TYPO3 CMS 6.1 - Improve
After the major release of TYPO3 CMS 6.0 and hard work that was done for the release the release team geared down a bit. Benni Mack took over the position of release manager from Helmut Hummel. The base tone for the 6.1 release will be ‘Improve’. The goal will be to improve in any kind of way, not just code-wise. Improve the communication, improve the contributions, improve the product. Starting this year the team picked up on the weekly release team meetings again and is working towards the release of TYPO3 CMS 6.1 on April 30. News-item: <link news article typo3-cms-61-improve>typo3.org/news/article/typo3-cms-61-improve/Project page: <link http: forge.typo3.org projects typo3v61 wiki>forge.typo3.org/projects/typo3v61/wiki/Wiki
Flow and Neos
Robert Lemke worked on a blog plugin for Neos and this now powers his <link http: robertlemke.com en blog posts blog-powered-by-typo3-neos.html>blog. As Robert mentions in his blog entry this plug-in shows the powerful rendering mechanism of TypoScript 2 and Fluid to work. As more websites get Neos powered, documentation is also coming your way. Documentation for Flow and Neos is evolving with great support from the documentation team. Work on a Neos Integrator Guide has started. You will be able to find all Neos and Flow related documents on <link http: docs.typo3.org>docs.typo3.org. Work for Flow comprised custom configuration files, a uniqueness validator, CDN support for Rackspace and of course the usual bugfixing. News-item: <link news article typo3-neos-and-flow-january-2013>typo3.org/news/article/typo3-neos-and-flow-january-2013/Explanation of the T3A 2013 budget
2013 is the first year that the Expert Advisory Board deals with the budget. This time the process was fully transparent and the budgets were published and discussed online. The members of the TYPO3 Association also had the chance to vote on the budgets in a poll. 204 of the roughly 800 members (25%) took part in the poll. Based on the input of these TYPO3 Associations members the EAB discussed each budget application in detail on the 8th and 9th of January 2013. The EAB contacted some of the budget applicants to clarify questions and discuss alternatives. The <link news article explanation-of-the-t3a-2013-budget>result of the budget allocation is a balance between continuity and renewment. News-item: <link http: typo3.org news article explanation-of-the-t3a-2013-budget>typo3.org/news/article/explanation-of-the-t3a-2013-budget/
Google Summer of Code preparations
GSoC is a program by Google to fund OpenSource projects, like TYPO3, by enabling student developers to contribute to OpenSource projects over a three month period. The GSoC team is currently collecting ideas for projects from the community. A <link http: wiki.typo3.org gsoc2013>wiki page has been set up to collect these ideas. There is a pretty good collection of ideas for TYPO3 CMS, but we still need some entries for Flow and Neos. The application period for projects to GSoC will start at 18th of March. The closing date is March 29. If you have an idea for Google Summer of Code then head over to the <link http: wiki.typo3.org gsoc2013 ideas>GSoC Ideas page and submit your idea. Website: <link http: wiki.typo3.org gsoc2013>wiki.typo3.org/Gsoc2013News-item: <link http: typo3.org news article ideas-for-google-summer-of-code-2013>typo3.org/news/article/ideas-for-google-summer-of-code-2013/
Coming events
CMS Garden @ CeBIT (March 5-9, Hannover)
CMS-GARDEN will be the place where the most relevant Open Source Content Management Systems will present themselves side by side. TYPO3 together with the most relevant Open Source Content Management Systems, like Contao, Drupal, Joomla, OpenCMS and Plone will be present itself in the CMS-GARDEN at CeBIT 2013. A group of people from these Open Source CMS communities will be working together to bring the event to life. Website: <link http: www.cms-garden.org>cms-garden.orgCeBIT page TYPO3: <link http: www.cebit.de aussteller typo3 q286978>www.cebit.de/aussteller/typo3/Q286978
TYPO3camp Netherlands (March 9-10, Venlo)
The first TYPO3camp in the Netherlands will be held in Venlo on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences. Venlo is a stone's throw away from the German border, so this event will have international flavor, where the Dutch, German and international community can and should meet.
Website:<link http: www.typo3campvenlo.nl en> www.typo3campvenlo.nl/en/
typo3.org code sprint (March 21-23, Wiesbaden)
The fifth typo3.org code sprint will be held from Thu March 21 - Sun March 24 in Wiesbaden. It will be a combined sprint again together with other teams. The agenda for the meeting will be set in the maintenance meeting end of January. If you are interested to join or sponsor the code sprint then send a mail to <link>info@typo3.org clearly stating “typo3.org code sprint” in the subject line.Inspiring Flow (April 19-24, Kolbermoor)
For the second time a conference dedicated to TYPO3 Flow, TYPO3 PHP framework, will be held in Kolbermoor, Germany. Inspiring Flow will have a fabulous line-up of high profile speakers. Several members of the Flow Core Team will offer talks as well as well known members of communities relevant for Flow such as Composer and Doctrine.
Website:<link http: inspiring-flow.com> inspiring-flow.com
5th Annual North American TYPO3 Conference (May 30-31, San Francisco)
The Fifth North American TYPO3 Conference (T3CON NA) will take place from May 30-31, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Held at the Golden Gate Club in The Presidio of San Francisco, this year's conference will allow TYPO3 experts and those interested in TYPO3 to share all aspects of the current state of development and implementations of this worldwide market-leading Content Management System (CMS).
Website: <link http: t3con-na.typo3.org>t3con-na.typo3.org