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28Sep

The Extension Icon

Posted on September 28, 2010 in TYPO3 by Sebastiaan de Jonge

Most extension developers deal with this little image for their extension, others don't. With over 4500 extensions in the TER, theres also quite the variety of icons to be found. Let's have a closer look at those icons.

27Sep

T3BLOG: Whitelist for comments

Posted on September 27, 2010 in Extensions by Sebastiaan de Jonge

Since I there are several people who frequently comment in my blog articles, I thought some kind of white list for these people would be a good idea. This would save me some time, so I wouldn't have to approve all their comments. This didn't exist in t3blog yet though..

21Sep

Bringing AJAX to your frontend plugins

Posted on September 21, 2010 in Extension Development,jQuery by Sebastiaan de Jonge

When designing and creating cool and fast web applications, a technique called AJAX is commonly used to provide the user with a nice and smooth workflow. It allows the user to get new information from the server-side, without having to deal with page reloads. TYPO3 has some cool features that allow you to easily combine AJAX with TYPO3, to make awesome web applications.

16Sep

TypoScript: Temp vs. Lib

Posted on September 16, 2010 in TypoScript by Sebastiaan de Jonge

When using TypoScript we often have to work with objects like TEXT, HTML, COA.. you name it. Some developers store their objects inside lib., others will use temp.. But what's the difference? And when should you use the one, and when the other?

14Sep

TypoScript: Bypassing database table restrictions

Posted on September 14, 2010 in Security,TypoScript by Sebastiaan de Jonge

In this article I will explain how to bypass the table restriction that was made for CONTENT objects. This restriction is made for security reasons, however I wonder how useful it is since it's so easy to bypass.

12Sep

Advanced Sitemaps

Posted on September 12, 2010 in Advanced Sitemaps,Extensions by Sebastiaan de Jonge

My third extension I'm publishing already. This one allows you to create nice sitemaps. It has some nice extra features that other sitemaps don't offer you.

9Sep

TYPO3: Staying up-to-date

Posted on September 9, 2010 in TYPO3 by Sebastiaan de Jonge

As TYPO3 is a project which is very actively developed, it's sometimes hard to keep track of all the changes. Especially because there are quite some channels over which information is spread. In this article I will show you how I keep an eye on TYPO3.

9Sep

TYPO3: Extending with XCLASS

Posted on September 9, 2010 in Extension Development by Sebastiaan de Jonge

When there are no hooks available to get the job done, it's most of the times possible to extend core and extension classes by using XCLASS. This article will describe the steps that need to be taken to do so.

7Sep

TYPO3 Concept: Backend Localization Filter

Posted on September 7, 2010 in Extension Development,Extensions by Sebastiaan de Jonge

We all know TYPO3 supports multiple languages in as well the frontend as the backend. But this flexibility is for some major corporate websites not enough. Recently I had to deal with one that had 43 different localizations.

6Sep

TYPO3 4.4: The Donation Notice

Posted on September 6, 2010 in TYPO3 by Sebastiaan de Jonge

About 3 months ago I started on an updated version of my blog. I wanted it to be state of the art, so back then I started on some beta of 4.4. Now 3 months later, just when I was about to launch my updated blog, I was a little surprised by an automated notice inside my TYPO3 backend. which asked me to please donate.

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