TYPO3 site package tutorial 

In this section we mention the prerequisites that you need before you start with this tutorial.

Generate a site package using the official Site Package Builder and install it.

Here we use the initialization data provided by your site package to create some initial pages including dummy content.

Assets usually include CSS files, JavaScript and images / icons used for design purposes.

We introduce the templating engine Fluid, that is used to render the html pieces in a logically manner. Then we describe the directory structure that is needed in a site package extension. We also explain the first steps to include the previously static files and html pieces using Fluid.

Here we explain the purpose of backend layouts. Additionally we introduce the DatabaseQueryProcessor which is used to render content from a special "colPos" previously defined in the backend layout. We use Fluid to output content from a specific colPos. By this we get to know the cObject ViewHelper.

We introduce the main menu, explain how we build up a menu processor with TypoScript and how we can output the menu with Fluid. We introduce the so called "Debug ViewHelper".

In this section we configure the site package using the new concept of site sets. The settings are now stored in a yaml file called settings.definitions.yaml.

We explain how the TYPO3 Extension friendsoftypo3/content-blocks can be used to create custom Content Elements, for example for a jumbotron or slider.

We explain the needed composer configurations and we connect it with the site sets configurations that we made in the previous chapter.

In this chapter we describe the next steps which you can do with your new site package.