Settings
There are different possibilities to make settings to your installation or parts of it.
Global settings
Global settings can be made in the modules in section Admin Tools,
which changes file config/ or be overridden manually
in file config/. Avoid making manual changes to
the first file as it is auto-managed.
Global extension settings
Global settings to installed extensions, including some that are part of a default installation can be made in submodule Admin Tools > Settings > Extension Configuration.
You can find the global Extension Configuration in module Settings
After opening the submodule you can make your changes and hit save:
Make changes and hit "Save".
Note
File config/ has to be writable. If you keep it
under version control make sure to commit and push your changes.
Site handling
One TYPO3 installation may contain more then one site. Even if you have only one site in your installation important settings can be made here.
Important settings can be made in the site configuration. Read more about them in chapter Creating a site configuration.
Site configurations are stored in a file called
config/ and can be edited from module
Site Management > Sites. Each site must have a unique key, called
the "Site Identifier". For demonstration purposes we use "my-site" here. The
Site Identifier is also used in the path to save the configuration.
The Site Identifier can be changed in this field
Find detailed information in TYPO3 Explained, Site handling.
Site settings
New in version 13.3
Starting with TYPO3 v13.3 site settings can also be edited in the site settings editor.
You can edit site settings in the module Site Management > Settings.
Changes are written to file config/. If you
keep this file under version control you must commit and push the changes made
to this file.
You can find all sites in the settings module. If editable settings are available there is a button "Edit Settings"
You can find more information about this editor in TYPO3 Explained, Site settings editor.
If site settings are available refer to the documentation of the extension offering them.
The following optional Core extensions offer site settings:
- typo3/cms-fluid-styled-content : Site set "Fluid Styled Content". Commonly used in projects that do not depend on bk2k/bootstrap-package .
- typo3/cms-felogin : Settings for the "Frontend Login" site set. Used to offer a login for frontend users.
- typo3/cms-indexed-search : Settings of the site set "Indexed Search". Used to display a search box and offer basic indexing of a page without need for a Solr core as would be required by apache-solr-for-typo3/solr .
- typo3/cms-seo : Site sets settings of EXT:seo. Used to improve meta tags, page titles and a provides a XML sitemap.
You can define custom site settings in your site package: TYPO3 Sitepackage Tutorial.
Find detailed information on the topic also in TYPO3 Explained, Site settings.
Page wide frontend definitions: TypoScript
Changed in version 12.0
This module was renamed. With TYPO3 v12 it was moved from Web > Template to Site Management > TypoScript.
TypoScript is a scripting language that can and will most likely be used to influence the output of your pages. TypoScript can be managed in a TypoScript record that you find in module Site Management > TypoScript.
Edit the TypoScript record by clicking on the name of the record in the overview module
TypoScript affects the page it is defined on and all subpages. In most cases TypoScript is only defined on the root page of a site. In that case the settings made here affect the whole page.
You can also navigate between the different submodules by using the submodule menu:
Switch between the different submodules of the TypoScript module.
See also the complete TypoScript Reference.
Page wide backend settings: Page TSconfig
Read more about this in Setting page TSconfig.