We didn't set out to create a hosted CMS, but that's what we just did.

The beginning

Five years ago we needed a CMS that our small business clients could actually use, so we made one. We called it M-Tools, and all our client sites were built with it. M-Tools was extremely rudimentary, but had the key advantage of simplicity. It allowed us to build custom sites without burdening our clients with a complex CMS interface.

As our client work continued to evolve, so did M-Tools. We steadily made...