b13 Blog

Sharing what we've learned while delivering client projects online for more than 20 years and being leading contributors to TYPO3 is part of who we are.

We choose widely-adopted open-source technologies because we can fix, extend, and improve them while building on the experience and support of thousands of our peers. In our blog, we share with you the knowledge we've gained along the way for you to build on.

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Meeting client needs

27 January 2021 |Claus-Peter Eberwein

Communication is key to strong relationships with clients. At b13, project managers seek to understand our clients’ issues with kindness and empathy.

Tutorial: Content Staging in TYPO3

20 January 2021 |David Steeb

Prepare, preview, and publish content changes across your site with Workspaces.

Make your editor’s job easier with a customized TYPO3 backend

18 December 2020 |Simone Marxer

Make your job easier with a customized TYPO3 backend. As of v9, you can create a great working environment for your editors.

Why we use Blackfire to speed up TYPO3 websites

10 December 2020 |Benni Mack

At b13 we love using Blackfire to monitor and speed up our clients’ websites. Here’s a quick overview of what Blackfire does and why we love it.

Auto-updated redirects: A feature to convince you to upgrade TYPO3

08 December 2020 |Claus-Peter Eberwein

TYPO3 made some important updates to site handling in v9 and v10. We wrote an explainer on new changes, including slug naming and automatic redirects.

Caching in TYPO3–Part 3

26 November 2020 |Benni Mack

Benni explains the different caches in TYPO3 and what they do. All about the Caching Framework.

Oli Bartsch: Get to know b13’s newest team member and TYPO3 Core contributor

01 October 2020 |David Steeb

b13’s newest addition, Oli Bartsch, tells us how he got started in TYPO3 and about his Core contributions.

Powerful Content Staging in TYPO3 with Workspaces

22 September 2020 |David Steeb

If you need to publish or update content in multiple languages at the same time, or involve others to sign off or edit content before publishing, then content staging is the solution you’re looking for. Did you know TYPO3 solves this out of the box with the Workspaces module?

How CDNs and TYPO3 offer Superior Speed, Uptime, and User Experience

08 September 2020 |Benni Mack

Today’s world is global, and content distribution networks (CDNs) bring content closer to users around the world for lightning-fast performance wherever they are. TYPO3 is ideally adapted to modern CDN technology, reducing the load on your server, and even taking caching off your to-do list!

How to fall in love with your on-site search (again)

01 September 2020 |Florian Keitgen

Are you using your on-site search to its best advantage? In this article, we explain why you’ll need to continuously fine-tune Solr search relevance to provide a great on-site search experience.