/* Using, building, and yelling at SaaS platforms. Lots about Marketo. */
Velocity’s quirky treatment of null could drive a mortal mad. As a language aimed at web developers rather than “real” developers, VTL attempts to smooth over Java’s strict typing: it allows comparison across types [1] and blends false and null into a form of
We sometimes see people trim() -ing Strings in Velocity before comparing them, like: #if( $lead.Region.trim().equals("Northeast") ) Without evidence that leads or apps have added extra whitespace around values, worrying about trim() here is likely overkill. If data is validated via picklists or reliable apps (e.
A fun use for BroadcastChannel, a browser feature typically used by web apps (not mere LPs).
If you can make IT happy with minimal impact, do it. (But stay skeptical of claimed “security issues” in any MAP, as they’re usually false alarms.)
They’ll tell you it can’t be done. But they didn’t count on the power of having no social life.
You’ll wish you’d done this 90 days ago.
Welcome to Workaround Town. Ain’t no documentation-believin’ newbies round here.
Not sure anyone’s tested this before. Unwanted result, but at least we can plan accordingly.
Native Pre-Fill’s delicate, everything-must-be-just-right rules are accepted as the cost of privacy. But you don’t have to live with one of the more frivolous ones.
Consistently seeing only one pageview per visit (not zero, but never > 1)? It’s probably cookie consent JS running amok.
A little bit o’ Intl.DateTimeFormat on the browser side and presto: trigger campaigns with unprecedented power.
There are enough cases where you should turn off automatic Munchkin that I’m close to saying “always load it manually.”
Like it says on the tin.
Marketo-integrated page builders like Stensul & Knak publish your pages as Marketo LPs. Published LPs fully support webfonts hosted in Marketo Design Studio, since they’re on the same domain. But what about inside the builder app, when you’re still previewing? There, you’ll have
This is next Wednesday. (Hey, no one ever said I was good at marketing.)