Frontend 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. Templates, TypoScript & beyond
• 2. The Frontend hierarchy
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. The mysterious ways of the Front End
    • Frontend, Backend and in-between
    • dummy.tgz
  • 2.3. F2: Alternative to index.php
  • 2.4. F4: Still in the rebel, but taking advantage of the TSFE object
    • For PHP-junkies...
    • Advantages of the minimum TypoScript setup
  • 2.5. F5+: Finally surrendered to TypoScript
    • All custom tables vs. default table (F5 or F6)
    • Naming of custom tables
    • F5: Default content tables
  • 2.6. F7: Standard templates
  • 2.7. F8: The pro's choice
    • From scratch
    • Including static templates
    • Webpage with content and a menu
    • Customizing the content layout
• 3. Including custom PHP code
  • 3.1. The strategy
    • Example resource
    • PHP_SCRIPT cObject
    • The _INT and _EXT concepts
  • 3.2. The better life with USER / USER_INT
    • HELLO WORLD - from our own PHP-class
    • $content and $conf
    • Available API
    • Accessing data in TSFE and cObj
    • Making queries to Typo3 configured tables
  • 3.3. TypoScript cObjects from within your PHP-class
    • The TypoScript debugger
    • Images
    • Click-enlarging images
    • Webpage with content and a menu - revisited
  • 3.4. Ways to call your custom methods
    • The “Script” content element
  • 3.5. Introduction to the API
• 4. Cases
  • 4.1. The Photo Marathon
    • Comments
    • Parameters
  • 4.2. The Humidor cam
    • Part I: The server-to-server communication
    • Part II: Rendering the Humidor image

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