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20140315

  • 00:04:52 <NamelessCoder> hi Guest|13665
  • 00:05:01 <Guest|13665> hello
  • 00:05:16 <NamelessCoder> I suggest the bare bones for this - the scale makes it less of a good idea to use a heavily loaded base
  • 00:05:55 <NamelessCoder> so just install flux, fluidpages, fluidcontent and vhs - then create a provider extension and start making templates ;)
  • 00:07:02 <Guest|13665> I'm a little nervous to jump ship to another set of extensions that I "hope" will be supported long term. It seems most of them are made by one developer... see my concerns?
  • 00:07:43 <Guest|13665> I've made a long term practice of sticking to core extensions as much as possible.
  • 00:08:52 <Guest|13665> However, it appears that if I jump to fluid, there's not enough functionality in the core to really be efficient... am I right (I'm not experience with it yet).
  • 00:11:58 <Guest|13665> By the way, thanks for the tip on the those 4 extensions!
  • 00:16:35 <NamelessCoder> the good thing about these extensions is, if they happen to be discontinued at some point (which is unlikely) you can switch back to raw fluid
  • 00:16:57 <NamelessCoder> btw, I'm the main author / founder of these exts ;)
  • 00:17:36 <NamelessCoder> I think if you had no worries about using TemplaVoila, you should have none about using fluidtypo3 - in all likelyhood, fluidtypo3 is (a major part of) the succession from TemplaVoila
  • 00:18:10 <NamelessCoder> it's already used on hundreds if not thousands of sites, including major ones ;)
  • 00:18:17 <Guest|13665> Ahhhh, so glad to talk to you. I read pretty much every word on your website :)
  • 00:18:38 <NamelessCoder> :)
  • 00:21:06 <Guest|13665> One main concern i have is finding something similar to flexible content elements in Templavoia. Last time I tried using fluidpages probably 2 years ago, it required essentially programming an extension to get that functionality. Do some of your extensions make this easier now?
  • 00:21:38 <NamelessCoder> sure thing - fluidcontent can do that, but you can also add nested content in your own plugins
  • 00:21:49 <NamelessCoder> it's pretty much exactly like TV fces
  • 00:21:50 <Guest|13665> Or has the core ecosystem advanced to work better now as well?
  • 00:21:57 <Guest|13665> AWESOME!!!!
  • 00:21:58 <NamelessCoder> core still does not support nested content nodes
  • 00:22:13 <Guest|13665> That's sad.
  • 00:22:44 <NamelessCoder> a bit, yes. luckily it's not too hard to implement on top but yep, sucks that this invites different implementations
  • 00:23:47 <NamelessCoder> you may want to try it out on a 6.2 beta/dev right away - takes about 10 minutes to install
  • 00:23:50 <NamelessCoder> https://fedext.net/blog/62-installer-script.html
  • 00:24:10 <NamelessCoder> if you wish, you can also try out the css_styled_content replacement that way
  • 00:24:40 <NamelessCoder> we use so-called "provider extensions" to deliver templates - to generate one, you can do the following:
  • 00:25:11 <NamelessCoder> cd typo3conf/ext/ && curl -o myext.zip https://fedext.net/downloads/providerextension/myext && unzip myext.zip
  • 00:25:52 <NamelessCoder> replace "myext" with an extension key of your choosing
  • 00:27:54 <NamelessCoder> the install script plus that one-line command gets you to where you can install the provider extension - use extension manager to install "myext" or whatever you called it, then include the static typoscript template and clear all caches properly - then you should be able to select page template (TV-style, in page properties) and add new FCE-type content. One template of each type is included with a bit of comments on how to use it
  • 00:28:15 <NamelessCoder> and if you need help, check back in this channel ;)
  • 00:28:28 <Guest|13665> reading the blog right now (I have an appointment to go to soon so I may try to catch up for follow up questions later... sigh. I'm sooooooo thankful for a little input from someone and especially you)
  • 00:28:50 <NamelessCoder> anytime. When I'm not too busy, I'm happy to help :)
  • 00:29:45 <Guest|13665> I'm just making a 150 page site and decided it's one I don't want to port... so may make it my first fully fluid-based site.
  • 00:30:11 <Guest|13665> Once I'm done with that one, then I'd start porting the others.
  • 00:32:36 <NamelessCoder> sounds like a nice-size project
  • 00:33:04 <NamelessCoder> I have to go - but I'll be here tomorrow during the day if you need a bit of assistance
  • 00:33:06 <Guest|13665> It's pretty straight forward, but has a bit of content alright.
  • 00:33:56 <Guest|13665> I'm happy to compensate... I hate going down a road only to find out I did things the wrong way across a wide range of sites.
  • 00:34:14 <Guest|13665> I'm not loaded but will be happy to contribute some for your time. Catch you later.
  • 12:35:16 <floxx> i'm a bit unexperienced with…so i have a question: i'm versioning my typo3 installation with git, but cloned ft3 extensions from official repo. is it a problem to add, commit, push my installation? or do i accidentially push to ft3 repositories, too?
  • 12:35:57 <floxx> i meant "unexperienced with _git_" :)
  • 14:37:08 <randomresult> hi there
  • 14:37:12 <randomresult> someone here?
  • 14:38:00 <randomresult> what does this mean? Fatal error: Class 'Tx_Flux_Core' not found in /Users/Sites/TEST/typo3conf/ext/myEXT/ext_tables.php on line 7
  • 14:38:52 <randomresult> my ext is made with Builder - its a 6.2 Beta Typo3 with the latest Flux/Pages/Content Plugins from Dev-Branches
  • 14:38:55 <randomresult> any idea?
  • 14:39:39 <randomresult> hmmm... am i connected?