Typo3/Backend

What is the backend?

• The backend is the Typo3 part in which it is possible to manage all the parts of the website.
• To enter in the backend of the website, just log in in Typo3

Backend home page

Backend structure

• The backend structure is composed by 5 main parts:

1. Top Bar: This gives access to the user settings, logout, search etc.
2. Module Menu: Here it is possible to see all the functions and modules that will be needed to design and set the Website
3. Page tree: Here it is possible to organize the structure and the pages of the website and to select the one that needs to be configured
4. Content area: In this section it is possible to configure and modify the contents of the pages
5. Docheader: The docheader contains contextual icons including close, save and preview. It also features other information and a drop-down menu with further actions which will appear depending on what actions you are performing.

Backend structure

Page tree

• The page tree represents the hierarchical structure of your site and its pages.
• In most cases this corresponds exactly to the navigation structure of your web site.
• The page tree can be expanded by clicking the arrow to the left of each page.

Page tree structure

View page in frontend

• To view the page in the frontend, click on the View webpage icon in the Docheader

Click this button to see the frontend

Create new pages wit drag and drop

1. Clicking on the “Create new pages” icon (top left of the page tree)
2. Drag and drop a “Standard” page to its desired location in the page tree

How to create a new page

• Remember that the Page tree reflects the structure of the website, so pay attention to where you put the new page.
• If you put the page on an existing one, a sub-page will be created

Content area

• The Content area of a page is the area in which you can insert contents for the pages:

This is the area in which you can insert and organize the different contents

• For more information about contents, visit the page Contents elements

The top Bar

Top Bar

1. To the left is the icon for minimizing the Module Menu.
2. This icon is for collapsing the page tree.
3. Moving on to the next icon, we have the TYPO3 CMS logo (which may have been modified by an extension). Then comes the name of your site.
4. The star icon will open a list of Bookmarks. Every time you see this icon in the TYPO3 backend, you can click on it and the current view will get saved to this list of bookmarks.
5. The lightning bolt icon opens the Clear Cache menu to flush the various caches that are used by TYPO3 CMS to improve performance.
6. The question mark icon opens the Help menu, which gives you access to helper modules and additional support documentation.
7. The next icon opens up a panel showing various information about the environment.
8. Your user name is displayed next. It opens a menu giving access to the “User Settings” module, where you can change your password and configure other backend preferences. You can also “Logout” of the CMS from this menu option.
9. At the far right, is general “Search” field, which will search through records (pages, content elements, users, etc.) that exist within your installation of TYPO3.