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March 2017

 

TYPO3 Newsletter - March 2017

Welcome to the new issue of the TYPO3 Newsletter. Here you will find news and interesting facts from the TYPO3 universe.
Next Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the long-awaited new TYPO3 version 8 LTS will be released. This is of course a reason to celebrate! Release parties will be held almost worldwide on this day to welcome the new version in style. You can find out if there is a party near you here: https: //wiki.typo3.org/Release_Party/TYPO3_8

TYPO3 News

TYPO3 GmbH launches all new Partner Program

Become an official TYPO3 partner now!

TYPO3 announces special memberships for universities and research institutions

Special TYPO3 Association memberships are now available for universities and research institutions.

Introduction to the TYPO3 Consultant Certification

The "TYPO3 CMS Certified Consultant" certification completes the certification program for TYPO3 professionals.

TYPO3 tips

TYPO3 stdWrap.replacement

Using the stdWrap method "replacement", search-and-replace operations can be carried out very easily via TypoScript. Explanation with the help of an example.

Preview of plugin settings in the backend in TYPO3

If you implement your own plugins and work with Flexforms, you cannot recognize which settings have been made in the Flexform when a plugin is used in the backend. There is a hook in TYPO3 that makes it possible to hook into the backend view and display these settings there.

Load JavaScript for slider or lightbox etc. only when required [jQuery].

Only load JavaScript when it is really needed - tips for TYPO3 and other systems!

TYPO3 Extensions

Form Legacy (form_legacy)

TYPO3 8 LTS comes with a completely revised form extension. The transfer of forms from earlier versions (<= TYPO3 7.6) is not possible. So if you want/need to continue using your old forms, you can install the old form extension in TYPO3 8.

Extension updates in March

A small selection of extensions that were published in the TER in March in a new or updated version (in order of publication, as at 31.03.2017):
  • Media Upload
    media_upload
    by Fabien Udriot
    Fluid widget for mass uploading files on the frontend using HTML5 techniques powered by Fine Uploader
  • Extension Compatibility Check
    extension_compatibility_check
    by Michael Schams (schams.net)
    TYPO3 CMS extension to check the compatibility status of currently installed extensions in TYPO3 CMS 6.2 LTS.
  • Backend ACLs
    be_acl
    by Sebastian Kurfuerst
    Backend Access Control Lists
  • Direct Mail
    direct_mail
    by Ivan Kartolo
    Advanced Direct Mail/Newsletter mailer system with sophisticated options for personalization of emails including response statistics.
  • [NITSAN] All In One Lightbox/Modalbox
    ns_all_lightbox
    by Sanjay Chuahan [NITSAN Technologies]
    One of the only TYPO3 extension which provides to use most popular jQuery Lightbox/Modalbox at TYPO3 content elements. This TYPO3 extension provides to configure many jQuery plugins eg, lightbox2, fancybox2, colorbox, prettyphoto, darkbox, magnific-popup & more will be available in an upcoming version.
  • TYPO3 Console
    typo3_console
    by Helmut Hummel
    A reliable and powerful command line interface for TYPO3 CMS
  • News slider
    newsslider
    by Helmut Hackbarth
    jQuery slider-plugins for versatile news extension (tx_news).
  • Resize images automatically
    image_autoresize
    by Xavier Perseguers (Causal)
    Simplify the way your editors may upload their images: no complex local procedure needed, let TYPO3 automatically resize down their huge images/pictures on-the-fly during upload (or using a scheduler task for batch processing) and according to your own business rules (directory/groups). This will highly reduce the footprint on your server and speed-up response time if lots of images are rendered (e.g., in a gallery). Features an EXIF/IPTC extractor to ensure metadata may be used by the FAL indexer even if not preserved upon resizing.
  • TYPO3 Blog Extension
    blog
    by TYPO3 GmbH
    Blogging with TYPO3
  • Minifier for TYPO3
    min
    by Armin Vieweg
    Extends TYPO3's compressor for JS and CSS with minifier. This may save you up to 60% of default compressed file size. Also compresses HTML output of TYPO3. Full composer support.
  • DRC News Comment
    news_comment
    by DRC Systems India PVT.LTD.
    This extension allows user to post comment on particular news, rate the comments, reply to the comments, searching comments and sorting of comments. There are various typoscript settings available to manage the extension.There is also one user friendly backend module is available to manage comments. This extension is compatible only with News system Extension.
  • different and very: Amazon AWS S3 FAL driver (CDN)
    aus_driver_amazon_s3
    by Markus Hoelzle
    Provides a FAL driver for the Amazon Web Service S3.
  • Extension Builder
    extension_builder
    by Nico de Haen
    The Extension Builder helps you build and manage your Extbase based TYPO3 extensions.
  • Cart
    cart
    by Daniel Lorenz
    Shopping Cart(s) for TYPO3
  • TemplaVoilà Plus
    templavoilaplus
    by Alexander Opitz
    Point-and-click, popular and easy template engine for TYPO3. Replacement for old TemplaVoila.
  • Page Teaser (with Fluid)
    pw_teaser
    by Armin Ruediger Vieweg
    Create powerful, dynamic page teasers with data from page properties and its content elements. Based on Extbase and Fluid Template Engine.
  • Maps2
    maps2
    by Stefan Froemken
    This extension gives you the possibility to make use of the Google Maps API
  • Heise Shariff
    rx_shariff
    by Markus Klein
    Shariff implementation for TYPO3 CMS including the backend module, a viewhelper and a plugin.
This list is only a selection of interesting extensions, not a recommendation or rating. The extensions have not been developed or tested by us.

events

TYPO3 Students Day on May 12, 2017

As part of the TYPO3camp Stuttgart, the TYPO3 Students Day will take place for the first time. This is aimed at students who have had little or no contact with TYPO3 and have not yet attended a TYPO3 event. Students will get a first insight into the system and can try it out for themselves. In addition, the possibilities and opportunities with TYPO3 on the job market are presented.

Recap of TYPO3 Camp Venlo 2017

Review of the TYPO3camp Venlo by Mathias Schreiber (CEO TYPO3 GmbH).

"Bringing people together who share the same passion" - TYPO3Camp Venlo 2017

Another review of the TYPO3camp Venlo by Edward Lenssen.

Our review of the TYPO3camp Vienna 2017

Review of the second TYPO3camp Vienna by jweiland.net.

Review - 2nd TYPO3 Camp in Vienna

And a review of the TYPO3camp Vienna by Cornelia Eder.

Miscellaneous

CSS Grid Support - Firefox haz it

Probably the most exciting new feature for modern web layouts moved a step closer to normal web users yesterday: Firefox supports CSS grids in the current version 52.0! And Chrome will also bring this out from behind the "Experimental" flag in March.

The password

Infographic: Why passwords and how they actually work.
 

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