Steps to configure your TYPO3 extension automatically

Simplicity is key! I think nobody would oppose to this little sentence but in the TYPO3 ecosystem, many things are not very simple – at least not for new users. Even the most popular extensions need a deep knowledge of how to configure them before they can be used. And good documentation is most of time a rare thing!

So why not build an extension that works out of the box and configures itself as far as possible to give users an instant feeling of success? The constants.txt or setup.txt TypoScript files of the extensions can contain almost all default settings. But things get difficult if the required configuration depends on dynamic things like page IDs. Then, all hope of simplicity is lost and users have to add the necessary settings themselves again.

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How to execute scripts after installing TYPO3 extensions

Extensions are a great way to add features to the TYPO3 CMS and there are extension for virtually everything! Simply download them from the TYPO3 extension repository and install them via the Extension Manager in the TYPO3 back-end. So far so good …

Often, the remaining tasks of configuring the extension, adding new pages with the plug-ins from the extension or importing required data into the database becomes much more cumbersome. Why can’t life be not as easy as in other CMS? Just click and everything works?

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