Karlsruhe region

TYPO3 Agency Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe is one of the densest IT locations in the country: the KIT, a lively digital economy, and clients who can hold a technical conversation. That suits us. We are happy to explain what we do and happy to have people look over our shoulder. From Stuttgart, Karlsruhe is a short hop.

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TYPO3 in the technology region

Karlsruhe asks different questions of a supplier than other places do: here sit clients whose own development teams are reading along, and institutions with high expectations of structure and traceability. That suits how we work: configuration in files, code in Git, installations built to be handed over as a principle.

Typical projects in the region: extension development with interfaces to existing systems, multilingual sites for research and industry, and SEO foundations that are technically sound rather than patched on afterwards.

A good three quarters of an hour away

Stuttgart to Karlsruhe is one of the shortest routes between our regions: around 80 kilometres, direct by train. On-site meetings are therefore not a logistics question but a question of whether they are useful: kick-offs and workshops yes, daily check-ins no, those work better as a call.

From KIT spin-off to public authority

The range in the region is wide: young technology companies that need a solid foundation quickly, alongside chambers and state institutions for whom accessibility is binding. What both have in common is the expectation that the website is a system you can understand, not a black box only its builder can operate. That is exactly how we build.

Operation is part of the conversation here

Technical clients ask about running the site earlier than others do, and that is pleasant. Instead of “how will it look” the question is “how do you deploy”, “where does the configuration live”, “what happens in a rollback”.

Our answers are unspectacular and dependable for exactly that reason: development in Git, configuration in files rather than in database records, a reproducible deployment route, backups whose restore has been tested. What an environment needs for that is set out in the guide on hosting requirements.

If your IT team provides the environment, we work our way into it rather than making a move a condition. If something does not fit, we name exactly what is missing; the decision stays with you.

Security as a shared task

In organisations with their own IT, security is rarely a sales topic but a question of responsibility. Who applies updates, who monitors the platform, who decides in an incident?

We settle that in writing before it is needed. A current TYPO3 is of little use on a server with an outdated PHP version, and the other way round. Which measures actually work and which mainly reassure is set out under securing TYPO3.

Common questions

Our IT team wants to see the code before we commission anything. Is that possible?

Gladly. In a technical conversation we show how we structure sitepackages, how deployments run and how configuration is versioned, using real code rather than slides.

The other way round, we look at your existing installation before promising anything. Technical clients are the most pleasant to work with: everyone speaks the same language.

How often are you in Karlsruhe?

As often as the project needs; the trip from Stuttgart is short enough that an on-site meeting takes no great planning. We are glad to do kick-offs, workshops and training at your place.

The rest runs remotely, because that is more efficient for everyone: development in Git, discussion by call, a preview environment for every change.

Do you build interfaces to our systems?

Yes. Connections to a CRM, ERP, PIM or a search engine such as Solr are part of TYPO3 development. What matters to us is the behaviour when something fails: what happens when the other side does not answer has to be defined rather than left to chance.

In the technical environment of Karlsruhe in particular, that is often the core of the project rather than a nicety.

A technically demanding TYPO3 project?

Describe the requirement and the system landscape, the more concrete the better. We will answer at the level your IT team works at.