TYPO3 Version 7 LTS

TYPO3 7.5 was released on 29.09.2015. This is another "sprint release" on the way to TYPO3 7 LTS, which is expected to be released towards the end of the year.

The focus of this release was the revision of the code base. Also new are fluid-based content elements, which can replace the previous css_styled_content extensions.

Most of the icons in the backend are now SVG graphics or icon fonts, which is particularly advantageous for display on high-resolution displays (Retina displays).

Details can be found on typo3.org. In a video we show the most striking new features of this version.

TYPO3 version 7.4 was released on August 4, 2015 and includes the following new features and changes:

Backend User Interface

• Users can define avatars. These are displayed, for example, at the top next to the user name or in the backend user module.
• Files can be replaced in the file list (while retaining the metadata)
• If a file already exists when uploading, several options are offered for selection in a dialog (skip, rename, overwrite).
• Descriptions (visible in the backend) can be stored for various data records, e.g. backend users, file mounts, content elements.
• Content elements can be locked for editing by non-admins
• For multilingual pages, real copies of content elements can now be created, not just references

TSconfig and TypoScript

• Backend layouts can be defined via PageTSconfig and thus stored in files.
• page.meta now also supports Open Graph meta tags
• Folder-based file collections can now recursively determine all files of a given folder

...and much more.

As always, Patrick Lobacher has compiled a detailed list of the changes. The "What's News" slides can be found on typo3.org.

Here you can also find the (long) list of breaking changes

We also show some of the new features in a video.

TYPO3 7.3 was released on 16.6.2015. This is another sprint release on the way to TYPO3 7 LTS. This time, a lot has happened under the hood, which is particularly interesting for developers.

As usual, Patrick Lobacher has summarized all the changes in a PDF file.

Many of Fluid's ViewHelpers have been reworked and have therefore been able to achieve even better performance. As many extensions in the backend have also been rewritten for Fluid, the speed has also improved noticeably here.

Not visible, but very pleasing for every extension developer is the new programming of the FormEngine. This has been dragged along from TYPO3 version to version for more than 10 years, but has only been touched minimally.

Christian Kuhn sat down for several months and dared and succeeded in bringing this dusty programming back into shape.

In the course of these changes, there are also new features: An extension developer can now implement his own form fields and individualize the appearance with the help of PHP renderer objects.

The CommandController as part of the Extbase extension has received a few new features. Instead of programming something from scratch, you can now use stable components from the symfony project. One of these components can, for example, display an array as a table on the shell.

The backend login screen has already changed visually with TYPO3 7.2. With 7.3, the underlying API has now also changed. Extension developers should be very pleased that it is now much easier to integrate third-party TYPO3 login systems such as OpenID.

TYPO3 7.2 was released on 28.04.2015. As a "sprint release", this version is a further step on the way to TYPO3 7 LTS, which will be released in fall 2015.

The focus of this version was to simplify the work of editors and integrators.

As usual, Patrick Lobacher has compiled a PDF file with all the changes.

The backend, which was already retreaded in version 7.0, has been further optimized for 7.1.

Javascript files can now be loaded asynchronously, this applies to includeJSLibs, includeJS, includeJSFooterlibs and includeJSFooter.

Example:

page.includeJS { 
 file1 = path/to/file.js 
 file1.async = 1 
} 

The HMENU of type special = browsehas two new properties:

• excludeNoSearchPages
• includeNotInMenu

config.additionalHeaders can now be used as an array.

The option can be used as an alternative to config.baseUrl to automatically recognize the siteroot and give relative paths a prefix.

config.absRefPrefix = auto

With the new append option in UserTSconfig, mount points can be added to the element browser instead of rewriting a user's list.

options.pageTree.altElementBrowserMountPoints = 17,104

options.pageTree.altElementBrowserMountPoints.append = 12

The width and height of the element browser can be set in UserTSconfig.

options.popupWindowSize = 600x900
options.RTE.popupWindowSize = 400x600

With a new option in the RTE configuration, the default destination of links can be defined.

In the example, type can be replaced by page, file, url, mail or spec.

RTE.default.buttons.link.[type].properties.target.default = _blank

The config.pageTitle configuration now has stdWrap functionality

page.config.pageTitle.case = upper

Version 7.0 of TYPO3 was released on 2.12.2014. One focus of the development is the renewal of the backend and the associated improved usability. As always, a detailed list of the changes and innovations was compiled by Patrick Lobacher and can be found on Slideshare.

The following TSconfig can be used to assign several CSS classes to elements in the RTE:

RTE.classes.[ *classname* ] {
  .requires = list of class names (required by the class)
}

Classes can now also be marked as "not selectable" in the style selector of the RTE.

selectable = 1 => Class is selectable
selectable = 0 => Class not selectable

RTE.classes.[ *classname* ] {
   .selectable = 1
}

Several CSS files can now be integrated for the RTE.

If you do not load your own CSS file(s), the standard CSS file of the HTMLArea extension is loaded.

RTE.default.contentCSS {
   file1 = fileadmin/templates/css/stylesheet1.css
   file2 = fileadmin/templates/css/stylesheet2.css
}

Both Fluid Standalone View and the TypoScript object FLUIDTEMPLATE can now be equipped with fallback paths.

page.10 = FLUIDTEMPLATE
page.10.file = fileadmin/Resources/Templates/Main.html
page.10.partialRootPaths {
  10 = fileadmin/Resources/Private/Partials
  20 = fileadmin/version2/Resources/Private/Partials
}

In TYPO3 7.0 the compatibility layer was removed, which made it possible in TYPO3 6.2 to use extensions that did not yet use PHP namespaces.

If required, however, this compatibility layer can be reinstalled as system extension compatibility6.

• The TypoScript setting config.uniqueLinkVars has been removed, as the function there is only used by default.
• The ViewHelper \TYPO3\CMS\Documentation\ViewHelpers\Link\Action has been removed. The ViewHelpers f:be.buttons.icon or f:uri.* can be used instead.
• The PageTSconfig option mod.web_list.alternateBgColors has been removed.
• The "SU mode" / "change to" function in the backend user administration has been removed.
• The old PropertyMapper (and the option rewrittenPropertyMapper = 0) has been removed.
• The TypoScript conditions browser, version, system and useragent have been removed.
• and much more.