so that they have a
> solid foundation. This will help every new user, and cut down on the
> list all the stupid questions that are posted due to people not having a
> proper foundation for building in T3. This means, learning from the
> ground up how to create a site using TypoScript.
> 
> SInce TV is an extension, and in no way helps you learn the proper way
> to create a site in TypoScript, it would appear in the appendix as an
> additional way to make a site, once the reader already knows the proper
> way to code a site. The demo site will not be created in TV, and the
> included demo site will not be a TV site.

Oh well pity I thought Zach was on the right track as I was sure they'd
find it more fun/impressive with TV etc. The only thing is there is a
certain wow factor with TV plus it's other advantages that are nice to
show off and help pull people in. That's probably because I'm against TS
Puritanism being a born again TV-envangelist ;)

;) Dom

> 
> Hope this helps.
> Alex
> 
> 
> Zach Davis wrote:
> 
>> Dimitri Tarassenko wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> I think TemplaVoila might be an unnecessary complication by itself. I
>>> had an impression that we were going to distribute the final result
>>> (tarball/zip) along with the manual/tutorial that would step by step
>>> show how the site was built.
>>>
>>> Everybody, correct me if I am wrong.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Is there a consensus on this point? I use TV for most of the typo3
>> sites  I do these days; now that Robert's released a beta of 1.0 (see
>> dev list), I'll probably use it for even more sites. It seems to me
>> that if we want to present a package that is more modern and
>> up-to-date than the traditional typo3 packages, TemplaVoila might be
>> the way to go -- especially since it makes multiple page tmeplates so
>> much easier (flexible content elements are a nice selling point as
>> well). And, of course, if we're distributing it as a tarball/zip file,
>> distributing a TV template isn't any easier or harder than
>> distributing a template based on the template auto parser.
>>
>> Of course, that's just my opinion -- Greg and I can proceed with this
>> template in whatever manner the group deems best.
>>
>> Zach
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