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Typo3
TYPO3 like the others is a free open source content management system. This program is written in PHP and MySQL. It has evolved in to one of the 5 best CMS programs in the industry. Many people make the mistake of thinking that TYPO3 is associated with Typo. They are two different programs, Typo is an open source blogging engine. This CMS has two different methods of operation, the fronted which is used to show the site to the users and the backend which allows the writers and the admin to see the site. The great part about the backend is that you don’t need any programs or software, it is used by simply using the web browser.
TYPO3 does extend to their customers a very flexible and extendibility, it does have a ready to go set of interfaces and modules. There are close to 2000 extensions on the TYPO3 content management systems. Under their Public License, this software is available for download. You can get a copy of the CMS on their website called typo3.com or typo3.org.
TYPO3 is templates driven. These templates allow the admin to create any style of site they choose. You can use one of the templates already in place or if you want to get creative you can use the template and change the features like the color, size, logos and fonts to something that is more your style. These changes are made by something called Typoscript. This script is only good for creating the design if you need content or code changes made then you would have to go with the PHP to change that kind of information.
TYPO3 has an alternate template included in the software is called TemplaVoila. This version has graphics mapping tool for designing your own template or page module. The script also has the capabilities to create a flexible content with different elements and an API for other developers. API is an application-programming interface.
Content that is stored in two places, one table is called the pages and the second is called tt_content, the second holds the elements that are entered on a page. Each page of the site that you are creating has a one of a kind ID Key called a UID and it is connected to the home page so if someone wants to access the information found on this page from the home page then all the user has to do is click the link.
TYPO3 is very popular and works very well. There are some system requirements and they are, The Operating System is used on UNIX/Linux, Windows and MAC. The web server compatible is Apache or lls. TYPO3 supports MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL and others. These are some other issues that other users have found to be that there were problems changing some of the options in the configuration, which did not change the command line options. These issues are small and can be rectified by using the right system requirements.
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