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I found this interesting cloud cms:
http://www.webpop.com/

exist others?

is nice think in dont manage a server (well make install etc) and just login and use the cms; but I think for many developers is a necessity control you own server and content, so… whats the future of cms?

any comments, advantages and disadvantages, about cloud cms? vs by example the actual ee cms?

It’s just a hosted SaaS application. For the end-user in this context, there’s no particular benefit to the cloud platform vis a vis such status beyond normal hosted solutions (well, that’s not technically true but those benefits are behind the scenes and aren’t a major concern for most of their target audience).

They’re useful in a lot of ways for people who just want to get something rolling. But to be honest, if you’re looking for anything more than that the shortcomings really start to show up. For myself, the biggest sticking point is just a lack of control: in order for their business models to be tenable, they’ve got to lock things down pretty tightly in terms of extendability. So with nearly all of them, it’s pretty much a take it or leave it situation.

With EE and other self-hosted solutions, you have that flexibility. Whether you’re dealing with server configurations, add-ons, or whatever have you, that flexibility can mean the difference between meeting a client’s needs and coming up short.

Webpop has a very nice interface.  They’ve done a great job.  It’s similar to Harmony CMS.

Typically these “SaaS” or “hosted” services (long ago refered to as “ASP”) do the whole site for you.  They host the site and provide all the software.  It’s alot like Wordpress.com.

You create the site, using their templates or make your own with CSS.  Then point your domain to them. 

Over the next three years, there’s going to be a big change to the way CMSes work to become more “cloud like”.  I don’t think you’ll be installing CMS software on a server - you’ll use services via APIs.

We at Feed.us have been working on a API based “cloud CMS”.  You have your own site on your own server, create it with your own CSS and PHP (or asp.net or jsp whatever) and then just the text and media within the site is stored on our servers and fed to your site via our web service.

thanks, very interesting responses