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TYPO3

Written by: ionut in Web Technology

TYPO3 is a free and open-source enterprise-level content management system. It is written in PHP and has become a widespread content management system (CMS) on the web and in intranets. It is more popular in Europe; probably because it was created by Kasper Skaarhoj and now developed by programmers in Germany. In North America, there are two major communities of TYPO3 developers: one located in Montreal and second in Dallas.

On the internet you can find numerous CMS comparison websites that allow you to research which CMS best suit your needs. Choosing the perfect CMS for your job is time consuming and it is common to not have the luxury of time. You should spend enough time studying TYPO3 until you are sure that it isn’t the best solution.

TYPO3 has two operating modes: a front-end, which presents a TYPO3 based website to its users; and a back-end, used by authors and site administrators to manage content for the website. The back-end is used with an ordinary web browser and no special software is necessary to work on a TYPO3-based website.

Reviews of TYPO3 describe a CMS that is easy to learn and those rumours are supported when first learning TYPO3. After little more than three months, you are able to use TYPO3 at the real value of the system, making a complex website in a few days or a simple one in hours. The only difficulties in learning this system spawn from a lack of instruction on how to handle errors that developers may come across.

If you are new to the system and would like further guidance, check out this link.

Numbers:

  • More than 300 000 websites!
  • More than 3000 extensions (forums, blog…)
  • More than 1000 companies

Features:

  • Content editor
  • Image management
  • Optimized for SEO
  • Page management
  • Access Permissions
  • Clipboard and Copy/Paste
  • File management
  • Multilingual Content and back-end
  • Extensions
  • User management
  • Control versions
  • Database Management
  • Multiple domains
  • Friendly URL
  • Sitemap

A lot of features are from extensions and they are free (see the extensions list on TYPO3).

Pros:

  • Very strong community
  • Long history
  • Security Team
  • 10 full time developers

Cons:

  • Hard to learn and time consuming
  • Lack of error manipulation
  • Backend interface not so user-friendly

Samples of TYPO3 websites:

http://www.aoemedia.com

http://www.df.eu/

http://www.mbgtc.de/

http://www.ruprecht.de

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