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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.
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?
My Favourite Squarespace CSS Hacks — Part 3
As I gain more experience building websites on Squarespace, I continue to notice small nuances that are sometimes neat, sometimes annoying. Regardless of what it is, I often just want to change some small thing.
How to Customize the Squarespace Cookie Banner (Updated)
Squarespace made it easy for us website solopreneures to implement that annoying (but necessary) cookie banner on our own sites. I’ve only just turned it on on my own website, but was shocked to see this:
My Favourite Squarespace CSS Hacks
One of the main concerns I've heard from clients and others thinking about using Squarespace is that they don't want their website to look and act like everyone else's site and look like a template.