The new RTE “CKEditor” hit the TYPO3 core in version 8.5. Since the last release 8.6 it is now possible to configure the rich text editor via yaml files. Read on for a tutorial, how to configure the new rte CKEditor in TYPO3. (more…)
Documentation needs as much love as the rest of the code receives. Pieces of software get only used if there is enough and well written documentation. This part of the series about TYPO3 documentation is about contributing to it. (more…)
Managing backend user permissions and groups can be a very challenging task, especially if you have to deal with many user and different permissions. Having a clear concept when organizing these groups, makes it later on much easier. This article describes my preferred concept. (more…)
A common recommendation is to have a reliable deployment for your software. At first sight, this sounds very hard to learn and to achieve. But with the right tool and a good introduction, this becomes quite easy to manage, even for freelancers or small agencies. In this post, I will introduce you to TYPO3 Surf. (more…)
Wouldn’t it be cool to enable editors to use standard or custom content elements in your extensions? The consequence is that you do not have to develop each and every functionality again. In this post I will show you, how you can use all available content elements of your installation. (more…)
Usually you develop your stuff locally and want to test the SSL encrypted stuff part too. With out a valid certificate, you always have to confirm the security dialogs, whether you are sure that you want to proceed. That annoys me each time. Furthermore you do not see, whether you have a problem with “mixed content”. In this article a show you how you can use „Let’s encrypt” certificates on localhost. (more…)
You know the challenge to provide current and well written editor documentation, don’t you? Probably you are tired in writing MS Word documents, converting them to pdf, sending them around via e-mail and knowing, at the same time, that nobody will read it. In this post I will show you a solution with which the editors will have it right at their fingertips, when working in the TYPO3 backend. (more…)
Since TYPO3 6.2 it is possible to use an environment variable for the webserver. It is called “TYPO3_CONTEXT”. The aim is to ease distinguishung and configuring the different contexts, in which a website can live. This post will give you an overview what a context is, what are the default contextes and how to configure them for your webserver. (more…)
Building responsive websites is already the standard for new websites and relaunches. But delivering a 4k hires image to a mobile device via a 3G or even Edge connection is a pain (especially for the user). The question is: How to avoid this? And how to make visitors and customers happy? (more…)
Fluid Styled Content (FSC) is the new standard for rendering the standard content elements of TYPO3 in the frontend. It is a replacement for the good old system extension “CSS Styled Content“ (CSC). The goal of FSC is to ease the templating for the frontend. This article shows how to use and customize FSC. (more…)