Create initial pages

To follow this tutorial you need to have a few pages in your page tree and some content elements on those pages. You also need a basic site configuration.

The site package you build in chapter Generate a site package creates a folder called Initialisation. This folder contains an example page tree with some dummy content in file packages/my_site_package/Initialisation/data.xml, and an example site configuration in file packages/my_site_package/Initialisation/Site/main/config.yaml. Folder packages/my_site_package/Initialisation/data.xml.files contains some example images to demonstrate using certain content elements.

Load the example data automatically

After installing the site package you downloaded from https://get.typo3.org/sitepackage run the following command:

ddev typo3 extension:setup

Loading the data might take a few seconds. If you do not see the new pages try reloading the backend.

Screenshot of the backend module "Content > Layout" with the loaded example data — The page tree in the module Content > Layout now contains a few example pages.

Note

This only works for site packages of type "Site Package Tutorial". The ones based on the Bootstrap Package or Fluid Styled Content do not contain example data.

Site configuration

If you followed Load the example data automatically a basic configuration has been created for you.

The site configuration is stored in a file called config/sites/main/config.yaml. You can edit this file in the backend module Sites > Setup:

Screenshot of the backend module "Sites > Setup" — Edit the site configuration in Sites > Setup

If you want to create a site configuration manually see Create a new site configuration in the "Getting Started Tutorial".