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(Founder/CEO of Squarespace here)

Hey all -- it's actively being worked on and will arrive soon. As someone on this thread correctly pointed out, it's a complex implementation due to how our infrastructure is set up.

It's coming!

I've personally wanted seamless SSL for all Squarespace customers on custom domains for forever now, and we've put a lot of work into making it a reality. Furthermore, before initiatives like Let's Encrypt, the business/logistics side of getting this in place was a mess.

(Disclosure: I'm the founder/CEO of Squarespace)

Hey --

Regarding the eCommerce integrations, Jason is right that early on we wanted to partner with a few companies where we felt like we could deeply integrate and provide a controlled/polished experience for consumers. There is no exclusivity agreement with ShipStation (though they're a great choice for many) and we're actively working on APIs that will allow larger merchants to integrate with our order/inventory systems more deeply.

(Disclosure: I'm the founder/CEO of Squarespace)

Own domain using www.squarespace.com with rest of your site. No reason to deal with self-hosted setup, upgrades, and scaling when you have more important things to do when you're starting your company.

Disclaimer: I work here and am biased ;)

Not extremely sophisticated from the generation side but SecretBook for Mac is really pretty clean. iPhone version as well.

http://bookshelfapps.com/

I'll consider CMS solved when end users can create most any basic site -- to the pixel, with absolutely no XHTML or CSS written by hand coupled with a robust management and analytics framework. It's a ridiculously difficult problem to both create a system that is developer AND end user friendly that satisfies this requirement.

I think it's through the development of some new UI paradigms that this sort of problem will eventually feel more "solved". That said -- have you guys looked at Squarespace - http://www.squarespace.com/ (Disclaimer: My company.)? We have a pretty unique take on the problem -- with separate editing modes (content, structure) + an expansive module base + an excellent visual CSS designer + an extremely robust hosting core (think: S3 for pages). 5 years in business.

Definitely don't feel we've completely solved it, as evidenced by our system constant upgrades, but it's a great shot. If anyone on this thread is interested some facet the CMS problem, feel free to add a question.

That's impossible, since you can't edit the XHTML behind a Squarespace site.

Do you mean CSS?

I think the point is that it's a completely hosted service and that's being done 90% from a UI -- with minimal CSS written, and no XHTML changes.

Squarespace obviously. http://www.squarespace.com/

Go ahead and try to do this in either of the others:

http://www.squarespace.com/squarespaced