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Allll the tips, tricks + tutorials
How to Embed your Interact Quiz Behind a Button on Squarespace
Have your Interact quiz instantly display in the same frame after you click "Take the Quiz" button. Step by step tutorial on how to achieve this in Squarespace - copy and paste code!
How to Connect your Interact Quiz with your Squarespace Site
Learn how to embed your Interact Quiz to your Squarespace site, how to set up custom results pages, and which settings to use so your quiz works perfectly on Squarespace!
How to get the right size for your Squarespace logo on Facebook (social sharing logo)
Is your Squarespace Social logo showing up cropped on Facebook or other social platforms? Check out this tutorial for how to make sure it looks good across all platforms.
How to secure your Squarespace website & why you need to!
SEO tip: how to secure your Squarespace Website with an active SSL Certificate, it’s really important and super easy with Squarespace!
How to Change the Background Color of a Single Page in Squarespace 7.0 (Brine Template)
Need to switch up the color on one of your site’s pages? No problem. Here’s a quick tutorial of how to change the background color of any of your pages in Squarespace if you’re using the Brine template.
How to Create a Coming Soon Page in Squarespace 7.0
Learn how to build a Coming Soon or Under Construction page in Squarespace 7.0 - these pages are great to add when you’re still building your site because you can begin to grow your email list, get inquiries and create an excitement about your launch!
5 Quick & Easy SEO Tricks for Squarespace to Implement now
If you’re using Squarespace, do these 5 things to easily and quickly improve your Search Engine Optimization! Follow along step by step for these SEO improvements
How to optimize images for Squarespace
Optimizing images correctly for Squarespace can help increase your search engine rank. If you’re DIYing your Squarespace website, this is often overlooked! Learn how to optimize your images for SEO here.
How to add a drop down menu in Squarespace
Learn how to create a drop down in your main navigation in Squarespace. Quick and easy, for Squarespace 7.0 and 7.1!
The ultimate guide to Portfolio pages on Squarespace 7.1
Portfolio pages are a perfect design feature to show off your projects, photo galleries and case studies. Ideal for photographers, designers and every other business who uses visuals, the portfolio page will elevate your Squarespace website to the next level.
How to optimize your Squarespace website for Pinterest
Pinterest marketing can blow up your blog posts and bring your Squarespace website tons of new traffic each month. As it’s a search engine, Pinterest SEO is important; and there are some easy ways to optimize your Squarespace website to boost your performance on the platform.
How to resize and crop images in Squarespace Classic Editor
A step by step tutorial on how to resize and crop your image blocks on your Squarespace website. Also learn how to move your images around the page and my method for cropping images into different shaped frames.
How to connect Instagram to your Squarespace website
Learn how to create Instagram Social Links and how to display your Instagram Feed on your Squarespace website. Plus, learn about all of the different design variations!
How to add an email sign-up form to your Squarespace site
How to add an email sign-up form, opt-in, or newsletter block to your Squarespace site, so you can capture visitors emails and market to them!
How to add an announcement bar to your Squarespace website (& why you should)
Adding an announcement bar to your Squarespace site can seriously increase your conversions - and it's so easy to add! Read more here.
What is Squarespace 7.1, and should you be using it?
What is Squarespace 7.1, and should you be using it? Learn all about Squarespace 7.1, the differences between 7.1 and 7.0, and if you should make the switch, in this detailed post!
How to add social icons to your main navigation in Squarespace
Check out this post to learn how to add social media icons into your navigation on ANY Squarespace 7.0 or 7.1 site!
How to create full width sections in Squarespace 7.0 & 7.1
Learn how to create modern full-width sections, images and backgrounds in Squarespace 7.0 and 7.1!
