TYPO3The Enterprise Open Source CMS

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Who am I

Rania MarouBackend Developer @customedialabs

rania.marou.info@rania_marou

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Interactive Media Agency @Larissa, GR & @Philadelphia, US

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What’s TYPO3

● Free & Open Source CMS

● Written in PHP

● MVC structure

● Released under GPLv2

● Started 1997, first release 1999

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Versions & ProductsTYPO3 Versions

Current: 7.5

LTS: 6.2.15

TYPO3 Products

TYPO3 Neos

FLOW3 PHP Framework

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10+1 reasons to choose TYPO3● Multilingual

● Comprehensive access rights

● Safety First

● Mobile device preview

● Highly extensible

● Free & Open source

● Workspaces

● Multisite Management

● Caching Framework

● Editing Workflow

Large, active global community

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Developing on TYPO3

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TYPO3 extensionsWhat is an extension?

Code additions to extend the TYPO3

functionality (Backend, Frontend etc.)

How to install?

● Extension Repository

● Extension Manager

Famous extensions

● News

● DCE

● formhandler

● RealURL

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TemplatesHow to apply a theme?

You just need an HTML theme

How to use it?

● Fluid template engine (native)

○ Simple MVC extension

■ Backend Layout

■ Frontend Template

● TemplaVoila! (extension)

○ Map HTML blocks to editable

areas

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● Extreme speed boost

● cache per action

● cache options

● caching backends (Redis,

Memcached etc.)

Cache groups

● pages

● all

● system

Caching FrameworkDeveloping on TYPO3

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Environment within a TYPO3 website

on which the users are able to edit the

website without that to affect the Live

website at all.

Usual Editing Workflow

● Editors

○ Edit only staging workspace

● Publishers

○ Discard changes

○ Publish to live website

WorkspacesDeveloping on TYPO3

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Why you should make your own

TYPO3 distribution?

● Ready to use

○ no installation

○ preconfigured extensions

○ reduce development time

Distribution packageDeveloping on TYPO3

Our Distribution package

● preconfigured extensions

● CML Layout & Templates

● other customizations

○ analytics

○ user permissions

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Showcases

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Museum of Science and Industry ChicagoWhat is so special about this site?

● Advanced Editorial Workflow with

many Editors/Publishers groups

● Developed several custom

extensions for managing Exhibits,

Events, Activities, Calendar,

Interactive Map, Polls, Booking etc

● Heavy caching on thousands of

pages

Showcases

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ferryconnectionWhat is so special about this site?

● ForthCRS integration

○ Real time ferry routes

● Heavy caching

○ 1,200+ ferry routes

○ 2,300+ timetamples

● Piraeus Bank integration for

payments

Showcases

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PAWS ChicagoWhat is so special about this site?

● Heavy caching

○ 4,000+ pets

○ custom cache groups

● Advanced Media management

○ more than 17GB pet photos

○ Flexible templating

● 70+ backend users editing the site

Showcases

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The Hellenic InitiativeWhat is so special about this site?

● Salesforce integration

● Constant Contact integration

● PayPal integration

● Multilingual

● Migrated from WordPress

Showcases

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How about making a Greek

community?Powerful, right?

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Any questions?

Thank you!

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