awesome-contao

A helpful list of awesome things related to the Contao Open Source CMS

Contents

• Official Ecosystem
• How-To's and Tutorials
• Extensions
• Events
• General Resources
  • Community Organizations & Groups
  • Videos
  • Blogs
  • Theme Stores

Official Ecosystem

• Contao Website - News, downloads, introductions, partner program and many more.
• Documentation - The documentation is the right place for developers.
• Contao Cookbook - Helpful recipes for developers to resolve common issues.
• Contao Association - Official organization behind the Contao CMS.
• German Community Board - German located board to get help and discuss.
• International Community Board - English speech located board to get help and discuss.
• Theme Store - Official Contao CMS theme store.

How-To's and Tutorials

German

Backend

• Erweiterungen für Contao 4(📹 Video)
• Hello World Bundle Tutorial - Step by Step Tutorial to create a contao bundle.
• Contao 4.4 Dummy Bundle - Blueprint for Contao 4.4 bundles.
• Contao 4 Bundle Tutorial - Step by step bundle tutorial.
• Eigene Route erstellen - How to create own routes.
• Konsolenbefehl erstellen - How to create own console commands.
• app_dev getting started - How to get the app_dev started.
• Eigene Insert-Tags entwickeln
• Cronjobs in Contao (Poor-Man-Cron)
• Hooks in Contao
• Inhaltselemente in deiner eigenen Erweiterung nutzen
• Models in Contao
• Die Toggle-Funktion in eigenen Erweiterungen nutzen
• Cronjobs unter Contao 4
• Composer Memory Exception (PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size...)
• TinyMCE in Contao 4 anpassen
• Contao 4 Cache leeren
• Logs schreiben in Contao 3 & 4 (Logging)
• Hooks und Insert-Tags(📹 Video)
• So klitzeklein ist der TinyMCE gar nicht...(📹 Video)
• Contao Formulare - Daten speichern und weiter verarbeiten(📹 Video)

Frontend

• Sprachabhängige Inhalte in Templates bereitstellen
• Mehrere Bildergalerien in einer Lightbox öffnen
• Formularfelder über GET-Parameter in der URL vorbelegen
• Eine mobile Navigation in Contao
• Bootstrap mit Contao nutzen - Teil 1
• Bootstrap mit Contao nutzen - Teil 2
• 3 Wege CSS in Contao einzubinden
• Contao 4 Error-Templates anpassen
• Contao 4 Wartungs-Template service_unavailable.html.twig anpassen
• Make it flexible: Responsives Contao mit vw, em und flexbox(📹 Video)
• Performance Optimierung mit Contao 4(📹 Video)
• Belle Vue - Modernes Javascript mit Contao und Vue.js(📹 Video)
• Contao Projekte mit Bootstrap 4(📹 Video)

Administration

• Contao 4 installieren
• Update Contao 3 auf Contao 4 - How to update from Contao 3 to 4
• URL Suffix in Contao 4 anpassen
• Contao Backend Passwort vergessen
• Contao 4.4 kopieren und umziehen
• rel="canonical" in Contao verwenden - Vermeidung von Duplicate Content
• Contao 4 Installtool entsperren
• Update Contao 3 auf Contao 4 mit Contao-Manager / Composer
• So funktioniert die Contao Suche(📹 Video)

English

Backend

• User authentication and access rights
• Cron jobs in Contao (Poor-Man-Cron)
• Using content elements in your own extension
• Using template variables
• User authentication and access rights
• Folder structure explanation
• Customizing TinyMCE
• Adding custom fields
• Custom configurations

Administration

• Run Contao 4 Inside a Docker Container

Extensions

Contains outstanding and popular extensions. Please use https://extensions.contao.org to search for extensions, or easily browse the top lists like "Most downloaded" or "Last updated" on https://contao.store to find a suitable extension.

• BackupDB - Backup of the Contao database, automatic backup, creation of website template for the Contao install tool.
• MetaModels - Build your own data models with ease (What can you do, Videos, Manual).
• Isotope - eCommerce extension to build online shops.
• Notification Center - Central and flexible way to send notifications via your own extensions.
• m17-sticky-backend-footer - sticks the save area (on the admin control panel) to the bottom of the browser.
• cookiebar - Display the information about cookies on your Contao website.
• Contao Cookiebar - Allows a visitor to define cookie & privacy settings for the website.
• rocksolid-custom-elements - Create own article elements with ease.
• rocksolid-frontend-helper - Frontend Editing solution.
• proper-filenames - Replaces special characters in filenames right after upload.
• ajaxform - Submit a form through ajax and display error or confirmation message.
• changelanguage - Allows visitors to switch between different languages of your website.
• contao-om-backend - Adds some useful backend functions for admins and daily work.
• contao-content-api-bundle - Use Contao as Administration tool only and create your frontend with React, Vue or whatever js-framework you like.
• StyleManager - Allows to prepare readable CSS classes for all Contao components to make the work of editors easier.
• Contao EstateManager - A modern, open source and extensible solution to combine real estate and marketing tools in Contao.

Commercial extensions

• catalog-manager - Creates backend moduls without writing own code.
• estao® - Real estate extension for estate agents and landlords (Incl. open immo import & ImmobilienScout24 export)
• maklermodul-bundle - Real estate bundle for contao cms with open immo import
• mobilede-bundle - Display Mobile.de ads on your website

Events

• Contao Conference (powered by Contao Association) - Yearly repeating main event.
• Contao Camp (powered by Contao Association) - Yearly repeating barcamp event driven by the event participants.
• Contao Nordtag (powered by Contao Association) - Official regional event in Hamburg, Germany.
• Contao Agenturtag - Unofficial event for freelancers and web agencies organized by trilobit GmbH and weitzeldesign.
• Contao NRW Day - First unoffical community event in the Contao universe, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

General Resources

Community Organizations & Groups

• Contao Community Alliance - Independent unofficial organization that supports the Contao CMS.
• Contao Pool - Network of people located in Nordrhein Westphalen, Germany.
• Contao Bayern - Network of people located in Munich, Germany.
• Contao Berlin - Network of people located in Berlin, Germany.
• Contao Dresden - Network of people located in Dresden, Germany.
• Contao Stuttgart - Network of people located in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Contao Frankfurt/Rhein-Main - Network of people located in Frankfurt/Rhein-Main, Germany.
• Contao Austria - Network of people located in Austria.
• Contao Switzerland - Network of people located in Switzerland.

Videos

• Contao Academy - Unofficial commercial service with high quality learn videos.
• Contao Conference 2018 Playlist
• Contao Nordtag 2018 Playlist
• Contao Conference 2017 Playlist
• Contao Nordtag 2017 Playlist
• Contao Conference 2016 Playlist
• Contao Conference 2015
• Contao Conference 2014
• Contao Conference 2013
• Contao Tutorials from Frank Hoppe

Blogs

• https://www.contao-fuer-webdesigner.de/blog.html
• https://rocksolidthemes.com/de/contao/blog/
• https://www.fast-end-media.de/blog/
• https://kikmedia.de/de/blog.html
• https://erdmann-freunde.de/logbuch-uebersicht/
• https://contao-academy.de/contao-blog
• https://easysolutionsit.de/blog.html
• https://contao.ninja/
• https://kirsten-roschanski.de/blog
• https://www.contao-bayern.de/blog.html
• https://www.pergamon-interactive.de/blog.html
• https://www.marcosimbuerger.ch/contao-kurzanleitungen.html
• https://www.premium-contao-themes.com/news.html
• https://blog.calm-n-easy.de/archiv/tag/contao
• https://brkwsky.de/blog.html
• https://www.codesache.de/gipfelbuch-uebersicht

Theme Stores

• Theme Store - The official Contao CMS theme store.
• Premium Contao Themes
• Rocksolid Themes
• Contao Themes Store
• Contao best themes
• contao-themes.net - Free and payed themes
• Erdmann und Freunde

License