Agreed. The missing piece for site builders to take on projects for small businesses independently is very easy hosting & maintenance. We’re building that missing piece and plan to launch it at DrupalCon (see drupito.com )
Essentially it’s a hosted DrupalCMS with easier theming and components available out of the box so site builders can launch projects right away. It has a few restrictions (e.g. no custom modules for now) to enable automated updates & better security. But when client needs (and/or budgets) grow they can push their site to an unrestricted host.
So we see the future as:
1. Sitebuilders build & launch with DrupalCMS on drupito.com
2. When/if site needs more complexity (eg custom modules), push site from drupito to other host (e.g. Acquia) and a developer (or the same, now more experienced, sitebuilder) continues the old fashioned way from there
We hope to have it launched by DrupalCon - updates will be posted to drupito.com if you’d like to follow :)
Agreed. The missing piece for site builders to take on projects for small businesses independently is very easy hosting & maintenance. We’re building that missing piece and plan to launch it at DrupalCon (see drupito.com )
Essentially it’s a hosted DrupalCMS with easier theming and components available out of the box so site builders can launch projects right away. It has a few restrictions (e.g. no custom modules for now) to enable automated updates & better security. But when client needs (and/or budgets) grow they can push their site to an unrestricted host.
So we see the future as:
1. Sitebuilders build & launch with DrupalCMS on drupito.com
2. When/if site needs more complexity (eg custom modules), push site from drupito to other host (e.g. Acquia) and a developer (or the same, now more experienced, sitebuilder) continues the old fashioned way from there
We hope to have it launched by DrupalCon - updates will be posted to drupito.com if you’d like to follow :)