静的ページを Middleman *1 などから local に publish して dropbox 経由で簡単に deploy できる Backlift がサービス終了してしまうようです。理由としては、高機能なユーザアカウント管理機能やデータベース機能があまり使われず、ほとんど静的ページの作成が中心となっていたからとのこと。今後は静的ページにフォーカスした Brace をつくっていくそうです。
http://brace.io/
strikingly のような GUI ベースのサービスもありますが、今 wordpress を CMS として利用している方などは、手元の環境で css / html 編集して簡単に deploy できる Brace という選択肢もありそうですね。
I've got good news, and bad news. The bad news is that we're shutting down Backlift (the backend-as-a-service for front-end developers) soon. Any apps currently on Backlift will no longer be available. The good news is that you're eligible for a free website on Brace.io. Brace is a new service that offers simple, hackable, static websites. It syncs with your Dropbox, just like Backlift. Just click the link below to redeem the coupon for your free site: (snip..) So why the change? Backlift was powerful, but our advanced features, such as databases and user accounts, weren't being used. Most users, it turned out, were building static websites. So we focused on creating an amazing experience for managing static sites. That's what led to Brace. Brace is faster, offers password protection, and provides a draft and production version of each website. We believe this is a much better product for getting simple websites online quickly. If you have production content on Backlift, please migrate to Brace, or another service. If you need help with such a migration, shoot me an email and I'll see what I can do! Thanks for trying out Backlift! //Cole Cofounder of Backlift.com and Brace.io
Brace.io
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├── README.txt
├── css
│ ├── font
│ │ ├── FontAwesome.otf
│ │ ├── fontawesome-webfont.eot
│ │ ├── fontawesome-webfont.svg
│ │ ├── fontawesome-webfont.ttf
│ │ └── fontawesome-webfont.woff
│ ├── ie
│ │ ├── PIE.htc
│ │ ├── backgroundsize.min.htc
│ │ ├── html5shiv.js
│ │ └── v8.css
│ ├── images
│ │ ├── arrow.svg
│ │ ├── banner.svg
│ │ ├── loader.gif
│ │ ├── poptrox-closer.svg
│ │ └── poptrox-nav.svg
│ ├── skel-noscript.css
│ ├── style-mobile.css
│ ├── style-narrow.css
│ ├── style-normal.css
│ ├── style-wide.css
│ └── style.css
── images
│ ├── bg-alt.jpg
│ ├── bg.jpg
│ ├── fulls
│ │ ├── 01.jpg
│ │ ├── 02.jpg
│ │ ├── 03.jpg
│ │ ├── 04.jpg
│ │ ├── 05.jpg
│ │ ├── 06.jpg
│ │ ├── 07.jpg
│ │ └── 08.jpg
│ ├── pic01.jpg
│ ├── pic02.jpg
│ └── thumbs
│ ├── 01.jpg
│ ├── 02.jpg
│ ├── 03.jpg
│ ├── 04.jpg
│ ├── 05.jpg
│ ├── 06.jpg
│ ├── 07.jpg
│ └── 08.jpg
├── index.html
└── js
├── init.js
├── jquery.min.js
├── jquery.poptrox.min.js
└── skel.min.js
