How to Avoid Late & Non-Paying Clients

If you’re a business owner or a freelancer, you know that it can be stressful enough having an unstable and variable income. The last thing you want to worry about is clients that ghost you after your work is done. Your livelihood depends entirely on invoices paid on time by your clients. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. Since starting my web design business, I have not encountered this problem once. Here are some tips to prevent late and non-payments

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Squarespace: 2022 in Review

If you're a fan of Squarespace like I am, you'll know that 2022 was a banner year for the platform. They completely revamped their website builder with the "Fluid Engine" layout editor and let me tell you - it was a game changer. Building websites on Squarespace just got a whole lot easier and more stylish. But that's not all - they also rolled out a ton of new features that made it possible to create professional-grade websites without any coding skills. These updates were a total dream for anyone who loves to tinker with their website and try out the latest design trends. In this article, I'll be sharing all the details about these new features and giving you my honest thoughts on them.

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How to add Floating Social Media Icons to Squarespace Fluid Engine

Adding floating social icons that are always visible to your website is an easy way to encourage visitors to follow you on your chosen platforms and stay up to date with your content. Not only do these icons provide an easy way for visitors to connect with you, but they also contribute to the professional and cohesive look of your site. The new Fluid Engine update to Squarespace means the codes we used on 7.1 to achieve this are no longer viable and they need some tweaking.

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How Squarespace Changed My Life

Like many, I left high-school with the task (read: burden) of deciding, that very minute, what it was that I was going to do for the rest of my life to make some semblance of a living in this tremendously costly city I call home. What do I want to be when I grow up? In western society, what that really means is: Which profession will define me a person, and how many expensive and unnecessary things do I want to buy to impress people I don’t like?

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Parallax Banners in Squarespace 7.1 (Updated)

The Brine family of templates in Squarespace 7.0 offered a lovely, optional parallax feature that could be applied to banner images. 7.1 does not currently offer this option. However, with a little bit of code, we can add a (more flexible) version of the parallax effect to banner images in this updated design system.

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