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Terms

CMS

CMS is the abbreviation for Content Management System, a software program for managing, operating, and displaying a website. It is a web-based (browser-based) system that does not require any software to be installed on the workstation.

Page

A page (menu item) is a single web page in TYPO3. It has a unique ID (pid) and any page title.

 

Content element

Content elements contain corresponding content and a unique ID (uid). Each content element is part of a page to be displayed in the frontend.

 

Content type

A content type describes a content element in TYPO3 and can be, among other things, text, an image, or a file.

TYPO3-Extension

A TYPO3 extension (or “add-on”) is a module with special functionality that can be integrated into the TYPO3 base system via defined interfaces. 

 

Plugin

A plugin is a content element used to integrate TYPO3 extensions (e.g., News, TUMvCard, TUMcourses, TUMmemberlist, curlContent, etc.).

 

Filelist

The Filelist allows you to centrally manage all files on your website (images, PDFs, etc.). New directories and subdirectories can be easily added. This ensures that your files are structured in a logical manner.

 

 

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