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TYPO3

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:36 am
by complete
Has anyone tried TYPO3?

I have a simple question about the setup. If you have heard of TYPO3 or not, or if you have tried it or not, you still might be able to answer this if you are a webmaster and you are pretty technically savy.

This PHP, MYSQL and XML bundle comes with an text file which explains how to set things up. It lists a "STEP BY STEP' numbered tasks which seem pretty simple to follow. Number 6 on this list has got me stumped. It says:
6 Check the symlink "typo3_src" in this directory which should point to the source directory
What does this mean?

What is a symlink?

You can see the whole file at
http://www.completetranslations.com/TYP ... NSTALL.txt

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:42 am
by Chris Corbyn
A symlink is what you would call a shortcut on windows.

In linux a symlink simply points to another location on the filesystem.

If you want to check where a symlink points to and you have access to a secure shell on the server or FTP in some cases you can simply run `ls -l'

If the file is there I'd just assume it's correct if the above made no sense :) Nice avatar ;)

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2006 11:42 am
by neophyte
I'm working on learning TYPO3. It's not an easy thing to master. It's fairly confusing. But I never touched any config files when I installed it. I know there is a way to set up TYPO3 so you have just one set of files and run multiple virtual hosts off of it. I think this is what it's refering to....