Attention

TYPO3 v8 has reached its end-of-life March 31st, 2020 and is not maintained by the community anymore. Looking for a stable version? Use the version switch on the top left.

You can order Extended Long Term Support (ELTS) here: TYPO3 ELTS.

General principles

This chapter aims to give you some important information about the general principles of TYPO3 CMS. It is the base needed to understand the next chapters.

• Backend and Frontend
• General Backend Structure
• Page Tree
• Page Content
• Templates
• The Top Bar
• The Contextual Menus