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TYPO3 4.2 E-Commerce

You're reading from   TYPO3 4.2 E-Commerce Design, build, and profit from a sophisticated feature-rich online store using TYPO3

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847198525
Length 212 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

TYPO3 4.2 E-Commerce
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
1. Preface
1. TYPO3 Installation and Extension Selection FREE CHAPTER 2. Template Configuration 3. Singularity of TYPO3 E-Commerce Plugins 4. Catalogue—Setting Up Online Shop Requirements 5. Shop Users—Profiles for Unregistered and Registered Users 6. Navigation Inside the Online Shop and Content Search 7. Ordering Organization—Modules of Payment and Delivery 8. Administrative Interface in TYPO3 9. Online Shop SEO Development 10. Managing and Marketing Your Site

TypoScript setup and configuration


TypoScript is the scripting language that is used to tell TYPO3 how to create the web pages and is composed of two types of information as we mentioned before: constants and setup code.

Usually, the constants field is filled with extension configuration or values for repeatable use and setup—with the main setup to parse the HTML template.

To start editing TypoScript you need to create a page that will store the template TypoScript configuration. Usually, it is the parent page in the site tree. So let's create one:

Click on the + icon and choose the position of the newly created page:

  1. 1. Untick the field Hide page and tick Hide in menu so that the page will not be displayed in the main menu, and designate a name by entering a Page title.

  2. 2. Save and close the document. If needed, reload the page tree by clicking on the reload icon below the site tree to see the created page.

  3. 3. Click on the Template button in the backend left menu, click on our new page Home...

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