Setup is easy. Graphics are neat. Documentation is good but with not beat for first timers like me. I have had experiance only with EPiServer before this one. That is a windows dot net CMS. Its fair but besised being closed source, it ignores the performance aspects. TYPO3 is open so we can’t complain. (I like this feling). Has template support and also a nice typoscript language too. The language is very simple just like advanced configuration script. There are loads of extensions too.

It took 3 full days by the time I could run my first few page with one most simple menu and a simple template. That was fine till that point. Beyond that, I need my own custom menu and very complicated templates. Documentation for doing these is very less. I have to figure out the trick based on what what expansion API are supported. Tutorials are good but none for thinking differently.

Today is day 4 and I have got to finish the menu hacking exersize. I need to compose my own menu with my own choice of wrapping tags and content as already built images.