Fluid

Sitepackage

In TYPO3, (almost) everything is an extension. If you want to create a theme, override some configuration or add custom content elements you will do this in a custom TYPO3 extension. A sitepackage is an extension that contains everything that is necessary for your site: The configuration, necessary assets for your theme (images, css etc.) and a combination of TypoScript and Fluid.

You can use Fluid in TYPO3 to do one of the following:

  • Create a template (theme) using a combination of TypoScript FLUIDTEMPLATE and Fluid. Check out the Sitepackage Tutorial which walks you through the creation of a sitepackage extension.
  • Create Custom Content Elements in addition to the already existing content elements TYPO3 supplies.
  • The previous point describes the lightweight components which are created using a combination of TypoScript and Fluid. If you need more functionality or flexibility in your content element, you can create a content plugin using a combination of Extbase and Fluid. This is explained in Developing TYPO3 Extensions with Extbase and Fluid
  • Use Fluid to create emails using the TYPO3 Mail API.
  • Use Fluid in Backend Modules.

Note

This page was created recently to serve as a start page for Fluid in TYPO3. It contains an Introduction to Fluid as subpage and further pages will be added later.

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