Well, this concludes the "Getting Started" tutorial. It was probably a little more than getting started, but that can't hurt you with TYPO3 because you will have something new to learn every day for the next three months anyway.
First of all - all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and you better go playing with TYPO3. Explore it! Click the buttons while you can! Some day you will have a production site running and then you won't want to experiment with features you have never touched before, right!? So don't hold yourself back.
Other tutorials
There are a number of tutorials which are great ways to learn more:
"Modern Template Building" is a tutorial in three parts divided into two documents. Part 1 is the next step to take after this "Getting Started" tutorial. Part 2 & 3 is for more advanced users who have developing experience with PHP.
The "GoLive" tutorial (that was the original name) - this is a miniature version of the "Modern Template Building" tutorial. Takes the same approach with an HTML-file and teaches you how to implement that with subparts and markers etc. This is an older approach, but revised lately.
The "Frames" and "References" tutorials - they are sequels to the "GoLive" tutorial.
More information on non-development issues (Users/Administrators) can be found in the popular "Handbuch für Redakteure" by Werner Altmann and written in german (translations might be available by now!). This is a User Manual about editing, creating content etc.
If you are a skilled developer and want to create an extension you can wrestle with this tutorial from Oliver Hofmann - Creating a basic extension. Karsten Hachmeister has likewise provided a popular guide. The documents "Backend programming "and "Templates, TypoScript & beyond" are also technical tutorials on integration of your own PHP-code with TYPO3. They do not emphasize the Extension Architecture of TYPO3 so much though.
Getting help
For that you need a one-stop link - the mailing lists.
References and manuals
From the other end of the documentation tree of TYPO3 you will find the references and manuals.
TSref - the indispensable "TypoScript bible" - lists every property of core TypoScript objects. For extensions with plugins you will need to look for property tables in their respective documents, not the TSref.
TypoScript by Example - the TypoScript example collection that will go easy on you compared to TSref. This is a much more beginner friendly approach to learning the nuts and bolts of creating powerful graphical menus etc. and other objects in TypoScript.
Inside TYPO3 is the manual on the core of TYPO3 - this is for people with extensive developer experience since it contains all the low level descriptions of the concepts in TYPO3s core. A very important document if you need to understand the principles deep down.
Next step: Creating custom templates
Last, but by no means least: Your next step! Chapter 2. How to build your own, custom template design with TYPO3!
The major part of what is left to learn from tutorials and other developer resources is how to implement your own template designs. As mentioned multiple times the next step in this respect is to continue with the tutorial called "Modern Template Building, Part 1". This takes you through a case story with a three person web team with a developer, designer and content contributer. That is where you should go now!
Thanks for reading so far. And welcome to the community!
- Kasper Skårhøj
...finally at the end page on a late wednesday night.
