Author: Mathias Bolt Lesniak
Mathias lives in Norway with his kiwi wife and two kids. He is an official TYPO3 project ambassador and active promoter of open source ideas and ideals around the world.
Changing the Playing Field — Visual Editing in TYPO3 v14
Last 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.
Read moreContribute to Step‑by‑Step Guides — a New Way to Learn TYPO3 Hands‑On
Step‑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.
TYPO3 Association Supports an EU Sovereign Tech Fund
At 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.
Results of the 2025 TYPO3 Association Elections
Martin 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!
TYPO3 Association Voting Started — and Restarted
The 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.
Public Profile Pages Now Available on my.typo3.org
You 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.
Visitors From the Symfony World Contribute To TYPO3 Documentation Search Frontend
When 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.
Memories From FOSDEM 2024 — an Interview With Oliver Bartsch
At 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.
How to Fund the Four Freedoms? — Report from WordCamp Europe 2024
My 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.
Has Open Source Won if We Sacrifice a Freedom? A Report from Drupaljam Utrecht
The 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.”