Website Building & Customization Guides
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Your resource for Squarespace website building tips, CSS customization tutorials, code snippets, and business insights. Discover guides, tutorials, and tools to create, customize, and optimize your Squarespace website.
Move Your Squarespace Header to the Bottom of the Page
Learn how to reposition your Squarespace header to the bottom of the page using a simple CSS code snippet.
Add a Polaroid Photo Effect to Squarespace Instagram Block
In this tutorial I will teach you how to add a polaroid photo effect to the Squarespace Instagram block.
Change Images on Hover in Squarespace Fluid Engine
In this tutorial I will teach you how to change images on hover in Squarespace Fluid Engine and 7.1 using a very simple CSS code.
Add Ken Burns Effect to Squarespace Images and Banners
In this article I will guide you through the process of implementing the Ken Burns effect on your Squarespace images, galleries, and section banners using CSS.
Redirect Members after Login to Squarespace Member Areas
When a member logs into their Member Area account, the page simply refreshes and the user panel opens. This can be confusing and not the best user experience. In today's article, I'll show you how to solve this problem by sharing a simple code snippet that you can add to your website
Best Squarespace Responsiveness Checker
In today's digital landscape, websites must be designed with responsiveness in mind. As a Squarespace designer, one of the most important steps in my web design process is ensuring my websites are responsive and look amazing on all displays, be it mobile, tablet, or desktop.
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.
How to Build a Sidebar Navigation in Squarespace 7.1 and Fluid Engine
In this article, I’ll show you how to create an anchor link sidebar navigation in Squarespace 7.1 and Fluid Engine.
Force Mobile Navigation in Squarespace 7.1 (2024 Update)
In this article, I’ll show you how you can force the mobile navigation to show all the time, even when viewing on desktop browsers in Squarespace 7.1.
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.
Particles.js on Squarespace
There is a plethora of amazing effects that anyone familiar with CSS and/or Javascript can implement on a customized website. However, because the HTML is already written for you when you’re building with Squarespace, it can be difficult to add custom effects using a combination of HTML, CSS and Javascript, but it can actually be quite easy.
Force Mobile Navigation on Squarespace Brine Templates
In this article, I’m going to show you how you can force the mobile navigation to show all the time, even when viewing on desktop browsers like I have on this website. It’s really quite simple!
Variable Speed Parallax Effects in Squarespace: Rellax.js
Parallax web design effects have been growing in popularity for years. It’s a wonderful way to add visual interest you your website when done correctly.
Slanted Index Sections in Squarespace
Some time ago, I wrote an article outlining how to create slanted headers and footers. That small bit of code was then featured within the Ghost Plugins library, and I’ve since been bombarded with emails containing questions about how to add slanted sections within a Brine Index.
How To Make Vertical Lines in Squarespace
If you’ve spent any time building a Squarespace website, you know that it’s super easy to make a horizontal line by using a line block. But what about vertical lines?