I'm shocked that using something like https://github.com/gimite/google-spreadsheet-ruby to, at the very least, let Google Spreadsheets as a proxy for a bare-bones CMS hasn't been more widespread
I thought of it since a buddy has some Tiki Bar that he wanted a site for, and I really didn't want to drop into WordPress or anything serious. Knew he could handle a spreadsheet.
Checkout http://www.tarbell.io/ - It's a CMS designed around google sheets. I think it's a bit of setup, but might be a solid solution.
- http://blog.apps.npr.org/2014/04/23/how-we-built-borderland-...
- http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/WillHankinson/20150323/239489...