[TYPO3-UG US] templating preferences in typo3

[wes currier]

When I initially started using typo3, I skipped directly to the TV method as it was the new darling 
of the community. Had I known TS really is needed for all styles, I would have tried a different 
approach more heavily reliant on TS but, as a designer first, I thought TV would eliminate my need 
for TS. Wrong!

After seeing the 5 minute site video[1], it would make one seem to think TS is not needed only TV.

wes currier

Christopher wrote:
> On 23/11/05, virgil huston <virgil.huston at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>I would really like to see a discussion on this, myself. It could really
>>help the Learning Typo3 effort big time. This confuses lots of people.
>>
> 
> 
> One of the things that I've noticed with respect to templating in
> Typo3 that seems to confuse people, is the fact that the different
> approaches are commonly referred to as though they were fundamentally
> different methods. But this is not, strictly speaking, true; no

Yes, this is very true.

> sophisticated templating work will be possible in Typo3 without coming
> to terms with Typoscript, and once you're at home with Typoscript, all
> of the templating approaches suddenly make sense.
> 
> I notice, for example, that Wes characterizes options 1 and 3 in his
> list as different, when it's far from obvious that this is true...
> 
> The differences in templating approaches have, IMHO, more to do with
> the workflow demanded by the project or agency, who will be
> maintaining what, and how the BE is to be used.
> 



> For example, if one person will be implementing the design and
> interactive portions of a site, then 'pure TS' makes a lot of sense;
> if the design is coming from an outside agency, and perhaps if the
> project needs extreme design flexibility or a BE that more closely
> reflects the layout of the FE, TemplaVoila will probably be best. But
> in both cases, there's going to be all kids of TS built in--the main
> difference will be that the TV method will use few if any TEMPLATE
> objects (IMO, the MTB approach is inferior to either TS alone or
> TV...)
> 
> -Christopher


[1] http://typo3.org/documentation/articles/minute-website/