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Install only what you really need One of the biggest advantages of PlaCeMS is its truly modular architecture. Instead of installing a huge system packed with f…
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Installation
Installation PlaCeMS was built with one clear goal: installation should be done in just a few minutes, without complicated wizards, without unnecessary configu…
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First Steps
First Steps Your backend, quickly explained. Congratulations! PlaCeMS is installed and ready to go. In this chapter you'll get to know the most important areas…
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Why AI
Why AI? Not everyone is a professional writer—and that's perfectly okay. Maybe you have a great idea. You know your topic inside and out and have a clear visio…
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The Employee Who Never Sleeps: The AI Chat Module
Always available. Even when you're not. Imagine a visitor lands on your website at 11:47 p.m. They have a specific question — about a product, a price, a deliv…
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Begging or Support? The Donation Module
A question only you can answer for yourself. Few topics online get judged as differently as asking for voluntary support. To some, a donate button on a website…
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Payment Module: One Place for All Payments in PlaCeMS
One Place for All Your Money: The Payment Module Whether it's the shop, membership, or a donation—it all runs through the same door in the end. The moment mone…
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More than just pictures side by side: The gallery module
More Than Just Pictures in a Row: The Gallery Module How your images are presented often matters more than the images themselves. A gallery is quick to set up—…
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Three ways to navigate your website: The navigation modules
If visitors can't find their way, they leave. Even the best website is of little use if visitors can't find what they are looking for. A confusing or overloade…
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Mail module - Secure communication as a basic principle
The Voice in the Background: The Mail Module Not a visible feature—but without it, plenty of other things simply don't work. Some modules you notice right away…
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More than a designer portfolio: The portfolio module
Show what you've done—instead of just claiming what you can do. "Portfolio" quickly brings to mind a graphic designer or photographer presenting their work. Bu…
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Events That No One Misses: The Events Module
An event nobody can find is an event that might as well not happen. Whether it's a concert, a workshop, a screening, or a festival slot—an event depends on the…
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Write Once, Post Everywhere: The Social Media Module
What you write on your website doesn’t have to stay there. A new blog post, a fresh property listing, an upcoming event – it’s all already on your website. But…
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Your Website Is Precious: The Backup Module
Content, images, settings, modules—and countless hours of work. A website is often more than just a handful of files. It holds content, images, settings, modul…
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Staying in the Inbox: The Newsletter Module
A website gets visited. A newsletter gets read while the coffee is still steaming. A visitor who's been to your website once has to actively come back to hear …
Read moreFTP Is History: The File Manager
It used to be that every small change to your website's files needed an FTP program, credentials and some patience. With the PlaCeMS File Manager, you do it ri…
Read moreBack Soon: Maintenance Mode
Sometimes a website needs a break: a big redesign, new content that should go live all at once, or an update during which visitors shouldn't stumble into a hal…
Read moreWelcome to the Club: The Users Module
Some content isn't meant for everyone: a members-only area, exclusive articles or content for paying subscribers. For that, your visitors need their own accoun…
Read moreMoving Pictures, No Data Leaks: The Media Module
A video often says more than a thousand words. But if you simply embed a YouTube video in your website, your visitors' data is sent to Google as soon as the pa…
Read moreFound, Not Searched: The Search Module
The more content your website has, the more important good search becomes. Visitors who can't find what they're looking for leave quickly. The PlaCeMS Search m…
Read moreWrite Instead of Tinker: The Blog Module
A blog is the heart of many websites. It's where you show what you can do, answer your customers' questions and get found on Google. The PlaCeMS Blog module le…
Read moreStart Small, Grow Big: The Database Module
Most content management systems want a database right at installation. For a small website with ten pages, that's like taking a truck to do your weekly shoppin…
Read moreKnow Who's Visiting – Without Asking Google: The Statistics Module
If you run a website, you want to know whether people read it. Which pages do well? Do visitors come from Google, from Facebook or straight to your site? The u…
Read moreAll PlaCeMS Modules at a Glance
PlaCeMS starts with a lean core. Everything else is added as a module: uploaded as a ZIP file, activated with one click and removable at any time. Here you'll …
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A Door for ChatGPT & Co.: The AI Door Module
More and more people no longer ask Google but ChatGPT or Claude. The AI assistant then searches the web, reads pages and summarises them – sometimes accurately…
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Sell Without a Marketplace: Shop and Cart
If you want to sell something, you quickly end up on big marketplaces with fees and their rules, or with shop systems that do far more than you will ever need.…
Read moreShare Files Your Way: The Downloads Module
A price list as a PDF, a manual, a template pack or a piece of music: many websites offer files for download. Often they end up scattered across random folders…
Read moreTidy, Not Forgotten: The Archive Module
Every active website gradually collects content that is no longer quite current: last year's summer party, the announcement of a promotion that ended long ago,…
Read moreFour Ways to Show a Picture: The Lightbox Modules
One click on a thumbnail, and the photo opens large over the page: that's a lightbox. It plays a big part in how your images come across – simple and fast, or …
Read moreAn Extra for Your Regulars: The Subscriptions Module
Your website is open to everyone – and it should stay that way. Sometimes, though, you want to offer your most loyal readers something extra: an online course,…
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