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Zap The Gremlins!
The members of the TYPO3 core team met in Denmark last week for the first Research & Development workshop, organized by the TYPO3 Association. The goal was to lift the fog for a clearer view on the future of TYPO3. During the workshop we developed a...
Read moreXHTML valid mailform
Yesterday his tt_news extension managed to become the most popular extension and today he made some fixes to get the mailform to obey the rules of XHTML. You can't stop this guy ;-)
The inside story - weeks 20+21
Zap the Gremlins? Semi-Automatic Conversation?This sounds like great fun! As far as I have heard the people had some fun in the "Research and Development Workshop" - but most of all they brought back very fruitful visions and missions! Wondering what...
TYPO3 3.8.0 released
Finally the newest version of TYPO3 is available, it's available for download here. Simultaneously we have done a maintainence release for the 3.7 branch, namely 3.7.1.For further information about the changes and improvements in 3.8.0 please also...
The mysteries of &cHash
The &cHash parameter of frontend plugins might have puzzled quite a few developers. That's why Kasper wrote an interesting article which explains how the &cHash mechanism works and what to avoid in order to make great, reliable plugins with TYPO3. A...
Become a TYPO3 Association member and support TYPO3!
Find out why you should become a member The application can be made here. We hope to welcome you as TYPO3 Association members soon!
T3BRAND workshop report
On 5./6. of April we held a workshop in Munich with specialists from Interbrand, Zintzmeyer & Lux, Digital Business and marketing-minded members of the community. The Workshop aimed at working on a roadmap for a branding strategy of TYPO3. A short...
TYPO3 Security Bulletin
Unless the default encryption key settings have been changed by the administrator, the TYPO3 mailform can be compromised to send mail to a wrong receipient. Thus, spam mails may be sent from a remote site.
TYPO3 Security Bulletin
An issue has been reported where a bug in the "cmw_linklist" extension allows SQL injection attacks. In specific situations, a remote offender can cause malicious database operations.
Using Cache-Control Headers in TYPO3
Large websites with a lot of visitors are often fighting performance problems. Since buying faster hardware isn't the best solution, TYPO3's page caching is very helpful in those cases. But this still needs server resources, so why not let the...
How to use existing hooks in your own extension
One way for extensions to take over control of certain parts of TYPO3's core is using hooks. This article gives an example of how to register your own userfunction at an existing hook and shows the best practice for using hooks in general.
Using links in frontend plugins
When it comes to links in frontend plugins, some pitfalls arise which circumvent other vital mechanisms like the “L” flag for multilingual websites and thus creates conflicts while using your extension within the TYPO3 framework. This article...