First steps
Don’t worry – this website tool is only half as incomprehensible as it seems. We’ll take you by the hand and explain to you, step by step, how you can access the tool.
Two user interfaces
In accordance with a website being divided into viewing and editing, TYPO3 offers two user interfaces, and these are described as frontend and backend.
Web editors understand frontend as being the view of the website that all visitors see in the Internet when they enter the Internet address into the browser.
The editing of your AHK website is only available to you as the website owner and is carried out via a so-called backend, that is, a user interface, which enables you to edit contents and make them accessible to internet visitors. It’s here that all the work that results in the view in the frontend is done.
You can only access the backend user interface by logging in to the system.
You can access the backend of TYPO3 by adding '/typo3' into the address bar of the browser at your domain (e.g.: www.ungarn.ahk.de/typo3).
The backend consists of three main areas that you can see on your screen.
You can find the menu in the column on the left hand side, where you can carry out different actions in the modules, and in the backend choose the view you would like. You usually work here in the [WEB] module with [page].
The page tree is in the middle column; it displays the structure of your website. Here, by clicking, you can choose the pages that you want to edit or where you want to insert new page contents.
The large column on the right hand side represents your desktop. You can carry out the majority of your work here.
Note:
When you log in make sure that your browser accepts the cookies and pop-ups on this page. Otherwise, it’s not possible to log in to the backend.
Logging in to the backend and first basic functions
Personalised accounts
For security reasons only personalised accounts that include at least the first and last names are allocated for the website tool. On the one hand, this is to protect the website and, on the other hand, to make it possible to trace activities of editors, also in the possible event of debugging.
Restricted access
It’s possible to set up users with restricted access to the backend. When authorising an access, please state, which areas the user should have access to in this case.
Access data & password
You can obtain your access data by email from Julia Fellinger. When requesting access data please without fail give your first name, last name and email address.
For security reasons, please change your password when you have received your access data.
Personal settings
You can customise different settings in the user settings (access, see screen shot), including:
- Language
- Password
Desktop
The view of the desktop depends on what actions you carry out. You have the following views:
Note:
You will quickly find your way around in the different views due to the consistent symbols and descriptions.
Expanded view
You can find additional symbols for editing under 'Expanded view'.
When you are working in backend for the first time, to ensure that the desktop is clearly arranged you should not activate this view.
Mode of operation
You usually use the left mouse button to work with TYPO3, and click once with this on the place to be edited, e.g. fields, pages, symbols or similar. Clicking on a symbol often has a different function from clicking on the corresponding text.
Clicking on a symbol after a page in the expanded view of the desktop leads directly to functions. In the meantime, clicking on a data set symbol that is always before a page opens a context menu with various options. However, clicking on a page name usually opens a summary of the data sets of the page in the desktop.
The meaning of symbols
The actions that you can carry out in TYPO3 are represented by symbols that are usually always the same. In the context menus the respective explanations of the functions are next to the symbols. Otherwise, the description of a symbol is always shown, when you put the mouse over it.
Storage
TYPO3 offers various options for saving your entries, these being in each case at the beginning and end of forms. In doing so, you can decide, whether you
- just save,
- save and view the website or
- want to close the document,
- or whether you would like to close the document without saving the entry.
If you select the symbol [Save Document and Show Website], you will see, depending on the setting of your browser, the current view of your website in a new tab or a new window.
If you move the page contents or pages, this alteration is automatically taken on by the system without you specifically having to save it.
Context menu
A context menu normally opens as a pop-up window immediately upon a mouse click and offers various options for editing the page or page content. It can offer different functions according to the context where this menu is selected.