[TYPO3-core] RFC: #9863: [Feature] Adding sysext tsbrowser

Dmitry Dulepov dmitry at typo3.org
Wed Dec 3 10:39:36 CET 2008


Hi!

Uschi Renziehausen wrote:
> OK, here my usual scenario: you are somewhere in your pagetree and want
> to adapt certain parts of your template. Now, with Steffens ext, you can
>   quickly browse to the path you want, copy it to your textarea, change
> it's value and your are done without ever leaving your textarea.

This is clear.

> Once I detected the TSConfig browser, I loved it because it solved a lot
> of riddles for me. Would be nice when that one would not be hidden under
> Configuration btw., but at the same place where Steffens tsbrowser is
> now. At least I usually open up a second window/tab to have it at hand
> when adapting my tsconfig for a certain page.
> And yes, I could do with a TSConfig browser that also shows me what user
>  TSConfig might have an influence on what I see.

Ok.

>> And I still would like to know why cannot such extension be
>> installed by you from TER ;)
> 
> Well, of course I am able to install it from TER, but template
> TypoScript and TSConfig are what you have to do with from your first
> typo3 site onwards without any ext installed. So convenient ways to deal
> with it should be provided by the core itself. Franz H stated in a
> posting further up that he thinks it sufficient "to write some
> documentation about additional Core enhancing extensions, maybe also as
> help text". Thinking back to my first half year with typo3 I must say
> that I disagree with him here. Especially beginners are completely lost
> in the documentation, and you will not install an ext before you have
> understood what ts is for. You might go the irc channel or the news
> groups and there you might get the tip. In my eyes that adds complexity.

But this is different thing. Beginners will not be able to do any better even with Steffen's extension because the whole work with TS templates is not described properly anywhere (except some books). It is a question of tutorials and education. Unlike many other systems TYPO3 does not have good beginner's level tutorials :(

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Dmitry Dulepov
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