title: Many doubts about TYPO3 template system
body: <p>I am very new in TYPO3 (I came from Joomla and WordPress) and I am having difficulties in understanding how templates are handled in TYPO3 (it seems to me that the situation is more complex in TYPO3 than it is in Joomla and in WordPress).</p>
  
  <p>I have installed and I am testing this version of TYPO3 <strong>introductionpackage-6.1.3.zip</strong></p>
  
  <p>In Joomla and in WordPress a template simply is an HTML structure (which are marked in the various areas of the page where the CMS modules will be placed) and the related CSS settings.</p>
  
  <p>In TYPO3 it seems to me that the situation is very different or am I wrong?</p>
  
  <p>At this moment I am reading this section of the official documentation that references the default template of the TYPO3 Introduction Package: <a href="http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/GettingStartedTutorial/Templates/Index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/GettingStartedTutorial/Templates/Index.html</a></p>
  
  <p>The difference between <strong>static content</strong> and <strong>dynamic content</strong> of a website created using a CMS is pretty clear to me (this is not different from any others CMS like Joomla or WP)</p>
  
  <p><strong>Dynamic content</strong>: is something that is dynamically created by the CMS (executing some queries) as a menu (it look into a DB table and then a script renders the menu on the page)</p>
  
  <p><strong>Static content</strong>: is something that is fixed as the title of the website or a background image</p>
  
  <p>Until now I think that it is pretty clear for me but I have many doubts when the documentation speaks about the <strong>Template Record</strong> as a way to implement the previous principle.</p>
  
  <p>Here: <a href="http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/GettingStartedTutorial/Templates/%28%28generated%29%29/Index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/GettingStartedTutorial/Templates/%28%28generated%29%29/Index.html</a></p>
  
  <p>it says that:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>This is a control element that instructs TYPO3 how to handle a certain
    branch of the page tree.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>In particular with this image it shows how to modify these template records for the <strong>Introduction Package Template</strong> (Introduction Package is also the name of the template provided with this package or what?):</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OPmPM.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>Then on this section on the documentation it says:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>If you edit the template "Introduction Package" you will see that most
    fields are empty. For each website you need a TypoScript template on
    the ROOT level, in this case that is the "Introduction Package"
    template. The TypoScript configuration of a website can be quite long
    therefore it is possible to make many small TypoScript templates that
    get included in the main template. For better maintenance, all
    TypoScript of the Introduction Package has been put into the folder
    'Typoscript Templates'. The only thing the "Introduction Package"
    template does is to include the "ROOT" template that in turn includes
    other templates.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>And this is totaly obscure for me: I have understood that TypoScript is a configuration language that can be used to configure the frontend (so I think that I can use it to configure how my page will appear) but I can't understand the following assertions:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>What does this mean: <strong>For each website you need a TypoScript template on the ROOT level, in this case that is the "Introduction Package" template</strong> ? I have installed TYPO3 Introduction Package and I have only a web site !!! What is the ROOT level of the website? Is it the <strong>Welcome to TYPO3</strong> node in the List section Tree? So in pracatice I am assigning a specific template to the root of a website and this is used in all subnodes (all the pages as Home, About TYPO3, Features, etc)?</p></li>
  <li><p>What does it mean when it says:  <strong>For better maintenance, all TypoScript of the Introduction Package has been put into the folder 'Typoscript Templates'</strong>. Where is this folder? I don't have it.</p></li>
  <li><p>What does it mean when it says: <strong>The only thing the "Introduction Package" template does is to include the "ROOT" template that in turn includes other templates.</strong>?</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Tnx so much</p>
  
  <p>Andrea</p>