The typo3.org Relaunch Project
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The document outlines the history and development of typo3.org, including the challenges faced during its evolution since its launch in 2000. It highlights community involvement in the redesign and ongoing maintenance, with emphasis on technical improvements and upcoming challenges such as migrating to newer versions and enhancing the contribution process. The goals include better infrastructure, bug fixing, and increasing community engagement through various means.
The typo3.org Relaunch Project
- 2. Welcome · Joern · Project leader and project manager at AOE media · Ben · Co-leader and community manager TYPO3 · Tolleiv · Technical leader and senior developer at AOE media
- 3. Before the Launch A lot of people worked a long time
- 4. The old typo3.org · Launched in 2000 · Split 2002 into · typo3.org · typo3.com · news.typo3.org · Smaller improvements…
- 6. Pains · No clear code-base · Missing QA process · Old maintainers not available · Many hidden ''gems'' in the system · Background tasks too load intensive
- 7. Ignition · First start in 2007 · typo3.reorg · Stopped in 2008 · Company attempt · Stopped in 2009 · Restart from scratch in 2010 >T3O
- 9. A community approach · Company sponsored phases 2010/11 · Design phase · Markup phase · TYPO3 setup and FCEs · T3O Week in Essen · April 2011
- 10. T3O Week in Essen 04/12 · modelled after the T3UXW09 · 26 people · 8 days · 4 teams organised via Kanban · 217 features BL · 80% done
- 13. The Public Preview · 833 tickets in Forge (655 done) · 42 people from the community · 2 code sprints · September 2011 - 16 guys · April 2012 - 10 guys
- 15. 2nd of April 2012 Launch at
- 17. Per Month · 1.3m page views · 200k returning visitors · 154 countries · 750GB traffic
- 18. Entry pages
- 21. Professional Service Listing · Network of qualified Agencies · Qualification Levels · Active contributer · Certified developers · Proof of development knowledge · Sponsorship
- 23. The Current Status · 260 tickets in Forge · 315 ideas via Uservoice · QA process · Some maintainers not available
- 25. Basics · TYPO3 CMS 4.5 · 76 installed extensions · >80% extensions from TER · ajaxlogin, be_groups, cachecleaner, cacheinfo, cc_langguess, cc_softlink, cc_textcat, comments, crawler, css_filelinks, cz_simple_cal, dam, dam_catedit, dam_filelinks, dam_index, dam_ttcontent, dam_ttnews, dam_tv_connector, dependency,true docondemand, donation, ed_damcatsort, ed_extbase, ed_gallery, ed_transliteration, ed_tv, extbase_dam, fed, geshilib, js_css_optimizer, kb_tv_cont_slide, linkhandler, links, lowlevel_scheduler_task, naw_single_signon, ods_facebook, pagebrowse, pagebrowse_tt_news, pastecode, pdf_generator2, pmkshadowbox, powermail, purge, randfeuserlist, randombanners, realurl, skip, solr, solr_redmine, static_info_tables, t3o_ajaxlogin, t3o_cla, t3o_userimage, t3org_base, t3org_comments, t3org_configuration, t3org_feedparser, t3org_flickrfeed, t3org_template, tabs4templavoila, templavoila, ter, ter_doc, ter_doc_docbook, ter_doc_html, ter_doc_solrindexer, ter_doc_sxw, ter_fe2, ter_fe, ter_xsl, tika, tt_address, tt_news, ttnews_irre, twittersearch, typo3_agencies, vimeo_connector · ~6.000 lines of custom TypoScript
- 28. Varnish · Cache everything · including Ajax responses · send proper cache-control headers · use smart purges · EXT:cacheinfo / EXT:purge
- 29. Background Jobs · Use the TYPO3 scheduler · Introduce queue processing · Frequency relates to the server load · ~20 background jobs running
- 30. Search · Systems included in the indexing process: · TYPO3 · TER · Redmine (a.k.a Forge) · Documentation · Forum (disabled) · forge.typo3.org/projects/show/extension-solr
- 31. TER · Existing TER migrated BUT: · Rewritten TER frontent · Asynchron manual rendering · 10GB files + · 10GB extension manuals
- 33. Upcoming Challenges · Bugfixing · Migrate towards a Git deployment workflow · Migrate documentation to dedicated server · Upgrade to TYPO3 CMS 6.0 · Migrate TER towards composer support · More automated testing · Enable Workspaces
- 34. Get the community involved Contribution
- 35. Maintenance Concept (FOR) · Most of the work will still be done by volunteers · If a volunteer needs to step back - the agency will take over · Agencies will backup the voluntary work · Each FOR has an contact person published at the FOR page at typo3.org · http://typo3.org/projects/typo3-org/themaintenanceconcept/
- 36. The FORs · Login and Registration · Extension Repository TER · Professional Services Listing · News, Events, Articles, Security Bulletins · Documentation · Server, Deployment · Search · Video Integration · Markup · Donation
- 37. Goals · Sub-pages (e.g. topic and team pages) · Migrate other pages such as · association.typo3.org · shop.typo3.org · buzz.typo3.org · forum.typo3.org
- 38. Participation · What to do when someone wants to help out? · What skillset is needed? · What are possible takeaways for newcomers? · When could you support the team?
- 39. Try this at home! · Install Vagrant (http://vagrantup.com/): # gem install vagrant · Import or Vagrant setup: # git clone http://bit.ly/t3o-box # cd Typo3Org # vagrant up · Download 800MB · Start improving · Send patches to the bugtracker!