3m5/typo3-enhanced-backend

Improves the user experience (UI/UX), provides customization options for editors and enhances the look and feel of TYPO3 backend.

v1.0.1 2024-01-22 12:19 UTC

Requires

• php: >= 7.4 < 8.3
• typo3/cms-backend: ^12.4
• typo3/cms-core: ^12.4
• typo3/cms-setup: ^12.4
• typo3/cms-sys-note: ^12.4

Requires (Dev)

• typo3/testing-framework: ^6.8

Suggests

• typo3/cms-styleguide: ^11.5

Replaces

• typo3-ter/enhanced_backend: v1.0.1

GPL-2.0-or-later

• Jan Suchandt
• Steffen Thiele
• Nicole Schneider

• backend
• extension
• typo3
• Enhanced

README

TYPO3 Extension ENHANCED BACKEND

What is it?

Enhanced Backend is an extension developed by 3m5. to make the work of editors in the TYPO3 backend more pleasant. There are features that visually change the backend and also functionalities that are added to the backend.

Presets

The primary goal of the extension is individuality, which is why each feature can be enabled or disabled individually. If this is too complex for you, you can choose between 3 predefined sets:

1. No changes: Original TYPO3 backend (default setting)
2. Vanilla⁺: This preset is based on the corporate design of TYPO3. Functionalities are not changed or added. There are only minor UI optimizations.
3. Modern: This preset activates all available functions and optimizations of the "Enhanced Backend" extension. The UI/UX is based on current developments and there is a content tree that enables quick navigation across all content on a page.
4. In addition to these sets, there is also the "User-defined" setting: This preset adopts the last selected settings (from the other presets) and allows individual deactivation/activation of individual functions and optimizations.

Which functions does Enhanced Backend offer?

The functions in the backend are grouped according to areas in the backend to ensure a better overview. The following functions are available:

Global

These settings affect all areas of the TYPO3 backend.

Header area

These settings affect the top bar, where your login is located, for example.

Sidebar

These settings affect the sidebar on the left side of the screen where the different modules are located.

Page tree

These settings affect the page tree, located to the right of the sidebar.

Content area

The content area is the area where the contents of the respective modules are shown from the sidebar.

Content element wizard

This dialog becomes visible when creating a new content element.

Usages

Enhanced backend comes as a TYPO3 extension for the TYPO3 backend. It appears as new tab "enhanced backend" in user settings. All settings are user specific.

• Install extension via composer
• Login to your TYPO3 backend
• Switch to your personal user settings at the right top corner (profile image)
• A new tab enhanced backend is available
• Choose a preset to quickly activate a collection of helpful features that are right for you

Installation

With composer based TYPO3 installations, enhanced backend is easily added to the project.

composer require 3m5/typo3-enhanced-backend

TYPO3 Extension Repository

For non-composer projects, the extension is available in TER as extension key enhanced_backend and can be installed using the extension manager.

Tagging and releasing

packagist.org is enabled via the casual GitHub hook. TER releases are created by the "publish.yml" GitHub workflow when tagging versions using tailor. The commit message of the commit a tag points to is used as TER upload comment.

Compatibility

Legal

This project is released under GPLv2 license. See LICENSE.txt for details.