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Re: Use Google Spreadsheets as a CMS

#6
I don't see myself using something like this under any circumstances. I would just make my own database and call it myself.

It's not really a static site once you have dynamic content on it.

Re: Use Google Spreadsheets as a CMS

#7
I built a site for a restaurant and use a Google Spreadsheet as the back-end for menu data. Whenever they have a change to make, they modify the spreadsheet, and the updates are instantly live on the site.

They like it because they're very non-technical people, but totally get spreadsheets. I like it because there's version-control on any changes to the spreadsheet, so tracking updates is easy. Everything is cached in-case Google'd data were to ever be inaccessible, but it's a system that was easy to implement, and has worked well for a couple years without any perceivable negatives.

Re: Use Google Spreadsheets as a CMS

#9
This is pretty cool. You can do something fairly similar with www.silk.co except it acts more like an online database and less like a static site. Basically, CSV to Website conversion where each page acts like a row on a DB. (Full disclosure - I work for Silk).
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