Maybe I am missing the point of this. It seems like they are talking about having no "backend" to manage site content. Plone has been doing this for years. Or maybe this article is about doing these things with a lighter weight framework.
Plone has always let you edit content via the web in the context of the normal web pages, not a separate admin mode.
Additionally for at least 4 years, Plone has also had a feature where you can click on various page parts (title, description, body text, image, etc) and edit inline without entering the full page edit mode. This is not enabled by default, but it is available.
The Plone 5 is scheduled to allow full control of page layout and creation of content types on the fly and in the context of the page. Take a look at
http://blip.tv/file/4310018
It starts getting interesting about 11 minutes in.
I came here to say the same thing about Drupal. Any CMS worth its salt has the same features, but I guess maybe the difference is that by leaving all the other features out, this CMS is supposed to be better. Which could be possible in theory, though I doubt it in practice.
Plone has always let you edit content via the web in the context of the normal web pages, not a separate admin mode.
Additionally for at least 4 years, Plone has also had a feature where you can click on various page parts (title, description, body text, image, etc) and edit inline without entering the full page edit mode. This is not enabled by default, but it is available.
The Plone 5 is scheduled to allow full control of page layout and creation of content types on the fly and in the context of the page. Take a look at
It starts getting interesting about 11 minutes in.