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The content of this document is related to TYPO3 CMS, a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.org

Official Documentation

This document is included as part of the official TYPO3 documentation. It has been approved by the TYPO3 Documentation Team following a peer- review process. The reader should expect the information in this document to be accurate - please report discrepancies to the Documentation Team (documentation@typo3.org). Official documents are kept up-to-date to the best of the Documentation Team’s abilities.

Core Manual

This document is a Core Manual. Core Manuals address the built in functionality of TYPO3 CMS and are designed to provide the reader with in- depth information. Each Core Manual addresses a particular process or function and how it is implemented within the TYPO3 source code. These may include information on available APIs, specific configuration options, etc.

Core Manuals are written as reference manuals. The reader should rely on the Table of Contents to identify what particular section will best address the task at hand.

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Extension Architecture
  • Introduction
  • Files and locations
  • System, Global and Local extensions
  • Choosing an extension key
  • Naming conventions
  • Installing extensions
  • Declaration file
  • Configuration files
  • Configuration options
  • The Extension Manager (EM)
  • Creating a new extension
  • Creating a new distribution
  • Adding documentation
  • Other resources

TYPO3 A-Z

• Autoloading
  • Autoloading classes since TYPO3 7.x
  • Loading classes without composer mode
  • Loading classes with composer mode
  • Best practices
• Backend User Object
  • Checking user access
• Bootstrapping
  • Application Context
• Caching framework
  • Quick start for Integrators
  • Configuration
  • Caching framework architecture
  • Cache frontends
  • Cache backends
  • Developer information
• System categories
  • Using categories
  • System categories API
  • Category collections
  • Usage with TypoScript
• Coding Guidelines
  • Introduction
  • File system conventions
  • PHP file formatting
  • PHP architecture
  • Coding: Best practices
• Configuration
  • Glossary
  • Configuration syntax list
  • Configuration methods list
  • TypoScript Syntax
  • Global variables
  • Site configuration ➜
  • TypoScript Templates ➜
  • TSconfig
  • TCA ➜
  • Extension Configuration ➜
  • FlexForms ➜
  • Form configuration ➜
  • rte_ckeditor configuration ➜
• Constants
  • Table 1: Traditional List
  • Table 2: Base Constants
• Hooks
  • The concept of “hooks”
  • Hook configuration
  • Creating hooks
• Flash messages
  • Flash messages API
  • Flash messages in Extbase
  • JavaScript-based flash messages
• Form protection tool
  • Usage in the backend
  • Usage in the Install Tool
• Hooks
  • The concept of “hooks”
  • Hook configuration
  • Creating hooks
• HTTP request library
  • Basic usage
  • Example
• Internationalization
  • Introduction to XLIFF
  • Migration to XLIFF and compatibility issues
  • Translating XLIFF files
• JavaScript in TYPO3
  • AJAX in the TYPO3 Backend
  • Using ExtJS
• Logging with TYPO3
  • Quick Usage
• Mail API
  • Configuration
  • How to create and send mails
  • How to add attachments
  • How to add inline media
  • How to set and use a default sender
  • SwiftMailer documentation
• Main classes and methods
  • High priority functions
  • Functions typically used and nice to know
• Namespaces
  • Core example
  • Usage in extensions
  • Namespaces in Extbase
  • Namespaces for test classes
  • Creating instances
  • References
• Page types
  • Create new Page Type
• Rich Text Editors (RTE)
  • Rich Text Editors in the TYPO3 backend
  • Transformations
• System collections
  • Record collections
  • File collections
  • Collections API
  • Example
• System log
  • Making logging simple
• System Registry
  • The registry table (sys_registry)
  • The registry API
• TCE (TYPO3 Core Engine) & DataHandler
  • Introduction
  • Database: TCEmain basics
  • Using TCEmain in scripts
  • The “tce_db.php” API
  • File functions basics
  • The “tce_file.php” API
• Workspaces
  • Frontend challenges in general
  • Frontend implementation guidelines
  • Frontend scenarios impossible to preview
  • Backend challenges
  • Backend module access
  • Detecting current workspace
  • Using TCEmain with workspaces
  • Moving in workspaces
• XCLASSes (Extending Classes)
  • Introduction
  • How does it work?
  • Limitations
  • Declaration
  • Coding practices

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