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

Learning resources

Teacher's instructions

Student's instructions