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=\"alt\"> | </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/