[TYPO3] No tutorials?

[Tyler Kraft]

The book is not outdated. (maybe 5% might have changed but I doubt 
anything will have changed in enough detail that you wont find the book 
useful)


Daniel Smedegaard Buus wrote:
> JoH wrote:
>>> The "Kom i gang" (getting started) tutorial on the site is three years
>>> old and relies on a "quickstart" package that doesn't apply (or
>>> exist?) to v4.0. doc_tut_quickstart is from 2004. So is Basic
>>> Extension Tutorial (which I can't use right now anyway, as I still
>>> have no knowledge about the fundamentals of the backend). Frontend
>>> Programming is from 2002. So is References Tutorial. Futuristic
>>> Template Building is from 2004.
>>>     
>>
>> Well - did you just try one of them or did you drop them just because 
>> they
>> looked outdated to you?
>> AFAIK the doc_tut_quickstart still applies to most of the stuff even 
>> if it's
>> 4.0 stuff now.
>> The major changes between 3.8 and 4.0 have been made by adding 
>> functionality
>> like workspaces or DAM, while the basics are still the same.
>>
>>   
> I started reading the quickstart. This, however, is based upon the 
> reader installing from the (3.x) quickstart package, which I have not. 
> I.e. when it comes to "Take a lot at the frontend, it should look like 
> this", it's pretty much a dead end, as mine read, "no pages at root 
> level"...
>> The golive tutorial is from 2002 and still works pretty well.
>> I recommend this as the base for any other activities regarding 
>> templating.
>> "Modern Template Building" and "Futuristic Template Building" are just
>> showing you other ways of templating.
>> The first one relies on the autoparser the second one on templa volia, 
>> which
>> are both extensions to the TYPO3 core functions.
>> You will find other documentation for both of them by searching their 
>> names.
>>   
> That's good to know, thanks. I will reference this when I get to 
> templating. Right now I'm just confused about the basics :)
> 
>> BTW: Did you ever try to read the "readme.txt" /"Install.txt" coming with
>> your TYPO3 source package?
>>   
> Yes, not only did I try, I also succeeded. Actually, I've also read it 
> half a year ago, when AFAIR there were still instructions on the 
> symlinks you'd need to create to install TYPO3, instructions that are 
> now gone. Which is weird, to say the least, considering that it's vital 
> for successfully setting up your site? Unless, of course you choose the 
> pre-setup packages, which are close to one year old and belong to a 
> different generation of TYPO3. I'm also not sure what I'm expected to 
> find here other than the things I've already found. Any reference to 
> anything tutorial-like is to the old 3.x quickstart and testsite 
> packages, or the forementioned even older documentation...
> 
> I know I must be sounding like an old grunt here, but seriously, there's 
> no up-to-date entry level documentation available for the newcoming user 
> of TYPO3 AFAICT.
> 
>> Another good source to really see TYPO3 in action and understand the 
>> basic
>> principles is here:
>> http://typo3.org/documentation/videos/
>>
>>   
> Now this looks - at first glance - really good. I'll be trying this out! 
> Hopefully I'll find it's up-to-date and doesn't rely on me starting with 
> an old quickstart or testsite package :) Thanks for that link.
> 
>> If you still want more you might consider buying a book or paying for a
>> professional training.
>>
>>   
> Professional training is a bit over the top, I believe. I would *love* 
> to buy a book, except as far as I can tell by searching the website and 
> Amazon, only one such book exists, and it's outdated. :'(
> 
> Anyway, I'm gonna check out those vids. Hope they help :)
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
>> HTH
>>
>> Joey
>>
>>   
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