TYPO3 Tips and tricks

How to optimize your TYPO3 development

TYPO3 is our bread and butter

» Who we are˃ TYPO3 developers since 2006˃ Many small and big projects

under TYPO3+ Université Laval+ Voxdata+ …

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Introduction

» Outline˃ 1. Demo˃ 2. The business goals behind optimization˃ 3. Use TYPO3 to achieve these goals!˃ 4. The technical aspect of optimization˃ 5. A deeper analysis of typoscript˃ 6. Extensions that improve your websites˃ 7. Other things to consider˃ 8. Q & A

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Section index

This website was made in 30 minutes!

» Demonstration˃ This website contains

+ Function menu and pages+ 2 different templates+ A news system+ A contact form+ A Google map+ SEO features (URIs, auto meta data, auto robots.txt, auto

sitemap.xml)+ Some javascript features (lightbox, tooltips)+ Source code optimization+ Fully set-up editor account+ Frontend editing

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Demonstration

Great success!

» The business goals behindoptimization˃ Make modern websites that

client can edit ˃ Use the latest technologies˃ Have your websites ready as

fast as possible˃ Charge clients for a product instead

of an hourly service˃ Simplify maintenance as much as possible

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / The business goals behind optimization

» Use TYPO3 to achieve thesegoals!˃ TYPO3 is…

+ Constantly developed+ Cutting-edge technology

˃ TYPO3 can…+ Be shared amongst websites (maintenance)+ Be copy and pasted! (shipped as a product)

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Use TYPO3 to achieve these goals

» Use TYPO3 to achieve thesegoals!˃ TYPO3 has…

+ Tons of extensions+ Lots of flexibility for improving both developer and user

experience˃ TYPO3 lets you…

+ Reuse the work you’ve done

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Use TYPO3 to achieve these goals

Philosophy: Do it once, do it well!

» The technical aspect of optimization˃ Typoscript is your friend

+ Use it+ Reuse it!

˃ Setup many languages˃ Setup many extensions˃ Templavoila is fast and flexible

+ Quickly map TS to templates+ FCEs are very useful

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / The technical aspect of optimization

» The technical aspect of optimization˃ Separate source from local files

+ Share TYPO3 core files+ Share extension source files+ Update all websites at the same time!

˃ Possibly use shell script to copy whole installation

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / The technical aspect of optimization

Idea: Flexible scheme that can be used everywhere

» A deeper analysis of typoscript˃ Configure everything

+ Core (CONFIG, PAGE)+ Extensions (plugin)+ RTE (RTE)

˃ Create many elements+ Menu+ Logo+ Footer+ Banner+ …

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / A deeper analysis of typoscript

» A deeper analysis of typoscript˃ Constants for configuration˃ Put your typoscript in an extension

+ Quick installation+ File-based easier to maintain

and copy+ Easier to override values

with local typoscript

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / A deeper analysis of typoscript

» Extensions that improve your websites˃ News and others

tt_news and tcamanipulate˃ SEO

+ Automatic keywordspmkautokeywords

+ Robots.txtweeaar_robotstxt

+ Sitemap generatorsdd_googlesitemap

˃ Cache handling / Static file cachenc_staticfilecache

˃ Script mergingscriptmerger

˃ Front-end editingfeeditadvanced

˃ Javascript popupsqm_fancybox

˃ Language detectionrlmp_language_detection

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Extensions that improve your website

» Other things to consider˃ Backend users and groups˃ Sample content˃ Sample pagetree and sysfolders˃ Workspaces˃ Monitoring system

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Extensions that improve your website

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Other things to consider

You’re ready to rock!

ありがとう！

» Conclusion˃ Q & A˃ See you on the slopes!

TYPO3 Tips and tricks / Conclusion