Blog - Marketing Factory Digital GmbH

We have been implementing digital solutions for our clients for over 25 years. In the Marketing Factory blog, you can find out what motivates us and what we keep ourselves busy with. We provide insights into our daily agency life, share our knowledge and experience, and speak out on controversial topics.

How we automate container updates on mittwald

[Translate to English:] Wie wir bei Marketing Factory Container-Updates bei mittwald automatisieren: Praktische Lösung mit mittwald CLI und Cron-Jobs für mehrere Projekte.

The image depicts a roadmap for upgrading a system, including tasks like upgrading TYPO3 versions (v10, v11, v13), code cleanup, design adjustments, new anchor navigation, modernizing stylesheets, and migrating from gridelements. The timeline extends to the end of 2025, with some tasks marked as "to be determined".

Hybrid project management in real life: An iterative TYPO3 upgrade with relaunch and flexible planning

Waterfall? Agile? Using a hybrid project management model, we upgraded a TYPO3 project from v9 to v13, updated the design, and were able to react promptly to new requirements during the course of the project.

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Intelligent spam protection for TYPO3 forms without CAPTCHA – AI-based solution with n8n

Intelligent spam protection for TYPO3 forms: AI-based solution with n8n replaces CAPTCHA. GDPR-compliant, user-friendly, and highly effective against bots.

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Planning and performing automatic translations in TYPO3 with DeepL

Translating pages and content at the touch of a button? That's possible. We'll show you what you need to consider in advance and during the process.

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Using Our TYPO3 Extension ai_filemetadata with Mittwald’s AI Hosting

Learn how to configure and use the TYPO3 extension ai_filemetadata with Mittwald’s AI Hosting for automated alt-text generation using open-source LLM models — including setup, configuration, benchmarking, and results comparison.

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Check the container! – Solr is moving

The Apache Solr search server is moving to containers: Learn how we efficiently operate Solr with TYPO3 and Mittwald Cloud using Docker and Terraform.

We're moving! New address effective July 1, 2025

Marketing Factory Digital GmbH will be moving! Effective July 1, 2025, we will be relocating our headquarters.

AWS CloudFront log analysis in Matomo

How we analyse AWS CloudFront logs in Matomo without client-side tracking – including a script to process S3-based logs. A practical approach to privacy-friendly web analytics.

We’re Retiring beuser_iprange

Many years ago, we created our TYPO3 extension beuser_iprange to enhance backend security by allowing logins only from specific IP addresses. Back in 2008, this was a technically solid idea — but today, it's simply no longer state of the art. To be honest, we haven’t used the extension ourselves in quite some time. So, we've decided to discontinue its development.

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Relaunch of the website of our client Maxion Wheels based on TYPO3 12.4 LTS

As part of the relaunch project, the website https://www.maxionwheels.com was completely redesigned on the basis of TYPO3 12.4 LTS and launched at the beginning of July 2024.

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