What Modulify does not have
Things people reasonably expect to find, that are not there, and what to do instead.
On this page
Modulify works differently from a traditional website builder in a few places, and the differences are deliberate. This page lists the ones people look for most often, so you stop hunting.
At a glance
| You are looking for | It does not exist | Do this instead |
|---|---|---|
| A Forms feature | There is no forms builder or submissions inbox | Ask chat for the form, and have it store submissions in your database or storage |
| An SEO tab | There is no SEO tab | Attach the SEO skill to the project |
| An image library | There is no shared media library | Attach images to chat, or upload to the project's Storage |
| A new chat or a chat switcher | There is one conversation per project | Keep talking in the same chat |
| Naming a code backup, or a diff | Code snapshots are automatic and unnamed | Read the backup list and restore |
| Taking a code backup by hand | Code is snapshotted for you as the site changes | Use Export .zip in the File Explorer tab's Settings for a copy of the code |
| Restoring a storage backup | Storage backups are download only | Download the archive and upload the files you need again |
| Restoring a database backup | Database backups are download only | Download the backup and add the rows you need again |
| Downloading a backup through chat or MCP | Chat and MCP can list, take and delete backups, never download one | Use Download on the row in the Backups tab |
| Delete all in a backups list | The list only deletes one row at a time | Use Delete all storage backups in Storage configuration or Delete all database backups in CMS settings |
| Submitting a site to Templates | You cannot list your own site | Share or clone the project directly |
There is no Forms feature
There is no form builder, no field designer and no submissions inbox anywhere in the product.
Forms are just part of the site the AI builds for you. Ask for one in chat and describe where the data should go. Every project can have a real database and its own file storage, and those are where submissions belong.
- The CMS is where you read and edit the rows afterwards.
- Storage holds uploaded files.
- Webhooks push events out to another service.
There is no SEO tab
SEO is not a panel you fill in. It is a Skill: a named set of instructions you attach to a project, which the AI then follows on every message.
Attach the SEO skill and the metadata, structured data and crawl files are written as part of normal building. See SEO and AI search.
There is no image library
Modulify has no shared media library or asset manager for site projects. There is nowhere to browse images you used earlier and drop one into a page.
Two things replace it. Attach the image to chat and say where it goes, which handles almost every case. Or put the file in the project's Storage as a public file, which gives it a permanent CDN link the site can use. A private file has no link, see Public and private files.
- Attachments and context covers attaching, including pasting straight into the editor.
- Storage covers permanent files.
There is no new chat button
Chat is one continuous conversation per project. There is no chat switcher, no chat history list and no way to start a second thread on the same site.
That is the point: context you have already given carries forward, so you do not re-explain your site every time. When the conversation grows too long, Modulify compacts the older part in place and marks where it happened, rather than making you start over.
If you want a genuinely clean slate, delete the transcript from Danger zone in the Settings tab. That wipes the conversation for everyone in the project and leaves the site untouched. See Site chat.
You cannot name a code backup, and there is no diff
Code backups are taken automatically. You cannot create one by hand, you cannot give one a name, and there is no side by side view of what changed between two of them.
Each entry reads v12 by Sam with a badge, a timestamp and the first characters of its commit. The only action on a code backup is Restore.
If you want a marker you can find later, say what you are about to do in chat. The message before the snapshot is your label. See Backups.
There is no manual code backup button
The Backups tab holds three tabs, Code, Storage and Database, and they do not work the same way. Everything under Code was recorded for you as the site changed. There is no button that snapshots your code on demand and no upload of one from elsewhere.
Storage and Database are the exceptions. On a paid plan the files in your Storage bucket are archived once a day, unless daily backups are turned off for the site, Back up now at the end of the tab strip archives them on demand up to ten times a site in twenty four hours, and each archive can be downloaded as a .zip or deleted. Database works the same way for the site database of a site on the newer database, with its own ten manual backups a site in twenty four hours and its own daily switch. See Backups.
There is no restore for storage backups
A storage backup has no Restore. Its menu holds Download and Delete, the Restore on the Code tab puts back source files only, never storage, and chat and a connected MCP client cannot restore one either.
To get lost storage files back, download an archive that still holds them, unzip it, and upload the files you need again in the Storage panel. See Get files back from a storage backup.
There is no restore for database backups
A database backup has no Restore either. Its menu holds Download and Delete, the Restore on the Code tab puts back source files only, never database rows, and chat and a connected MCP client can list, take and delete database backups but never restore or download one.
To get lost rows back, download a backup that still holds them, find the rows in its database.sql file, and add them again from the CMS or by pasting them into chat. See Get data back from a database backup.
You cannot submit a site to the Templates gallery
You can browse the Templates gallery and clone anything in it into your own workspace. You cannot list your own site there. What appears in the gallery is curated.
To hand a site to somebody else, share or clone the project directly.
- Templates covers browsing and cloning.
- Sharing and cloning covers handing a project to someone.
Deleting a project is permanent
There is no trash and no undo on the dashboard. Read the confirmation before you accept it. See Delete a project.
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- Core concepts explains the model these choices follow from.
- Tabs and visibility shows where the tabs you cannot see are hiding.