Squarespace Tutorials and information
Custom Videos
Custom Video Folder
PW: FTW
How to connect your social media accounts - no password required.
Squarespace Videos & Guides
All of Squarespace’s Videos in One Place! - Includes Design & Settings information
General Page Editing Information
- Adding & Building a Page in Squarespace
- How to Duplicate a Page in Squarespace
- What are content blocks in Squarespace
- Using the Text Block This is the default block in the page editing panel.
- (Fast forward to 1:50mins to view section on pasting as plain text. V. important)
- Adding Links
- Laying out Pages & moving text/images around - + the spacer Block
- Adding Images and Videos
Optimizing your Images for Squarespace
NOTE: When you upload images to your website, make sure to optimize them for the web (ie use the right size - 1500px wide is the standard with SqSP & make sure they are compressed to under 500kb & a resolution of 72 otherwise your site will load slowly.)
Optimizing and Formatting Images for Squarespace/Web
Tip: I use www.tinypng.com to compress my photos if they are larger than 500 kb.
Tip: Label your images clearly. DC1940.jpg = bad. dog-walker-portland-pug-puppy.jpg = good.
Your Template and Squarespace General Info
All the info about the Brine Template (Your template = Foster).
Using Squarespace Analytics - to monitor your visitor activity & tweak your page goals & Squarespace Analytics FAQs
Additional Training
We can help you. Contact sarah@sarahmoon.net to find out about training.
Also, check with your local library. Depending on the city, some libraries offer free access to Lynda.com tutorials with a valid library card.
Customer Support
Customer Support at Squarespace is great - they are super helpful if you are stuck.
You can reach them at Customer Care.
Troubleshooting - it’s not you, it’s Squarespace
Here are the links to SqSp’s Twitter Feed & Status Update if the platform is being glitchy. Check here first before trying to figure out what you are doing wrong. It might not be you!! :)
Squarespace Twitter Help Feed - You don’t need to sign up to Twitter to view this. It’s public.
Squarespace Status - This will tell you if Squarespace is down & other connection issues