---
type: source
title: TYPO3 Video Tutorials
tags: [typo3, cms, tutorials, documentation]
related: [typo3-instructions, typo3-backend, shibboleth]
created: 2026-07-01
updated: 2026-07-01
sources: ["output/rz_uni_greifswald_de_dienste_webdienste_typo3_webseiten_typo3_anleitungen_video.md"]
---

# TYPO3 Video Tutorials

This source provides a directory and structured index of video-based instructional modules designed for editors using the TYPO3 Content Management System (CMS) at the Universität Greifswald. The tutorials are divided into functional categories to guide users through the editorial process.

## Tutorial Categories

### Basics / Foundations (Grundlagen)
- **Authentication**: Demonstrates logging into the editorial system via [[shibboleth]], including first-time/initial login and session-based automatic access.
- **Page Creation**: Instructions on creating new pages in the page tree and populating them using grid, [[grid-and-columns]], and content elements.
- **Page Tree Management / Organization**: Using drag-and-drop to change page positions or using copy/cut functions to move entire sub-trees.
- **Subpage Creation / Bulk Page Creation**: Methods for creating single subpages via drag-and-drop or using the "Functions" module to bulk-create multiple subpages simultaneously.

### Content Elements (Inhaltselemente)
- **Data Records / Centralized Maintenance**: Instructions on using the "Insert Data Records" (Datensätze einfügen) element to maintain centralized content in one location across multiple pages simultaneously.
- **Caching**: Addresses the "hurdle" of [[typo3-caching]], explaining how to ensure updates are visible.

### File Management (Dateiverwaltung)
- **Organization / Workflow**: Creating subfolders within the file tree.
- **Upload/Download**: Using drag-and-drop for file uploads from the operating system and configuring "File Links" content elements for user downloads with customized display titles/individualized download links.

### News Management (Nachrichten / Neuigkeiten / News / Messages)
- **Structure / System Folders**: Creating system folders and adding news entries.
- **Views**: Configuring both list views and detail/detailed views for the news system.

## Support
Technical support for TYPO3 and other Campus-IT services is provided by the [[universitatsrechenzentrum-urz]] via:
- **Ticket System**: Hosted on the [[groupware]] platform.
- **Hotline**: Extension 1420.