Posts by author Mathias Bolt Lesniak en https://news.typo3.com/article/author/mathias-bolt-lesniak/blog.author.xml Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:38:07 +0200 https://news.typo3.com/article/review-the-proposed-rules-for-typo3-units-and-the-unit-cooperation-panelhttps://news.typo3.com/article/review-the-proposed-rules-for-typo3-units-and-the-unit-cooperation-panel#commentsThu, 06 Aug 2026 13:47:12 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/review-the-proposed-rules-for-typo3-units-and-the-unit-cooperation-panelProposed Rules for TYPO3 Units and a TYPO3 Unit Cooperation Panel are now available for community review. Questions and feedback are welcome. Read the proposals, consult the accompanying FAQs, and submit questions and feedback by 6 September 2026. https://news.typo3.com/article/visual-editing-in-typo3-v14https://news.typo3.com/article/visual-editing-in-typo3-v14#commentsTue, 17 Mar 2026 16:52:11 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/visual-editing-in-typo3-v14Last weekend at Web Camp Venlo, developer Matthias Vogel demonstrated how the default Camino theme supports visual editing in TYPO3 v14. I believe this is a quantum leap for our CMS, both in terms of usability and for its appeal to potential clients. https://news.typo3.com/article/contribute-to-step-by-step-guides-a-new-way-to-learn-typo3-hands-onhttps://news.typo3.com/article/contribute-to-step-by-step-guides-a-new-way-to-learn-typo3-hands-on#commentsSun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/contribute-to-step-by-step-guides-a-new-way-to-learn-typo3-hands-onStep‑by‑Step Guides are hands-on tutorials focused on completing a single, practical task from start to finish. Here’s what they are, how they differ from traditional documentation, and why they can be a go-to resource when learning or contributing to TYPO3. https://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-supports-an-eu-sovereign-tech-fundhttps://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-supports-an-eu-sovereign-tech-fund#commentsSun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-supports-an-eu-sovereign-tech-fundAt the beginning of this month, the TYPO3 Association submitted a letter of support for an EU Sovereign Tech Fund. The letter was sent to the European Commission alongside letters from fellow open-source CMSs Drupal and Joomla, and the open source community at large. https://news.typo3.com/article/results-of-the-2025-typo3-association-electionshttps://news.typo3.com/article/results-of-the-2025-typo3-association-elections#commentsTue, 01 Apr 2025 14:21:00 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/results-of-the-2025-typo3-association-electionsMartin Helmich and Jana Höffner were elected to the Board together with two reelected veterans. Roberto Torresani and Philipp Stranghöner are joining the Business Control Committee (BCC). Congratulations! https://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-voting-started-and-restartedhttps://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-voting-started-and-restarted#commentsTue, 18 Mar 2025 08:12:04 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-voting-started-and-restartedThe voting for TYPO3 Association Board and Business Control Committee (BCC) has started. All members have received voting links by email. Due to an error in the candidate listing, the Board voting was restarted at 08:22 today, and all votes for the Board must be recast using a new voting link. https://news.typo3.com/article/public-profile-pages-now-available-on-mytypo3https://news.typo3.com/article/public-profile-pages-now-available-on-mytypo3#commentsMon, 03 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0100Mathias Bolt LesniakPanagiotis Semitekoloshttps://news.typo3.com/article/public-profile-pages-now-available-on-mytypo3You can now benefit from improved organic visibility with a personal profile page, optionally showcasing your bio, contact information, and achievements — everything protected by fine-grained privacy settings. https://news.typo3.com/article/visitors-from-the-symfony-world-contribute-to-typo3-documentation-search-frontendhttps://news.typo3.com/article/visitors-from-the-symfony-world-contribute-to-typo3-documentation-search-frontend#commentsThu, 16 Jan 2025 17:17:50 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/visitors-from-the-symfony-world-contribute-to-typo3-documentation-search-frontendWhen the much-improved functionality at docs.typo3.org was implemented, it still missed a nice-looking frontend. That work was completed by two French companies from the Symfony world. Here’s their story. https://news.typo3.com/article/memories-from-fosdem-2024-an-interview-with-oliver-bartschhttps://news.typo3.com/article/memories-from-fosdem-2024-an-interview-with-oliver-bartsch#commentsSun, 05 Jan 2025 10:51:45 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/memories-from-fosdem-2024-an-interview-with-oliver-bartschAt the beginning of February 2025, TYPO3 Core developer Oliver Bartsch will return to FOSDEM, an enormous open-source event in Brussels. I had the opportunity to talk with him about his previous visit, in February 2024. https://news.typo3.com/article/how-to-fund-the-four-freedoms-report-from-wordcamp-europe-2024https://news.typo3.com/article/how-to-fund-the-four-freedoms-report-from-wordcamp-europe-2024#commentsSun, 08 Sep 2024 14:05:00 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/how-to-fund-the-four-freedoms-report-from-wordcamp-europe-2024My first visit to a WordPress event was a great chance to learn more about the community and what’s on its members’ minds. I also got my money’s worth when it came to answering the question I had carried with me from Drupaljam. https://news.typo3.com/article/has-open-source-won-if-we-sacrifice-a-freedom-a-report-from-drupaljam-utrechthttps://news.typo3.com/article/has-open-source-won-if-we-sacrifice-a-freedom-a-report-from-drupaljam-utrecht#commentsFri, 23 Aug 2024 10:47:46 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/has-open-source-won-if-we-sacrifice-a-freedom-a-report-from-drupaljam-utrechtThe Open Website Alliance and its initiative to strengthen collaboration between free and open source content management systems has generated much excitement. This was especially evident in The Netherlands, where the topic of Drupaljam, the Dutch Drupal event, was “open up.” https://news.typo3.com/article/build-your-own-starship-enterprise-reflections-on-drupalcon-portland-2024https://news.typo3.com/article/build-your-own-starship-enterprise-reflections-on-drupalcon-portland-2024#commentsMon, 22 Jul 2024 21:07:57 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/build-your-own-starship-enterprise-reflections-on-drupalcon-portland-2024Open source content management in 2024: so similar, so different. Visiting another open source CMS community can be a wonderful exercise in perspective. https://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-foss-northhttps://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-foss-north#commentsSun, 26 May 2024 14:16:03 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-foss-northOn my way to the TYPO3 General Assembly, I attended foss-north, a two-day free and open source (FOSS) conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is organized in collaboration with the Free Software Foundation Europe, and provides an opportunity for Nordic FOSS communities to talk about hardware and software from a technical perspective. https://news.typo3.com/article/where-to-building-the-road-to-eu-policy-compliancehttps://news.typo3.com/article/where-to-building-the-road-to-eu-policy-compliance#commentsSun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/where-to-building-the-road-to-eu-policy-compliance5 February 2024, I attended a workshop in Brussels, Belgium, with representatives from many large open-source projects. With one person from each project, it was still a large circle of more than 30 people. How can this help TYPO3 and how can we contribute to the combined effort? https://news.typo3.com/article/t3con-recap-ai-trinityhttps://news.typo3.com/article/t3con-recap-ai-trinity#commentsThu, 18 Apr 2024 14:41:00 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/t3con-recap-ai-trinityAI will change content management forever. In part nine of our T3CON recap series, we bring you back to a threefold demonstration of AI-powered CMS features far beyond text and image generation. https://news.typo3.com/article/report-from-the-eu-open-source-policy-summithttps://news.typo3.com/article/report-from-the-eu-open-source-policy-summit#commentsSun, 14 Apr 2024 18:30:26 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/report-from-the-eu-open-source-policy-summit2023 showed us that it is important for TYPO3 to keep policy makers better informed. This event in Brussels, Belgium, was a source of new knowledge and a confirmation that our voice is needed. https://news.typo3.com/article/t3con-recap-ai-best-practicehttps://news.typo3.com/article/t3con-recap-ai-best-practice#commentsThu, 04 Apr 2024 09:39:00 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/t3con-recap-ai-best-practicePart eight of our recap series of 2023's T3CON sessions. Misconceptions, uncomfortable facts, and best practices. Thought leader, hosting expert, and AI engineer discuss potentials and challenges of AI. https://news.typo3.com/article/consolidating-decisionstypo3org-into-talktypo3orghttps://news.typo3.com/article/consolidating-decisionstypo3org-into-talktypo3org#commentsSun, 31 Mar 2024 12:38:37 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/consolidating-decisionstypo3org-into-talktypo3orgFewer discussion platforms means an easier onboarding process for new TYPO3 contributors. One of the lesser-known platforms is decisions.typo3.org. All TYPO3 Core-related discussions will move to talk.typo3.org on 11 April 2024. https://news.typo3.com/article/infrastructure-as-codehttps://news.typo3.com/article/infrastructure-as-code#commentsThu, 07 Mar 2024 09:39:00 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/infrastructure-as-codePart six of our recap series of 2023's T3CON sessions. Automation can improve how web applications get deployed. Reproducible deployments reduce errors and increase efficiency. https://news.typo3.com/article/schedule-published-designing-futures-of-foss-content-management-at-fosdemhttps://news.typo3.com/article/schedule-published-designing-futures-of-foss-content-management-at-fosdem#commentsMon, 08 Jan 2024 13:43:59 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/schedule-published-designing-futures-of-foss-content-management-at-fosdemDrupal, Joomla, TYPO3, and WordPress are organizing a one-day track at FOSDEM, in Brussels, 4 February 2024. Attend this free event to discuss, learn, and work on issues that affect FOSS CMS projects, from policy to development, security, and beyond. https://news.typo3.com/article/proudly-not-invented-here-or-being-typo3-at-drupalcon-lillehttps://news.typo3.com/article/proudly-not-invented-here-or-being-typo3-at-drupalcon-lille#commentsSun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/proudly-not-invented-here-or-being-typo3-at-drupalcon-lilleIn October 2023, TYPO3 attended a Drupal conference in Lille, France. This was an opportunity to strengthen our collaboration and learn more about a fellow open-source CMS — and maybe ourselves. https://news.typo3.com/article/update-on-the-eus-cyber-resilience-acthttps://news.typo3.com/article/update-on-the-eus-cyber-resilience-act#commentsSun, 24 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/update-on-the-eus-cyber-resilience-actThe EU legislators have been reconciling several different draft versions of the regulation, incorporating stakeholder recommendations into a final draft to be voted over by the European Parliament. https://news.typo3.com/article/call-for-proposals-designing-futures-of-foss-content-management-at-fosdemhttps://news.typo3.com/article/call-for-proposals-designing-futures-of-foss-content-management-at-fosdem#commentsWed, 15 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/call-for-proposals-designing-futures-of-foss-content-management-at-fosdemDrupal, Joomla, TYPO3, and WordPress are thrilled to announce the call for proposals for our first combined Dev Room track at FOSDEM 2024. Discuss, learn, and work on issues that affect FOSS CMS projects, from policy to development, security, and beyond. https://news.typo3.com/article/hosting-an-event-use-the-content-request-formhttps://news.typo3.com/article/hosting-an-event-use-the-content-request-form#commentsSun, 12 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0100Mathias Bolt LesniakLuisa Sofie Faßbenderhttps://news.typo3.com/article/hosting-an-event-use-the-content-request-formAs of today, the way to submit events to typo3.org is to use the Content Request Form. This process means that events will benefit from the same editorial workflow as other content and ensures every event receives the best possible promotion by TYPO3. https://news.typo3.com/article/report-from-a-week-of-typo3-in-papua-new-guineahttps://news.typo3.com/article/report-from-a-week-of-typo3-in-papua-new-guinea#commentsThu, 09 Nov 2023 04:20:34 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/report-from-a-week-of-typo3-in-papua-new-guineaFrom high-level strategy and practical technology demos for the government and private sector to meetings with diplomats. Read what happened when TYPO3 sent a delegation to Papua New Guinea for a week-long schedule of presentations and meetings. https://news.typo3.com/article/innovation-excellence-and-community-spirit-at-the-typo3-awardshttps://news.typo3.com/article/innovation-excellence-and-community-spirit-at-the-typo3-awards#commentsFri, 03 Nov 2023 09:39:38 +0100Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/innovation-excellence-and-community-spirit-at-the-typo3-awardsDiscover the best of TYPO3 excellence at T3CON23! A grand celebration of innovation, community spirit, and heartwarming moments https://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-drupalcon-pittsburghhttps://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-drupalcon-pittsburgh#commentsTue, 19 Sep 2023 01:15:37 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-drupalcon-pittsburghThe four-day event was the largest Drupal event in the USA in 2023. It included talks, workshops, all-day seminars, and ample time for contribution. Conferences like these are a great way to learn about other open source projects, how they organize their events and communities, solve their problems, and celebrate their successes. https://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-joins-the-open-policy-alliancehttps://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-joins-the-open-policy-alliance#commentsThu, 14 Sep 2023 09:46:57 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/typo3-association-joins-the-open-policy-allianceOpen source software development is a global, borderless activity. But public policies are developed locally. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has launched the Open Policy Alliance to educate and inform US Public Policy decisions. TYPO3 has joined the program to show support for this effort. https://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-drupalsouthhttps://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-drupalsouth#commentsThu, 31 Aug 2023 06:08:11 +0200Mathias Bolt Lesniakhttps://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-drupalsouthThis year’s regional Drupal conference took place in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. TYPO3 visited to talk about open source collaboration and for an opportunity to inspire and be inspired by what happens in a nearby bubble. https://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-the-transform-africa-summit-2023https://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-the-transform-africa-summit-2023#commentsSun, 06 Aug 2023 11:47:45 +0200Mathias Bolt LesniakDaniel Homorodeanhttps://news.typo3.com/article/being-typo3-at-the-transform-africa-summit-2023Transform Africa Summit (TAS) is the continent's flagship conference on strategic digital transformation. The event took place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in April 2023. TYPO3 was also there, along with heads of state, government ministers, directors of national agencies and many more relevant stakeholders.