Everything you need to know about Typo3

Anyone looking for a content management system (CMS) these
days is spoilt for choice. The sheer number of commercial and
open source systems available can make it difficult to choose
between them. In this article, we'll look at just one - the
popular open source CMS TYPO3. This was one of the first CMS
programs to be released, and it comes with a huge number of
extensions, modules and interfaces. TYPO3 Review TYPO3 was created
in 1997 by the Danish developer Kasper Skårhøj, who was looking for
a way to separate content from design. As the story goes, the
name TYPO3 came about when Skårhøj inadvertently deleted an entire
week's worth of coding. Forced to rewrite it, he considered
it ironic that a better system should come about as the result of a
typo. The third version that was released was the successful
version, hence TYPO3. Skårhøj's CMS is for small to medium sized
enterprises, and it's very easy to install and set up.
Indeed, the first advantage of TYPO3 is that it starts working as
soon as you've installed it on your computer. As with most
open source CMS programs, TYPO3 comes with standard modules, but it
can accommodate almost any amount of customization. Once
installed, you have a very user-friendly and obliging piece of
software. Web pages can be created and maintained with a
single click, and the ability to collaborate or share authoring
tasks is built into the system. If you're an administrator or
content manager, you can very quickly and easily put a user
permissions system into place, leaving you free to look after the
website rather than worry about multiple authors getting in each
other's way.On the design side, remember that Skårhøj was
specifically looking at ways to separate design and content.
TYPO3 allows you to change the look of your website without having
to worry about the content, which will be seamlessly incorporated
into the new design.TYPO3 is also a great way to handle multimedia
on your site. It allows you to run just about every type of
media application you can imagine, and gives you the power to
manipulate those media files on the server side. It also
allows you to incorporate internal messaging - very useful if
you're looking to run the system across several users, such as
within a company or small business.All in all, TYPO3 has been put
together with the user, rather than the programmer's ego, in
mind. It covers all aspects of website control, from content
to design and administration. It's a robust, flexible and
easy to use solution that you should seriously consider, whether
you're launching a new site or looking to switch content management
systems.