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What I like most about this idea is approaching it as a web hosting provider -- in which the user retains ownership and control over their data -- vs. a web app
by audionerd 17y ago
What I like most about this idea is approaching it as a web hosting provider -- in which the user retains ownership and control over their data -- vs. a web application, in which the ownership and control of data is ... nebulous.
I'd like to see more web hosts adopt this model of "services-added" for their customers. In part because I think this could be new market for software (specifically open source) on web hosts, which has traditionally just been the nerd-ware ("and you get PHPMyAdmin for free!")
- flooha 17y agoWe're trying to do something similar at Flooha. Anyone can create a free website, which they own, using the software of their choosing. We will open it up very soon so that developers can upload their own apps which users can then use to create sites. It's only PHP apps right now, but we'll add rails apps very soon. Sites like Weebly and Yola are great and really easy to use, but can you move that site to a different host? Maybe you can export to html (I haven't checked), but you sure can't keep all the drag and drop / site building functionality if you want to move to a different host and you can't host it on your own server. Also, you're limited to the addons and "apps" (photo gallery, eCommerce, etc...) that they develop for their platform. If your site is built or hosted by Flooha, you can take it anywhere at any time and use any app or addon you want. Even if an app isn't available on Flooha, you can still install it like you would on any other web host. We're trying to make apps "user-ware" instead of "nerd-ware".
- teeja 17y agoSounds good ... I got tired fast of sites that insist on 'helping' you with your HTML.