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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 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
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.
Squarespace Saved Sections: Everything You Need to Know
Squarespace has just released a new feature that I've been wanting for a while: Saved Sections. In this post, I'll give you an overview of what Saved Sections are, how to use them, and how they can improve your Squarespace workflow.
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?
What is Squarespace 7.1?
Squarespace has undergone several changes and upgrades since it’s inception; refining, simplifying and beautifying it’s website design platform to create the product that you and I see today.
How to Create an 'Under Construction' or 'Coming Soon' Page in Squarespace
I always recommend putting up an “Under Construction” or “Coming Soon” page during the build of the new site to prevent visitors from stumbling upon your un-finished site mid-build. It could be messy while it’s under construction and leave a bad impression.
Squarespace: 2018 in Review
2018 was a big year for my business and Squarespace alike. We saw a tremendous number of updates and improvements to the Squarespace platform, and in this post, I’m going to walk through the most notable and useful changes that were brought forth this year.
Squarespace DIY: Which Template is Best?
Before I started building websites for clients, I used Squarespace to build a website for my previous business. It took some time to figure out, but I ended up with a website that I could be proud of, even with my unreasonably high standards.
The Easiest Thing You Can Do To Improve Your Website SEO Right Now
SEO is one of the hottest topics amongst web designers right now. Who's doing it right? Who's doing it wrong? What do search engines like Google use to measure how your website will be displayed?
How to Create a Custom 404 Page in Squarespace + Why It’s Important
ou're a savvy business person and you know the importance of retaining customers. That's why you have a compelling website that keeps people browsing for whole minutes.
The Truth About Squarespace SEO
"Squarespace sucks for SEO." I've heard this almost enough times to believe it, but the one thing I believe for sure is that the people who say that have never used Squarespace before in their lives and just like to start arguments on forums.
This is Why I Build With Squarespace
I often find myself defending Squarespace to so-called "real" web designers. I don't know what that even means—but it's rude. Squarespace is all I've ever known with respect to web design.
4 Reasons You Need A Mobile Friendly Website
Why do I need a mobile friendly website? First of all, that's not something you should ask, you should just know—and if you don't know, you should be ashamed not to know and pretend to know. This blog post is inspired by this interesting article from Google.