Typo3. Installing. Headache

About Typo3.

I must say i have tried several times to install Typo3 CMS and get it to work on my local server. And yes, i have to confirm it has been a real pain in the ass every time, and yes, sometimes i didn't even succeed tottally.

And i even ain't the dumbest kind of computer user and i'm pretty familiar with installing and configuring software. I even thought that 'duuh how hard can it be, its PHP dang i can find my way around that'.

Well not really.

I am in the middle of about the tenth battle with this CMS to get it to work and to work it on my computer and i hope i win this time.

But just as I am going through the Typo3 Introduction Manual, (wiki Introduction/Matthew), and after enough painful manual operations before seeing the first 'HELLO WORLD' page, i bump into this phrase in the manual.

Chapter: Edit TypoScript constants
Quote: <<You need to add this line of code and remember to set the pid number to the actual pid number of your sys_folder. You can see the pid number when you hover your mouse over the folder icon. >>



WHAAAT?  I can see the pid number when i hover? WTF ?

That's too much for me. I gave it a laugh but then also a reality check. Nevertheless to say that the folder in case should be seen in an image that's missing from the manual page, as other images also are, that there are language mistakes there (missing words?)

And the actual code is this:

#add to constants template
plugin.feadmin.fe_users.pid = 37

While at the top of the page, the author tells us that this manual is for:

"Who this document is for

Newbies! Congratulations!"

Newbies? Congratulations? What for? The headache? No, siree, thank you!

I'm giving up today because of this.