Lesson 2 — Introduction to TYPO3 CMS
Prerequisites and goals
Prerequisites
Theoretical prerequisites
This lesson assumes that you already know the following:
- What (superficially) constitutes a content management system (CMS)
Practical prerequisites
Before you start this lesson, please have the following things ready:
- The general prerequisites for Stage 1
Goals
Theoretical goals
By the end of this lesson, you should know the following:
- What TYPO3 is
- What TYPO3’s main strengths are
- How to log in to TYPO3
- How to differentiate and use the main parts of the TYPO3 editing user interface
- How to create a new page in the TYPO3 page tree
- How to add content to a page in TYPO3
- How to enable a page using the page tree’s context menu
- How to preview a page in the frontend using the page tree’s context menu
Practical goals
By the end of this lesson, you should have completed the following:
- Logged into a TYPO3 backend hosted remotely or on the teacher’s computer.
- Used and acquainted yourself the main parts of the TYPO3 user interface.
- Created a new page in the TYPO3 page tree
- Added content to a page in TYPO3
- Enabled a page in TYPO3
- Previewed a TYPO3 page in the frontend