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TYPOlight tutorials
This section contains useful tutorials for TYPOlight which have been created by other TYPOlight users. All tutorial contributions will be greatly appreciated! You may find additional tutorials in the forum:
English tutorials forum
German tutorials forum
English tutorials
The following tutorials are in English.
Installation and configuration
- How to install TYPOlight (screencast)
- TYPOlight Installation Checklist
- How to configure FTP to modify permissions (Safe Mode Hack)
- How to manually update TYPOlight
Using TYPOlight
- Quickstart guide - creating a layout & adding content
- How to add news articles and page content
- How to add a search form to the layout
- How to set-up a Contact form with CC: to end-user
- How to Add a FAQ Module
- How to use a custom page template
- Understanding the CSS framework
- How to export/import your entire site via the install template
- How to process a form with a custom PHP script
Tips and tricks
Header/Footer/Navigation
- Automatically update your copyright
- Horizontal Suckerfish-like navigation
- Use insert tags to create a dynamic header image
- Easy way to make editable Headers and Footers
Forms
CSS/Accessibility
Editing Content
Templates
Module-specific Tutorials
Catalog
- Add search engine friendly urls for catalog item details page (also available with Catalog Extension)
TYPOlight custom development
Hacks to the Core Modules
These changes will be overwritten on updates
Deutsche Tutorials
Die folgenden Tutorials sind in Deutsch.
- Anleitung zur Nutzung eigener Seitentemplates
- Horizontale Navigation a la Suckerfish
- CSS in TinyMCE verwenden und Kurztipps zu TinyMCE
- Manuelles Update einer TYPOlight Installation
- Templates mit Variablen selbst erstellen
- Eigene Formularfelder erstellen
- "Hallo Welt" Extension: Einführung in die Modulprogrammierung
- Eine einfache Sitemap erstellen
To add a tutorial, please set up a new page under the namespace Tutorials. See WikiPageNames for more information on naming pages.
http://trac.typolight.org/wiki/TutorialsName
Once your tutorial is finished, go back to this page and hit the "edit this page" button. You can now add your tutorial to the link section above. Please do not remove these paragraphs and use the following wiki syntax to link to your tutorial:
* [TutorialsName Name of my tutorial]
