Hello, I'm just thinking of getting started with TYPOlight -- and just have a few basic 'start-up' questions that would really help me get going... or know if this will work for me.
Templates/Workflow – My typical process when building websites in the past has been to create the html/CSS in Dreamweaver using images exported from Photoshop. I have a basic template that all pages are attached to, with a few variations throughout the site (variations as in: the homepage is visually slightly different; the member's area follows a different template; etc.)
Incorporating the CMS element - Can I structure the site the same initially? Is TYPOlight flexible in how to set up the general template/layout? I noticed in the Demo the ability to choose how many columns, the width of the columns, etc. I'd prefer doing that all in Dreamweaver and not having to set it up in TL -- is that possible?
The only resource I have found regarding this consisted of downloading an existing Typolight template and editing it... (http://dev.typolight.org/wiki/typolight ... mTemplates). I'm not wild about that idea, as things tend to get kind of messy fast, and I'd prefer starting from scratch and actually learning it. Is there a list somewhere of things that need to be 'mentioned' in the source code to tie things together?
I've used CMS tools like Interactive Tools CMS Builder, and tried Expression Engine once... every CMS is such a learning process :P
Setting up initial database/install of TYPOlight - Most of the sites i work on already exist and have to stay up while I'm working on the new site ... I'm wondering how difficult it is to set up everything in a test location only to move it later, or what the best approach for this would be. Can everything be set up in it's own directory hosted on the current site's url?
Thanks for any input/response! Looking forward to moving forward and learning this...
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