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Building Websites with TYPO3

By : Michael Peacock
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Building Websites with TYPO3

By: Michael Peacock

Overview of this book

<p>The book has 8 chapters, each dealing with a different aspect of TYPO3 and by the end you can genuinely claim to have tamed the beast that is TYPO3.</p> <p class="TISBody">TYPO3 is a popular, free, feature-rich open source content management system. It has the flexibility and scalability to more than match commercial systems and allow you to build a powerful and complex website. Because of its complex system and numerous extensions, TYPO3 can be daunting on first approach and the initial learning curve can be steep. However the nature of its advanced features will reward an extra investment in learning.</p>

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Building Websites with TYPO3
Michael Peacock
Mar, 2007 | 208 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Building Websites with TYPO3
Building Websites with TYPO3
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Introduction
Introduction
What is a CMS?
What is TYPO3?
What can TYPO3 Do for Us?
Overview of TYPO3 Features
TYPO3 Resources
Our Site
Summary
2
Installing TYPO3
Installing TYPO3
System Requirements
Installing a Development Platform
Manually Installing TYPO3
Basic Configuration
Summary
3
Administration Overview
Administration Overview
Let's Log In
The Back-End Layout
TYPO3 Modules
Admin Functions
The Task Center in Detail
Back-End Warnings
Summary
4
Setting Up the Site
Setting Up the Site
Our Site
Creating our First Page
Templates
Returning to the Site
Customizing our Template
Versioning
Summary
5
Front-End Features
Front-End Features
Front-End Admin Panel Overview
Summary
6
User Management
User Management
User Preferences
Creating Usergroups
Creating Back-End Users
Editing Back-End Users
Editing Back-End Usergroups
Summary
7
Site Administration
Site Administration
The Importance of Backing Up and Best Practices
Backing Up Your Site
Restoring Your Site from a Backup
Workflows
Workspaces
Summary
8
Extending TYPO3
Extending TYPO3
What is the TYPO3 Extension Manager?
Extension Manager Interface
Extending Our Site
Summary
Index
Index

Backing Up Your Site

Now that we know why we need to back up our site regularly, it is time to look into actually creating a backup of our TYPO3 website.

What Needs Backing Up?

We need to back up:

  • The TYPO3 files

  • A copy of the database

These two things make up our TYPO3 installation. We need the database as it contains the website's content and records of the website's users. We need the TYPO3 files as they contain the website's settings in the configuration files, copies of the website's design, and copies of data that has been cached by TYPO3.

Backing Up the TYPO3 Files

Depending on the operating system we are using, there are a number of different ways in which we can back up the files from TYPO3. Under this section, we will look into backing up the files on Windows and on Linux. This is because we looked at the Windows Installer for setting up a local copy of TYPO3, and Linux is the most popular hosting environment for websites.

Backing Up Our Files on Windows

In Windows, we can easily create...

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