Backend Programming

Copyright © by Kasper Skrhj <kasper@no spam pleasetypo3.com>
Published under the Open Content License available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml

Table Of Contents

• 1. Backend Programming
  • 1.1. Introduction
    • The Photo Marathon case
  • 1.2. Configuring a custom database table
    • user_photomarathon
  • 1.3. $TCA: The [ctrl] section
    • Mandatory fields: uid and pid
    • The root page
  • 1.4. Tutorials
  • 1.5. $TCA: The [columns] section
    • The INPUT type:
    • The TEXT type:
    • The CHECK type:
    • The GROUP type / file:
    • The GROUP type / db:
    • Making real MM relations
    • The “exclude” fields
  • 1.6. $TCA: The [types] and [palettes] section
    • Multiple “types” entries
    • Configuring the Rich Text Editor (RTE)
    • Browsing the configuration in Tools > Configuration
  • 1.7. Creating records on pages
  • 1.8. Adding context sensitive help to custom table fields
    • Adding a translation to the custom table descriptions
• 2. Custom Backend Module
  • 2.1. Introduction
    • The location of default and custom modules
    • Basic requirements to (custom) modules
  • 2.2. Parameters passed to the module script
    • The Web and File main modules
  • 2.3. The main script
    • Mandatory initialization
    • Typo3 Project Guidelines and “GPvars”
    • Page access
    • Header and footer
    • Language specific labels ($LANG object)
    • A selector box menu
    • Using “module TS config”

This document is related to version 0.0.1 of the extension doc_tut_backend.