Project Information

This is a simple extension that displays a page in the Backend content frame.

I wanted to have a means of giving my editors latest information on the state of the project, have the Style Guide attached as a download and even have some Todo app for them to check off work that has been done.

I imagined that all this functionality is already built into TYPO3 or could be added by extensions, so why not use this power in the Backend as well?

I asked myself what these “Backend” pages are for and mused that they were exactly created for this type of application.

As an example, imagine you could add help pages for Editors, Integrators and Administrators right in the CMS these people are working on together. And these pages could be edited by the same individuals with the same tools they are already using. These pages would have their own navigation, could be viewed in and outside of the TYPO3 backend and would be interactive and responsive by nature.

You can use Backend Sites for:

  • Documentation
  • Collaboration
  • On-boarding of new users
  • News, announcing planned outages, display of current load etc.
  • Embed or link to related systems (phonebook/directory, hosting administration)
Screenshot of a page with an open Google Docs document with a Todo list

Example of a Google Docs document

Screenshot of a page with an interactive task board

Example of a simple task board

Screenshot of a page with an interactive to-do list

Example of a simple to-do list page

Releases

Releases are put into TER as well as published on GitHub under stable_.

Bugs and Known Issues

Bugs, issues and feature request can be put into the Bug Tracker on GitHub.

Pull requests and detailed bug or feature descriptions are welcome.

To Do

Upcoming features are usually put on GitHub roadmap as “enhancements”, but generally I want to add the following plugins to the extension:

Change Log

It is recommended to provide the User with a URL pointing to a roadmap. Forge gives the possibility to create a Roadmap very easily. Optionnally, the link could point to the repository log.