u/Kenuff

I’ve recently gone freelance and I’m currently using Squarespace to build smaller client sites. It’s honestly abysmal, so I’m looking at moving to something that gives me more freedom and doesn’t make me want to slam my head into a wall every five minutes.

I’ve been a web designer for about 12 years and I’m very proficient in Figma. I’m comfortable with components, design systems, auto layout, responsive layouts etc.

Would you recommend jumping straight into a Figma → Framer workflow and learning Framer as I go, or am I better off learning Framer properly from the ground up and designing directly in there?

Interested to hear what workflow people actually use day to day.

I’ve inherited a couple of Squarespace sites on a freelance basis after the disintegration of my former agency (RIP).

I’ve been a web designer for about 12 years, but it’s mainly been Figma > dev, with a few years where I had to use Photoshop (which I’d rather forget). So I’m by no means a newbie to website design, but I am to Squarespace.

I’m finding that when I get something exactly where I want it on mobile, even a stiff breeze seems to knock everything out of shape. For example, I put together a really simple card layout today (8 cards consisting of an icon, text and button), got it exactly where I wanted it, then starting on the section below it somehow caused the one above to essentially commit graphic suicide.

Is this just how Squarespace is? The only solution I’ve found is to favourite any problematic sections and, if they suddenly decide to go rogue, just delete them and replace them with the saved version rather than wasting time laying everything out again.

Is this a browser thing? I’m using Chrome. Does Squarespace behave better in other browsers, or is this just part of the experience?

Not only did they cut out the pause between the cut to black and the credits, they immediately suggested the movie to me. Whatever happened there.

Like I didn’t feel old enough already.