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The lilac-CMS - our tool for the content of your website

We design every client website with our own content management system, the lilac-CMS, which we developed from the ground up. For over 20 years we have been continuously optimizing our platform, always listening to feedback from our customers. The changing requirements, content and design wishes, and new needs flow into further development. This ensures that we can comprehensively meet all requirements that both we and our customers place on a CMS.

We discuss together which features are most suitable for your website. For different functions there are specialized modules that we install and customize for you. This adaptability ensures that you always have the tools at hand that you need for the success of your online presence. We place great value on our CMS remaining intuitive and user-friendly, so that you can easily manage, create and edit content – without having to overcome technical hurdles.

Lilac-CMS Product Architecture

The lilac-CMS is modular in structure. This allows us to provide exactly the features that are truly needed for each website, rather than offering a pre-set package that does not meet the individual requirements of our customers.

We have developed several modules that enable the creation and management of specific content.

The CMS Module

Base module for structuring and managing a website

Functions of the CMS Module

Organize the website (structure tree)
Create CMS pages and insert content
Insert modules to extend functionality into the structure tree
Manage and insert images and documents
Public full-text search and internal display of the 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 for uploading images to use them in CMS pages or modules.
There is a document management, into which you can upload PDFs and other files to offer them for download.
There is a delete protection for images and documents used.
Texts and images can be inserted into CMS pages.
CMS pages can be archived.

The News Module

Module for current news, such as news items, press releases, timely information

Functions of the News Module

Any number of topics
Time-controlled publication of news
Configuration of the number of news items and their scope
Automatic link to a detail page
Archiving or deactivating outdated news
Create different topics that can be inserted individually at an appropriate place in the structure tree
Automatic display of important news directly on the homepage
Time window for automatic publishing and deactivation
Design of the news items with a preview and detail image or without an image
Any number of documents per news item

Description of the News Module

With the News Module current news are created and publication is controlled.
News can automatically be published and removed according to a time window.
Important information automatically appears on the homepage, for example on the website of a medical practice the info about practice holidays and on-call practices.
Similarly, different topics can be featured, such as News and press releases.
Past news can be archived.
All news appear in a uniform design with a small preview image, a large detail image or without an image.
For long news items, the text automatically wraps to a detail page via a read more link.

The References Module

Module for topics with the same structure and uniform layout, such as references, brochures, materials and much more

Functions of the References Module

Any number of topics
Configurable list view (number of references per page)
Automatic paging links through all references
Stop marker for linking to the detail page
Any number of images per reference
Any number of documents per reference
Image gallery with zoom images
Uniform image sizes (configurable and modifiable afterwards)

Description of the References Module

With the References Module you can publish extensive content with texts, images and documents that all look uniform. Adding new content becomes simple. The content is split into an overview (summary text and 1 image) and a detail page (more detailed text and many images). The overview page can be displayed as a row layout, as a tile of images, or as an expandable box (aka accordion).

Content that should look uniform could be, for example:

Objects and brochures in the real estate industry
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

Functions of the Newsletter Module

Sign-up and unsubscribe form on the homepage (double opt-in)
additional unsubscribe link in every newsletter
Management of newsletter articles
Assemble a newsletter from prepared articles
Test sending to selected addresses
Sending to all recipients
Automatic newsletter archive on the homepage

Description of the Newsletter Module

With the Newsletter Module you can regularly send newsletters to a recipient list.
Recipients sign up for the newsletter on the homepage using the double opt-in procedure.
The design framework of the HTML email is stored as a template, so all mails have the same layout.
A newsletter can contain any number of articles. The individual articles can contain texts, images and links to the homepage to read more.
There is a clickable table of contents in the header, so you can reach every article quickly.
There is a unsubscribe link in the footer. Unsubscriptions on the homepage are also possible.

The Kalender Module

Module for publishing events with detail page, flyers, images and registration form

Functions of the Kalender Module

Display as calendar page or list
Any number of categories
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 end of the event
Automatic or optional route planner with Google Maps to the event location
Automatic or optional registration form

Description of the Kalender Module

With the Calendar Module you can publish events with date, location, time, images and flyers.
Recurring dates can be created efficiently with a repetition of dates.
Addresses of the event locations can be saved and reused.
If an event is canceled or registration is required, a flag with a note can be set.

It is configurable,

whether a map or route planner appears for each venue or only optionally
whether a registration form appears for each event or optionally
whether events are automatically or optionally archived
which events are displayed on the homepage

The Jobs Module

Module to integrate a job board into your homepage with Google Jobs integration and application options

Functions of the Jobs Module

Create job postings and publish on the homepage
Form with the required fields to publish a job
Automatically structured data for Google Jobs from the content
Configuration of the application option via post, email or contact form
Statistics on views and applications

Description of the Jobs Module

With the Jobs Module you can integrate your own job board into the homepage.
The Jobs Module enables simultaneous job postings on your homepage and in the Google Job Search, which effectively increases reach.
There is a dedicated job form available, containing the necessary fields for Google Jobs. These are filled with your data for the job.
Based on the fields, the structured data for Google Jobs search is automatically generated from the content.
Applications are possible via post, email or contact form and are recorded in a statistic.

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