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Mastering TypoScript: TYPO3 Website, Template, and Extension Development
You are probably familiar with the concept of templates from other content management systems. The basic principle of TYPO3 templates is, however, somewhat different and more comprehensive. For example, it has its own language—TypoScript—that is used to generate templates.
The importance of TYPO3 templates is underlined by the fact that it is not possible to display pages from the TYPO3 project without them. The following tasks are performed by templates:
Integration of design templates
Definition of the page properties
Menu generation
Dynamic generation of images
Integration of extensions
How the templates address these tasks is explained in the following sections.
Templates can be created and managed using the Web | Templates module. When this module is called up for the first time in a project, no templates will be displayed on the right-hand side of the screen. In order to create a new template, click on the Create template for a new...
Change the font size
Change margin width
Change background colour