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TYPO3: Certified Integrator

As of today I’m an official ‘TYPO3 Integrator’ :)
I took the Integrator Exam a couple of weeks ago in Brussels, Belgium at the FOSDEM conference. The english e-book version of the original TYPO3 Integrator Exam book (Patrick Lobacher) was a real help. Not only does it help you to prepare for your exam, but the [...]

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TYPO3: Using the localization overview

Translating pages can be a real pain. Personally I think the worst thing is the amount of clicks in takes when you need to translate a whole pagetree! Translating 10 pages can take up to 45 clicks through the List module! Can’t this be easier? Yes it can! TYPO3 by default comes with a Localization [...]

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TYPO3: 301 redirect pages or tt_news records

I’m getting a lot of traffic lately of people searching for a tutorial on 301 redirects, especially in combination with tt_news. Therefore I’m going to explain how to make such a redirect the easiest way. In this tutorial I’m assuming you already have a website up and running with RealURL installed and you want to [...]

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TYPO3 SEO: The Basics…

In this post I’m going to show you some basics of SEO in TYPO3, I will explain how you can easily handle SEO stuff within TYPO3. This is not a “best practise” nor is it a tutorial on how SEO works. But if you’re new to TYPO3, or SEO in TYPO3 you’ll find some useful things here.

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Webalizer vs Google Analytics… who to believe?

We always use Google Analytics for our website statistics, and I always thought this was a good way to go… I just took a look at a websites who also has Webalizer running, the difference is HUGE! For example:
Google Analytics: 126 visits, 248 pageviews
Webalizer: [...]

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Another book review: Neuro Web Design by Susan Weinschenk

I’m not about to review every book I read, but this one is a really nice addition to the usability books I posted a couple of weeks ago.
Neuro Web Design is a very easy to read psychology book which deals with questions like: Why do people decide to buy a product online? and Why do [...]

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