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Mastering TypoScript: TYPO3 Website, Template, and Extension Development
TYPO3 can be extended very simply using extensions. These extensions are code bundles that contain modules, TypoScript, and the like and offer a particular functionality. If you want to integrate a guestbook into your website quickly, you don't have to program it yourself in TYPO3; just access the guestbook extension. TYPO3 has had this convenient option of simple extensions since version 3.5.x. (It is no coincidence that TYPO3 became really popular with exactly that version.) In this chapter we will first show you how to install and update extensions. In the second part we will introduce some of the most important extensions and show you how to configure them. Finally we will give you a demonstration of how to build your own extension and some important points you should take care of.
Let's start with some basic advice for building extensions. Once you get familiar with TYPO3 extensions, you will notice that there is a ready-made solution for just...
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