Once you’ve chosen a plan and entered your payment details, you can then publish and launch your site. Take a look at our Squarespace promo codes page for discounts. Other plans include the Business ( $18), the Commerce Basic ( $26), and the Commerce Advanced ( $40)-the last two of which you’ll want to consider if you wish to integrate ecommerce into your site.
As well as being cheaper, annual plans also include a free domain name for a year, so this is worth considering if you plan to upgrade your site address anyway. You’ll then be presented with four options (opens in new tab)-the cheapest of which is the Personal plan, costing $12 a month if paid upfront for an annual subscription. To upgrade your website plan, click "Subscribe" at the bottom of the assistant box. Step 6: Upgrade your plan and publish your siteĪlthough you have two weeks before needing to upgrade your free plan, you’ll have to do so beforehand if you wish to publish your site. Here, you’ll find a handy SEO checklist to follow to begin optimizing your site, prompting you to add things like a site description, SEO descriptions to individual pages, and links to your social media accounts.Īs you’ll have come to expect with Squarespace, everything is clearly labeled, technical jargon is kept to a minimum, and on-screen tips are there to help you if you get stuck.Īlongside this, Squarespace automatically provides a generated sitemap, allows the customization of meta descriptions and image alt tags, and enables you to directly search Google keyword analytics to find out what people are searching for within your niche. In the left-hand toolbar, click "Marketing" and then "SEO". Ranking well on search engines is fundamental for attracting clients to your website, and Squarespace’s built-in SEO (search engine optimization) tools make it simple to get started.
Next up is optimizing your website for search engines. Squarespace makes site optimization simple (Image credit: Squarespace) There’s plenty of on-screen help when building, but you can find additional tutorials on Squarespace’s knowledge base (opens in new tab) if you’re unsure of anything. If you’d like ecommerce integrated into your site, the left-hand column is also where to go-select "Commerce" to begin, and follow the steps provided to get started. Select "Pages" from the left-hand column to add or remove any pages, or to select an existing one to customize. Here, you can adjust your overall site style to ensure consistency with colors and fonts, edit your browser icon, or even add additional CSS code. The assistant also provides a useful design checklist to work through, prompting you to add your site logo, change colors and fonts, and add or delete pages. To begin editing the blocks on the page, simply click on one-this will present a box where you can customize elements like the text, background image, section height and width, and color palette.įor further customization, head to the left-hand column and select the "Design" option. It’s worth watching the tutorial video provided here, as-although Squarespace is relatively simple to understand-the design interface can take some getting used to. I tried examining the common-#.de6bjs file and nothing in it jumps out at me.Utilize the on-page assistant to get started with customization (Image credit: Squarespace)Īfter naming your site, it’s time to start customizing. Upon being directed to the build page, you’ll notice a handy assistant pops up on the right.
However when I use the squarespace hosted file, the page scrolls down as intended. For example, the original site is here:, and when I use the local hosted file, when I scroll down, the TECH.
The problem is that part of the website still loads as intended, but a lot of the effect is gone and consequentially the content is no longer viewable.
The full script, un-minified, is in the link below. Note the commented out section is where I wish to refer to a local version of the. Script(crossorigin='anonymous', src='///universal/scripts-compressed/') However I hit a snag in the following file: //- this loads but it's from squarespace, so we can't use this unless we have an active account I have been diligently wgeting all the associated files and replacing the path with local paths. I am looking to host an entire Squarespace website locally, including all associated files.