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backend
Acronym of:TYPO3 Backend - Administrator's and Editor's User Interface

The TYPO3 Backend is the main user interface of TYPO3. Editors use it to manage pages and contents, Administrators use  it to create and implement typoscript and html templates.

extension
Acronym of:extends TYPO3 with functionality, often programmed by third parties, always licensed under GPL (Open Source)

TYPO3 Extensions are easily installed using the Extension Manager in the TYPO3-Backend

FE-users
Acronym of:frontend-users are visitors of your site that registered with a valid email address.

Visitors usually fill out a form, submitting a username a password and an email address. They then get an email containing a confirmation with an activation link. After activating the user account and logging in successfully, the visitor becomes a TYPO3 FE-user.

frontend
Acronym of:TYPO3-frontend - "Visitors view"

The TYPO3-frontend is the output of TYPO3 which is usually seen by the visitors of your site.

TYPO3
Acronym of:TYPO3 - an open source enterprise content management system (CMS)

TYPO3 is a content management system licensed under GPL with many, many features. It was "invented" in 1999 by Kasper Skarhoej in Denmark.

  • TYPO3 Homepage
  • TYPO3 Developer Community
  • TYPO3 WIKI
  • TYPO3 Education & Schools
  • TYPO3 e-Government

 

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