What is Typo3? Easily explained
If you want to create and manage your own website, you quickly come across the term Typo3. What exactly that is is not immediately apparent to many. Typo3 is a so-called content management system, or CMS for short. Read what you can do with it in this tip.
Typo3 - what is it?
- Typo3 is a content management system (CMS). This allows you to manage and design your own website according to your wishes.
- Typo3 offers you a graphical user interface that even laypeople can use quickly. You can thus manage your homepage without having any programming knowledge.
- In addition to Joomla, Drupal and WordPress, Typo3 is one of the most popular free content management systems. Typo3 itself estimates around 500, 000 users.
- In another practical tip, we compared 5 free CMS for you, including Typo3 and WordPress.
How does Typo3 work?
- The content management system from Typo3 offers a lot of functions compared to the free and paid competition. The CMS can be expanded as required with around 5, 000 additional tools.
- With Typo3 you can also lay out entire pages, create texts, insert images and then upload the finished website. If you want to completely rebuild a website, this will take a few hours. The later administration and continuation of the website is also possible without much specialist knowledge.
- Typo3 is first installed on a web server. You can find out exactly how to do this in another Typo3 practical tip. You can then log into the Typo3 system via a specific area on your own website. You don't need any special software.