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The lilac-CMS - Our Tool for Your Website’s Content

The lilac-CMS is a modular content management system (CMS) designed for small and medium-sized companies, organizations, and sole proprietors who want a fully customizable website without technical overhead. With lilac-CMS, you have a professional website created for you and, thanks to its user-friendly interface, you retain full control over your content.

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We design and run every client website using our own content management system, the lilac-CMS, which we have developed from scratch. For over 20 years, we have been continuously optimizing our platform, always listening carefully to the feedback from our clients. Changing requirements, needs regarding content and design, and new demands all flow into its ongoing development. This enables us to ensure that we can fully meet both our own and our clients’ requirements for a CMS.

Our modular CMS provides exactly what our customers need for their homepages. We are happy to advise you on which features make the most sense for your website. For various functionalities, there are specialist modules which we set up and adapt for you. This flexibility ensures you always have the right tools at hand to make your online presence successful. We attach great importance to our CMS remaining intuitive and user-friendly, so you can easily manage, create, and edit content – without having to overcome technical hurdles.

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Product Architecture of the lilac-CMS

The lilac-CMS is modular in design. This allows us to provide exactly the right features needed for each website, instead of offering a preset package that may not fit the individual requirements of our clients.

We have created a range of modules to create and manage various types of content.

The lilac-CMS comprises several specialized modules: a CMS module for structure and content, a news module for current information or blog posts, a references module for projects and portfolios, a newsletter module for email marketing, a calendar module for events, and a jobs module with Google Jobs integration. This way, every web project can be equipped to meet its precise requirements.

The CMS Module

Core module for structuring and managing a website

Ideal for: Small and medium-sized enterprises, organizations, and clubs who want to easily create, organize, manage, and operate their website.

Features of the CMS Module

Structure your website (structure tree)
Create CMS pages and add content
Add modules to the structure tree to extend functionality
Manage and insert images and documents
Public full-text search and internal display of search statistics

Description of the CMS Module

With the CMS module, the website is managed and structured.
Menu items can be activated and deactivated.
There is an image management section for uploading images, to then use them in CMS pages or modules.
There is a document management area where you can upload PDFs and other files to offer them for download.
A deletion protection is provided for images and documents currently in use.
Texts and images can be inserted into CMS pages.
CMS pages can be archived.

The News Module

Module for current news, press releases, and short-term information

Ideal for: Medical practices, organizations, clubs, and companies wanting to publish current information such as opening hours, short-term notices, or press releases.

Features of the News Module

Unlimited number of topics
Timed publishing of news items
Configure the number and length of news items
Automatic "read more" link to a details page
Archiving or disabling outdated news
Create different topics, which can be inserted individually in the structure tree
Automatically display important news directly on the homepage
Time window for automatic publishing and deactivation
Design news items with a preview and detailed image, or without image
Unlimited documents per news item

Description of the News Module

The news module is used to create current news items and to control their publication.
News items can be published and removed automatically according to a set timeframe.
Important announcements appear -- prominently -- automatically on the homepage; for example, a doctor's office can display information about vacation times and stand-in practices.
Different topics can be managed in parallel, such as news and press releases.
Past news items can be archived.
All news items appear in a consistent design with thumbnail, large detail image, or no image at all.
For lengthy news, the text is automatically shortened with a read more link to a details page.

The References Module

Module for content with a uniform structure and layout, such as references, exposés, materials, and much more

Ideal for: Architects, clubs, and church communities wanting to present and archive projects, publications, and materials in a structured manner.

Features of the References Module

Unlimited number of topics
Configurable list view (number of references per page)
Automatic navigation links through all references
Stop marker for setting the link to the details page
Unlimited images per reference
Unlimited documents per reference
Image gallery with zoom images
Consistent image sizes (configurable and adjustable afterwards)

Description of the References Module

With the references module you can publish comprehensive content with texts, images, and documents that all share a consistent appearance. Adding new content is easy. The content is divided into a summary (short text and 1 image) and a details page (detailed text and many images). The summary page can be displayed in rows, as image tiles, or as an expandable box (accordion).

Examples of content that should look consistent:

Objects and exposés in the real estate sector
Reference objects in design, architecture, and art
Archives of materials
Historical information
Team pages

Module for creating and sending HTML emails to a recipient list in your corporate design

Ideal for: Clubs and organizations wanting to inform about events and projects by mail, or farm shops wishing to notify about product availability via email.

Features of the Newsletter Module

Subscribe and unsubscribe form on the homepage (double opt-in)
Additional unsubscribe link in every newsletter
Manage newsletter articles
Compose a newsletter from prepared articles
Test delivery to selected addresses
Send to all recipients
Automatic newsletter archive on the homepage

Description of the Newsletter Module

With the newsletter module, newsletters can be sent regularly to a recipient list.
Recipients subscribe on the homepage using the double opt-in method.
The design framework for the HTML email is stored as a template, so all emails have a consistent appearance.
A newsletter can contain any number of contributions. Each contribution can include text, images, and links to the homepage for additional information.
The header contains a clickable table of contents so each article is easily accessible.
The footer features an unsubscribe link. Unsubscribing via the homepage is also possible.

The Calendar Module

Module for publishing events with detail pages, flyers, images, and registration forms

Ideal for: Church institutions, clubs, educational providers, and training institutes looking to publicize their events.

Features of the Calendar Module

Display as calendar or list
Unlimited categories
Complete overview with category filter
Categories can be embedded individually
Automatic detail page for descriptions, images, and flyers
Automatic display of events on the homepage
Automatic archiving after the event ends
Automatic or optional route planner with Google Maps to the event location
Automatic or optional registration form

Description of the Calendar Module

The calendar module lets you publish events with date, location, time, images, and flyers.
Recurring events can be easily created with a repetition feature.
Event addresses can be stored and reused.
Should an event be canceled or require registration, a flag with a note can be set.

Configuration options include:

whether a map or route planner appears for every venue or only selected ones
whether a registration form is shown for every event or only selected ones
whether events are archived automatically or selectively
which events are displayed on the homepage

The Jobs Module

Module for integrating a job board on your homepage with Google Jobs integration and application options

Ideal for: Companies with high personnel needs who frequently post job vacancies.

Features of the Jobs Module

Create job postings and publish them on the homepage
Form with required fields to advertise a job
Automatically structured data for Google Jobs from the content
Configure application options by mail, email, and/or contact form
Statistics for views and applications

Description of the Jobs Module

The Jobs Module allows you to integrate your own job board into your homepage.
It enables you to post job listings simultaneously on your website and in the Google Jobs search, effectively expanding your reach.
A specialized job form is provided, which includes all mandatory fields for the Google Jobs search. Enter your job details directly into these fields.
Based on the entries, structured data for Google Jobs is automatically generated.
Applications can be submitted by mail, email, or contact form, and are recorded in a statistics section.

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