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Squarespace Tips & Client Systems for Web Designers & Service Providers
Detailed tutorials, shared client systems, pricing tips, and tool reviews for solo service providers and web designers who want less hustle &/or overwhelm.
If you’ve been at this Squarespace thing long enough to feel pretty comfortable using the platform, then you might be at the point where you want to be able to do some things a little different than the template allows.
Or, maybe you’re just a “think outside the bun” kinda girl and you want to jazz it up a bit. Get it further away from the template than you otherwise could if you knew some code.
Yeah, me too. Been there, done that & I’m not a developer; I’m a designer.
And if you’re here reading this, I’m guessing you are too.
Plugins (mostly CSS) will be your new best friend, just don’t use too many at one time… it can become confusing.
I’m sharing my trusted resources for these here, so keep reading!
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Grouping Blocks in Squarespace: A Stacks Tutorial
Blogging on Squarespace: A Guide for Using the Classic Editor
How to Pin blocks, Scale or Highlight text, & Hide Navigation in Squarespace
'Boudoir by Sarah Chatham' Launched the Damn Thing!
3 best practices for easy mobile responsive designs in Fluid Engine
How to design & organize your blog’s home page on 7.1
Speed up your workflow with these 10 Squarespace shortcuts
A strategic Color Palette will generate better Color Themes
Deleting & moving content around in Squarespace
7 things you need to have in your website’s footer
The TLC Source launched the damn thing!
How to customize Quickview & Lightbox forms in Squarespace
8 NEW features in Squarespace: a roundup of changes in fall 2021
How to create a low highlight text link with a hover animation
SquareWebsites Tools Pro Extension: an overview
How to style individual sections on 7.1 with SquareKicker
How to privately redesign your Squarespace website
How to customize your home blog page on Squarespace 7.1
How to add a simple, lightboxed video (interactive popup)
How to add Search to your 7.1 site navigation
CHEATSHEET & TEMPLATES
File & format terminologies & size ranges, resource lists, and pre-sized blank Canva templates for various image ratios.
Katelyn, here!
I’m the Founder, Owner, CEO, Designer & Educator at Launch the Damn Thing® and I love coffee, cursing & carefully laid plans. 😂 (Also reading, blaring loud music, and teaching, –but those didn’t fit into my nice alliteration!)
Did I just totally make your day? #goals

