cmpeters

Have you looked at Django lately? They basically give you everything you need including a full-featured with JQuery admin back-end. Their template system is extendable and swappable for alternatives if you want more flexibility. Not to be a nay-sayer, but this sounds like a tough sell when there is so much people can get for free.

Can you beat Squarespace in terms of features, performance, support, etc.?

I saw this a long time ago and thought, "cool, but what about scalability, performance, etc..." But now there is back-end support. I'd like to see how this performs with the Lift framework. Cool project.

Thanks all for your quick and helpful responses.

To those who offered help proof-reading, referrals, etc I appreciate your generosity and will undoubtably take you up on your offers. I'll reply to each individually.