TYPO3 Project Upgrade

Phases: Inventory -> Infrastructure -> Site Sets -> Visual Parity -> Review (+ Phase 6 for v14 targets)

Phase 1: Inventory

Query systemplate (uid, pid, root, includestaticfile), ttcontent CType distribution, extension list. Document all root=1 templates and their TypoScript constants/config.

Phase 2: Infrastructure

ImageMagick required — without it, ALL images serve unprocessed originals (10-30x size). Install in Docker, configure GFX processor in config/system/settings.php, then TRUNCATE sysfileprocessedfile, rm -rf public/fileadmin/processed/*, cache:flush.

Phase 3: sys_template to Site Sets (v13+)

Structure: packages/my-site/Configuration/Sets/MySite/ with config.yaml, settings.yaml, setup.typoscript.

config.yaml: name, label, dependencies (e.g. bootstrap-package/full).

Site config (config/sites/default/config.yaml): add dependencies: [vendor/my-site].

CRITICAL: DELETE FROM systemplate — ALL records. A surviving root=1 template with includestaticfile overrides site sets, causing "No page configured for type=0". Common mistake: only checking config column while includestatic_file also conflicts.

settings.yaml — map old constants (page.logo.file, page.theme.navigation.style, page.theme.breadcrumb.enable) directly.

SCSS Variable Injection

BS Package injects ALL plugin.bootstrap_package.settings.scss.* as SCSS variables — even unlisted ones. Prefer over CSS overrides:

plugin.bootstrap_package.settings.scss.primary: '#585961'
plugin.bootstrap_package.settings.scss.secondary: '#2f99a4'
plugin.bootstrap_package.settings.scss.link-decoration: 'none'
plugin.bootstrap_package.settings.scss.min-contrast-ratio: '3'

Check BS5 _variables.scss for available !default variables.

Per-Page Behavior

Replace per-page sys_templates with TypoScript conditions: [traverse(page, "uid") == 99].

Phase 4: BS Package v12-v16 / BS4-BS5

Color contrast: min-contrast-ratio: 4.5 (BS5 default) changes text colors vs v11. Set to 3 to restore v11 behavior.

Cards in colored frames inherit white text (invisible on white bg). Fix with CSS custom properties:

.frame-background-secondary .card {
    --frame-color: var(--bs-body-color);
}

Navigation: split <a> into <a class="nav-link-main"> + <button class="nav-link-toggle"> (accessibility). Hover dropdowns removed — restore with :hover > .dropdown-menu { display: block } scoped to nav-style-simple/mega.

Scroll flicker (#1468): sticky navbar transition changes document height. Fix with margin-bottom compensation (default-height minus transition-height).

Accept: split nav link/button, data-bs-*, 3 skip links, individual JS/CSS, frame-height-default class.

Phase 5: Review

Compare old/new sites with curl (HTTP status, content element IDs, frame classes, processed count). Categorize differences as MIGRATION GAP (fix), BS5 CHANGE (accept), or CSS OVERRIDE (document why).

DB fixes: carousel autoplay (BS Package v16 defaults off) via pi_flexform UPDATE.

Phase 6: v14 post-upgrade

• #109585 wizard (if instance ever ran v14.2): Install Tool → Upgrade Wizards
• composer.json required in classic mode (#108310)
• HMAC rotation SHA1 → SHA256 (#106307)
• Camino theme optional (v14.1+, #108539)

See references/v13-to-v14-project-upgrade.md.

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