Welcome to the Contao example website that is shipped with every Contao template. Contao is a PHP5 powered open source content management system (CMS) that has been developed by Leo Feyer since 2006. It generates W3C/WAI compliant XHTML code and uses CSS to style it. Contao has been released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).
About the template
The template contains not only style sheets with format definitions for all content elements and modules, but also a fully preconfigured example website with different users and user groups. See the info-box on the right for more information about users and roles.
All persons, news and events in this template are fictional.
News from contao.org
Contao 2.9.0 is available
Contao version 2.9.0 is available. The minor release includes the new theme manager, the Extension Repository 2.0, template groups, persistent front end logins, buttons to easily share articles on Facebook and Twitter, a major Safe Mode Hack performance improvement and a style sheet aggregator.
Contao 2.9.RC1 is available
Contao version 2.9.RC1 is available. The release candidate includes the new theme manager, the next version of the Extension Repository, template groups, persistent front end logins, buttons to easily share articles on Facebook and Twitter as well as plenty of other improvements, including a major Safe Mode Hack performance enhancement and an option to resume interrupted newsletter sending processes.
TYPOlight becomes Contao
Since the name TYPOlight has repeatedly led to misunderstandings and false assumptions regarding the system's potential and range of functions, the TYPOlight project has changed its name to Contao Open Source CMS. Everything else remains the same.