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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!
How to Resize Images for Websites (2025 WebP Guide)
How I use AI in my web design business
Complete Guide: how to use & optimize images & videos for websites
What content do you put on your DIY website??
Bulk rename & resize images EASILY without Photoshop
13 cheap apps that make tech life easier for solopreneurs
The Importance of Mobile Optimization on Squarespace Websites, guest post by Henry Purchase
BEST FEATURES on Squarespace’s Fluid Engine Editor (2024)
2 unpopular opinions I share with my website clients + 1 SEO myth busted!
How to reuse your uploaded images in Squarespace
How to add a ‘fake’ sidebar with no code + no paid plugins!
How to add, access & manage your files on Squarespace
Want to put a PDF on a page that people can download? Maybe you don’t know how to add your resume, or an opt-in?
Since Squarespace (oddly) doesn’t have a normal Media Library, it’s not obvious where to add these things, or once you’ve added them, ––where did they go?
I'll show ya how to upload files to your Squarespace site, where to find them & how to manage them.
How to optimize your Squarespace website for mobile screens
Unlike Showit and Wix, Squarespace doesn’t let you separately alter your design for mobile size screens. That’s both a great thing and an irritation, tbh.
Great because: you’re not designing anything twice; it’s all automatic.
Not great because: it’s all automatic & you have no specific control how the design reacts on mobile without custom code.
So how do Squarespace designers deal with this problem?
Squarespace SEO: Optimizing Images
Are you frustrated with uploading large images to your website (but didn’t know there was another way)?
‘I’m pulling out my hair over here!’ 🤬
Don’t know what to name your image files?
‘Is IMG_0321-edit1.jpg is wrong?’ 😨
Think it doesn’t matter what you name your files, or how large they are?
‘Yes, no one can see the file name anyway!’ 😏
(You’re wrong about that, BTdubbs.)
Optimizing images for Squarespace SEO purposes (and the web in general) isn’t actually hard or time consuming, so this’ll be quick, with lots of screenshots!
Squarespace SEO Best Practices: Using Keywords
Have you’ve been wondering whether Squarespace is SEO friendly? I'm sharing best practices for how & where to use keywords for your Squarespace website's SEO.
Search Engine Optimization is an incredibly expansive topic, so I'm breaking this up into more bite-sized pieces!
Stay tuned, because I'm also covering these topics in later posts & additional content:
A tutorial for optimizing images for websites
(smaller file sizes = faster load times)
Which types of pages have big SEO opportunities
Why Blogging is great for SEO
Social Media & SEO (focusing on Pinterest)
Helpful Tools & Resources
Truth? I'm not an SEO expert and don't claim to be one. That being said, when I first started my website back in 2015 (first of all I had no idea what SEO was or that I needed it in order to have a successful website), I couldn't afford to hire an SEO expert, so I learned everything I could about how to do it myself.
My efforts are paying off; Google has ranked me on the top of page 1 for several of my keywords. Now I'm sharing what I've learned with you!
5 quick tips for beginners in Squarespace
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

