Kickstarting SItes With a Custom Package

KICKSTARTING SITES PROJECT WITH A CUSTOM PACKAGE DATE CLIENT 04.17.2009 T3CON09-DALLAS

Ron Hall Busy Noggin Jeff Segars Web-Empowered Church

Why kickstart? Launch quicker and cheaper. Maintain less code.

KICKSTARTER 1.0 (WHAT YOU’RE ALREADY DOING)

⌘+C KICKSTARTER 1.0 (WHAT YOU’RE ALREADY DOING)

⌘+C ⌘+V KICKSTARTER 1.0 (WHAT YOU’RE ALREADY DOING)

KICKSTARTER 2.0 (WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING)

⌘+C KICKSTARTER 2.0 (WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING)

⌘+C ⌘+V KICKSTARTER 2.0 (WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING)

⌘+C ⌘+V ⌘+S KICKSTARTER 2.0 (WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING)

ADAPT BEST PRACTICES FROM THE SITES YOU BUILD NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION!

Templates CSS Frameworks, inheritance & FCEs.

Modular Typoscript Menus, constants, and external ﬁles.

CSS Zen Garden Menus mainMenu = HMENU mainMenu { entryLevel = 0 1 = TMENU 1{ wrap = <ul>|</ul> NO { allWrap = <li> | </li> } ACT < .NO ACT = 1 ACT { allWrap = <li class=quot;altquot;> | </li> } } }

Shared configuration with custom constants # Define the date and time formats constants.wec.dateFormat = %m/%d/%y constants.wec.timeFormat = %I:%M %p # Convert the date format of news to WEC constant defined value plugin.tt_news { displaySingle.date_stdWrap.strftime = {$constants.wec.dateFormat} displayLatest.date_stdWrap.strftime = {$constants.wec.dateFormat} displayList.date_stdWrap.strftime = {$constants.wec.dateFormat} displaySingle.time_stdWrap.strftime = {$constants.wec.timeFormat} displayLatest.time_stdWrap.strftime = {$constants.wec.timeFormat} displayList.time_stdWrap.strftime = {$constants.wec.timeFormat} } # Convert the date format of blog comments to WEC Constant defined value. plugin.tx_veguestbook_pi1 { datetime_stdWrap.strftime= {$constants.wec.dateTimeFormat} date_stdWrap.strftime= {$constants.wec.dateFormat} time_stdWrap.strftime= {$constants.wec.timeFormat} } example: wec_constants

External Typoscript via TS Setup <INCLUDE TYPOSCRIPT src=”ﬁleadmin/resources/ts/menu.ts” /> External Typoscript via Extensions <?php t3lib_extMgm::addStaticFile($_EXTKEY,'static/ts/','My Menu'); ?> example: wec_constants

Simpliﬁed Backends Groups, permissions & TSConﬁg

Groups and Permissions • Keep conﬁguration in groups not users • Baseline group for common settings • Task or section based groups applied to pagetree example: WEC Starter Package

TSConfig & TCA // Allow additional fields to be excluded in user and group records. $TCA['tt_content']['columns']['header_position']['exclude'] = 1; $TCA['tt_content']['columns']['header_link']['exclude'] = 1; // Force new content elements to be allowed before they appear. $TCA['tt_content']['columns']['list_type']['config']['authMode'] = 'explicitAllow'; // If be_acl is loaded, hide its records from list view. if (t3lib_extMgm::isLoaded('be_acl')) { t3lib_extMgm::addPageTSConfig(' mod.web_list.hideTables := addToList(tx_beacl_acl) '); } example: wec_config

Maintenance Version control and a common platform.

Build up or tear down? Broad client base vs. niche markets

What goes into your package? Extensions, Typoscript Libraries, etc.

The Busy Noggin Quicksite http://templavoila.busynoggin.com WEC Starter Package http://www.webempoweredchurch.com

Credits • Kickstarter Photo http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/adifferentryan/133065997/ • One Size Fits All Photo http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/angusf/2270317189/

Kickstarting SItes With a Custom Package

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