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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.
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Mistakes of the past: how we systematically replace Gridelements
This is the first part of a small blog series in which we want to show you our switch from Gridelements to containers and custom content elements. It's not about badmouthing a long proven extension, but about learning from past mistakes when using it.
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The ominous Wish scam: A task for the MFC detective
This time, the MFC detective dives deep into the world of questionable platforms to investigate a scam.
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The Seekport Bot, believed dead, was up to mischief on our systems for a few weeks - until we were able to exclude it at server level!
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Google Core Web Vitals: Impact of unusual traffic peaks
Impact of traffic peaks on Google Core Web Vitals of a complete website: Poor values are inherited by similar pages.
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25 years of Marketing Factory Consulting GmbH
On February 1, 2021, Marketing Factory Consulting GmbH celebrates its 25th company anniversary.
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In brief: Using forensics to keep tabs on Apache
Christian has once again elegantly solved a problem and presents you the solution. Because sometimes it is simply the geolocation and not TYPO3 to blame!
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Let's Encrypt – Many advantages, but also a small problem that you should be aware of
Let's Encrypt is an excellent alternative to commercial SSL certificate authorities. However, problems with outdated Android operating systems could soon arise.
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UTF-8 and the question how Unicode gets into the computer
In part 2 of our Unicode blog series, Christian tells us what UTF-8 actually is and how it gets into our computers. Sounds exciting? Then follow this way!
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Unicode, ISO-8859-1 and even more character salad
Today we want to address the topic of characters, by which we mean the readable presentation of text. And, of course, all the pitfalls that lurk in the web environment.
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Automatic updates in our projects
Installing security and maintenance updates wastes time and energy. There must be a better solution for this...