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What is a Wireframe?

A wireframe provides a flexible modeling tool for determining functional requirements and the layout of a web site before before any artwork is developed.

Wireframes also act as a communication tool between clients, creators, managers and developers to determine the content and structure of a project before time and money is spent on final design and development.

www.deyalexander.com/resources/uxd/wireframes.html
www.sitepoint.com/article/wire-frame-your-site/

Category: Zen Wireframe

What is Zen Wireframe?

Zen Wireframe is a turnkey sample TYPO3 web site and project starter using the wireframe model for maximum simplicity.

New adopters can harness the power of popular pre-configured TYPO3 extension without the steep learning curve. Seasoned users will save time using pages containing pre-configured extensions.

Designers can use the wireframe templates to quickly adapt their own graphics to create custom designs. Alternatively, designers can use their own CSS/HTML templates apply the provided TypoScript/Markers, container templates and extension templates for their new projects.

Category: Zen Wireframe

Can I use my own HTML/CSS design?

Yes, you can use Zen Wireframe's Typoscript extension templates, extension HTML/CSS templates and Typoscript HTML Markers for your own HTML/XHTML templates. Demo pages are well documented with quick reference links to Typoscript extension templates, HTML and CSS.

Use the Typoscript Markers below for your own HTML/XHTML templates found in core templates 1column.html, 2column-style1.html, 2column-style2.html, 2column-style3.html and 3column.html

<!-- ###DOCUMENT_BODY### START-->

<!-- ###TOPNAV### START -->
<!-- ###TOPNAV### END -->

<!-- ###MASTHEAD### START -->
<!-- ###MASTHEAD### END-->

<!-- ###SEARCH_FORM### START -->
<!-- ###SEARCH_FORM### END-->

<!-- ###ADVSEARCH-LINK### START -->
<!-- ###ADVSEARCH-LINK### END-->

<!-- ###MEMBER-LINKS### START -->
<!-- ###MEMBER-LINKS### END-->

<!-- ###BREADCRUMB### START -->
<!-- ###BREADCRUMB### END-->

<!-- ###PRINT### START -->
<!-- ###PRINT### END-->

<!-- ###TIPAFRIEND### START -->
<!-- ###TIPAFRIEND### END-->

<!--TYPO3SEARCH_begin-->
<!-- ###CONTENT### START-->
<!-- ###CONTENT### END-->
<!--TYPO3SEARCH_end-->

<!-- ###CONTENT_RIGHT### START-->
<!-- ###CONTENT_RIGHT### END-->

<!-- ###VERTNAV_TITLE### START-->
<!-- ###VERTNAV_TITLE### END-->

<!--###VERTNAV### START-->
<!--###VERTNAV### END-->

<!-- ###CONTENT_LEFT### START-->
<!-- ###CONTENT_LEFT### END-->

<!--###CONTENT_BORDER### START-->
<!--###CONTENT_BORDER### END-->

<!--###COPYRIGHT-LINKS### START-->
<!--###COPYRIGHT-LINKS### END-->

<!-- ###DOCUMENT_BODY### END-->

Category: Zen Wireframe

Is Zen Wireframe TYPO3 version dependent?

Zen Wireframe Core templates are not dependent on TYPO3 version however, the extensions you download through the TYPO3 Extension Repository (TER) may be. Zen Wireframe is a collection of Externsion HTML and CSS templates with preconfigured TypoScript and settings. Many of the original Extension templates have been modified and relocated in /fileadmin/templates/zwire/ext.

Please refer to the document titled zwire-extensions.txt to see what extensions were tested for the Zen Wireframe version. Should an upgraded TYPO3 extension version no longer function properly or adversely effect another extension(s), you may need to downgrade to the version tested in the zwire-extensions.txt document. You can also research a solution or find an alternative extension.

It is recommended to keep a development version of Zen Wireframe to test new Typoscript templates and HTML/CSS before applying them to live projects. It is also highly recommended to have a current development version of your live project available for testing like test.myproject.com, dev.myproject.com, etc.. Always do a database backup of the live project site before upgrading extensions or TYPO3!

There is no guarantee TYPO3 extensions in TER will be forward compatible with newer versions of TYPO3 or stable in the future. Please contact the extension author(s) if you experience bug specific issues with an extension. To report bugs specific to TYPO3, please visit bugs.typo3.org and help report them.

Category: Zen Wireframe

How do we upgrade Zen Wireframe?

You can manually copy over updated Typoscript Templates and HTML/CSS files from newer versions of Zen Wireframe into older ones.

Occasionally newer versions of TYPO3 extensions used in Zen Wireframe change Template and or TypoScript requirements which may create problems in template output.

In cases where a TYPO3 extension like Powermail has had template requirement changes, simply copy the template and files from the new version to the Zen Wireframe extension template folder for the extension.

Example:

Powermail extension template location.
typo3conf/ext/powermail/templates/

Copy these files over to...

Zen Wireframe Powermail extension template location.
fileadmin/templates/zwire/ext/powermail/

As of Zen Wireframe Typoscript templates and HTML/CSS file locations have been documented for most TYPO3 extensions within the demo site on each page. Please visit zbiz.mediatech.net for the latest Typoscript templates and HTML/CSS updates.

It is recommended to keep a development version of Zen Wireframe Core and Zen Wireframe Business to test new Typoscript templates and HTML/CSS before applying them to live projects.

It is also highly recommended to have a current development version of your live project available for testing like test.myproject.com, dev.myproject.com, etc.. Always do a database backup of the live project site before upgrading extensions or TYPO3!

Category: Zen Wireframe

Why can I see the Backend pages but no Frontend pages after importing the .t3d file?

TYPO3 extensions listed in zwire-extensions.txt must be installed before importing the .t3d file. Failure to do so will result in no data records for those extensions being imported and HTML/CSS templates will not be configured properly.

If this occurs, you will either need to do a fresh install and start over, or pick up where you left off before you imported the .t3d file using a database backup. It is recommended that you do a database backup once you believe all extensions have been installed properly in case you forget something. A database backup also serves as a way to quickly implement future projects using Zen Wireframe.


Another reason for blank pages may be that you need to increase the memory limit in your server's php.ini file. The minimum requirement of PHP memory for TYPO3 is 16MB. The recommended memory limit is 25MB or more.

wiki.typo3.org/index.php/System_requirements

Category: Zen Wireframe

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What is TYPO3?

TYPO3 is a Web Content Management Framework licensed under the GPL used to develop and maintain web sites and applications. TYPO3 is used by enterprise-level organizations such as Harvard, Philips and Volkswagon to name a few.

TYPO3 enables non technical users to manage their own content using a word processor like editor.

TYPO3 enables developers to the rapidly deploy large scalable Intranet, extranet and search engine optimized (SEO) web sites at greatly reduced times and costs.

Category: TYPO3

Who owns TYPO3?

TYPO3 is licensed under the GPL license. The intellectual ownership of the code belongs to the developers who wrote it. Anyone is allowed to use and modify TYPO3 as long as they comply with the terms of the GPL license.

www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Category: TYPO3

Who develops TYPO3?

TYPO3 is the original creation of Kasper Skarhoj who started TYPO3 in 1998. Many companies and individuals are responsible for the development and contributions of TYPO3. The non-profit and non-commercial TYPO3 Association organizes and supports official core development.

Category: TYPO3