[TYPO3-dev] What is settings in extension manager for?

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

On 8-7-2011 10:19, Rayuth You wrote:
> I am a newbie typo3 and try to look through typo3 back-end.
> I go to extension manager and in drop down menu I choose settings.
>
> Could you tell me or give me the link what settings is for?

The settings page has nice descriptions, but you may need a bit of 
background information:

- Repository User Settings
Extension developers use the extension manager also to upload their 
extensions to the TYPO3 Extension Repository (TER); which you can also 
see under http://www.typo3.org/extensions/
The username and password can be entered here to make uploads possible.
If you don't develop extensions you can skip this.

- Mirror selection
To make life easier for the server where the TER lives (and to have 
faster connections) there are so called mirror servers in various 
countries. These contain a copy of the TER. To get the list of mirrors 
you can set the location of the mirror list here. It is filled with the 
current location already, but in case something might happen in the 
future you can change it here.

- Mirror list
If you have connection problems you can force which mirror should be 
used. Default is 'Random', which connects to one of the mirrors at random

- Enter repository URL
Only needed if you want to connect to a repository (mirror) which is not 
in the list.

All in all, for admins who are not extension developers and if you have 
an internet connection without problems you can leave the "settings" as 
they are by default.

HTH

-- 
Kind regards / met vriendelijke groet,

Jigal van Hemert.