This is a fast-paced tutorial focusing on creating an online store. It walks in detail through development of a sample website, illustrating each step with screenshots and explanation. The cumbersome and time-consuming task of developing and customizing a TYPO3 e-commerce site will be a smooth sail with this book.If you want to create a captivating online shop using TYPO3 and optimize your profit, this book is for you. Some knowledge of TYPO3, PHP, and TypoScript is required.
Edgars Karlsons
Edgars Karlsons has been working for more than seven years in the field of web development. He started as freelancer and over these years has improved his prowess in providing quality service and pursuing new technological solutions. Along with web solutions, Edgars has worked with web graphics and applications programming. Along with IT project management, Edgars Karlsons has gained some teaching experience - he has given seminars on using specific technological products, on transmitting packet data, and working with several application programs. He has also gained experience in practical psychology which is of great use also in field of IT, when a complicated problem has to be solved.
Edgars Karlsons' management skills have improved during his career - from leading small interest groups to managing large international IT projects. One of his most important professional notions is high precision.
In 2006 Edgars Karlsons saw the creative potentiality in TYPO3 CMS. This resulted in establishing a private enterprise that specializes in developing web pages based on TYPO3 CMS. Netberries Ltd. has been successful for several years, it has developed JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)-based applications, custom jQuery scripts, and XHTML/CSS websites. In 2008 the company began working with TYPO3 CMS. Netberries installs TYPO3 websites, creates the design, trains the clients, and provides maintenance. Recently the company has started the development of a TYPO3 extension. There is an in-house team of IT specialists, but outsourcing is also used.
Edgars Karlsons saw writing this book about creating an online shop as a challenge to his skills and knowledge about TYPO3 systems.
Inese Liberte
Inese Liberte is an entrepreneur from Latvia with more than 10 years experience in IT. She has been professionally involved with such areas as information processing, data analysis, visual applications, and process management.
Since her studies at Gymnasium, she has a deep interest in the natural sciences, technologies, IT, and programming. This is reflected in her professional pursuits, too. One of her professional experiences was giving lectures on the topic of using MS Office in the fields of economics and accounting. The teaching experience not only gave her professional insights, but also revealed the different ways in which people perceive, learn, and use IT. This experience was relevant for developing various projects, including IT projects, data analysis, and telecommunication projects.
Creativity, communication skills, and positive thinking are among Inese Liberte's main characteristics. One of her greatest experiences was working with the leading Latvian news portal. She also writes poetry and many of her poems have been published. In 2006 her Latvian title "Sapnis... Dzīve" was published, which is a collection of more than 40 different stories about people's dreams, ideas and their realizations.
Inese's knowledge of IT and creativity have already been for more than 5 years the basis for entrepreneurial activities where she can develop ideas and offer services which are dynamically adjusted to the specific needs of the customers.
Since 2008 Inese Liberte has been the co-owner of the private enterprise Netberries, which specializes in developing web pages based on TYPO3 CMS. The company has managed to finds its specific approach to clients by both ensuring functionality of a web page and adjusting it to a custom design. There is a positive feedback from customers about the technical development of the web pages, the maintenance, consulting, and also customer services.
The author's leading notion in the field of technologies is creativity - meaning that it is possible to attach an edge of individuality even to a rigid technological process. Therefore, it is important to dare to experiment and search for new opportunities.
