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Tutorials


Chapter 1. 

Getting Started Tutorial

Extension Key: doc_tut_quickstart

Language: en

Keywords: forBeginners, forEditors, forAdmins

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The content of this document is related to TYPO3

- a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.org

Official documentation

This document is included as part of the official TYPO3 documentation. It has been approved by the TYPO3 Documentation Team following a peer-review process. The reader should expect the information in this document to be accurate - please report discrepancies to the Documentation Team (documentation@typo3.org). Official documents are kept up-to-date to the best of the Documentation Team's abilities.

Tutorial

This document is a Tutorial. Tutorials are designed to be step-by-step instructions specifically created to walk a beginner through a particular task from beginning to end. To facilitate effective learning, Tutorials provide examples to illustrate the subjects they cover. In addition, Tutorials provide guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls and highlight key concepts that should be remembered for future reference.

1.1. Introduction

About this document

This document is an introduction to the basic principles of TYPO3. The example website used in this introduction will get you started immediately on your own first TYPO3 website. After this tutorial you will have an idea about TYPO3's capabilities, its general structure and extension possibilities. Professional creation of templates and development with TYPO3 in general are not covered by this document.

What's new

The previous version of this document was known as the "Quickstart Guide".

The current version is based on the TYPO3 Introduction Package for TYPO3 version 4.4. It is a fully rewritten version. The topics covered have changed slightly to match the Introduction Package.

Credits

The "Quickstart Guide" was originally written by Kasper Skårhøj. The current version was written by Philipp Gampe, Martin Holtz, Susanne Moog and Francois Suter.

Feedback

For general questions about the documentation get in touch by writing to documentation@typo3.org.

If you find a bug in this manual, please file an issue in this manual's bug tracker: http://forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v4-doc_tut_quickstart

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