r/squarespace

Anyone else experiencing squarespace sites not loading or editor not working today?

I'm currently trying to build a personal site, and i've decided on squarespace (bought a doman and everything) I just dont know coding very well so thats why i went with squarespace.
but it just seems like it locks you into a certain theme?

my goal is to have my art portfolio, maybe a small rinky-dinky side shop on a different page and like maybe a blog type on a different page?
but i cant get a blog type to show up when i add a section to a page?

maybe im misunderstanding? But why would it lock you into only a certain theme?
that just seems very limiting....

Just signed up for Google Workspace for my roofing company and needed a domain for the company emails, so I ended up getting one through Squarespace. I tried building the website myself, but it got confusing fast lol.

What’s a realistic cost for someone to build a simple small-business website?

Not trying to waste anyone’s time with DMs if it’s outside my budget.

I made a simple custom CSS snippet that hides the default Squarespace shop products and category navigation on a specific Squarespace store page.

The reason someone might want to do this is because Squarespace store pages can feel very limited when it comes to layout control. The built-in product grid works, but you are mostly stuck with Squarespace’s default way of displaying products, categories, spacing, and structure.

By hiding the automatic product grid, you can still keep your products active in the background, but manually build your own shop layout underneath the page header using normal Squarespace sections.

This gives you a lot more freedom to create a shop page that feels more custom, branded, and organised.

For example, you could manually create:

• Featured product sections
• Custom product cards
• Product collection areas
• Category-style sections
• Better image layouts
• More detailed product descriptions
• Buttons linking directly to each product
• A cleaner and more premium shop design
• A layout that works better for your own brand or store

This can be really useful for print shops, creative stores, portfolio-style shops, small product collections, or anyone who wants their Squarespace shop page to feel less restricted by the default template.

Here is the CSS:

/* Hide default Squarespace shop products and categories on the Shop page only */
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .ProductList,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .product-list,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .products,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .collection-content-wrapper,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .product-list-grid,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .ProductList-grid,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .category-nav,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .products-category-nav,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .ProductList-filter,
body.collection-INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE .ProductList-filter-list {
  display: none !important;
}

Just replace:

INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE

with your own Squarespace shop collection ID.

For example, your body class might look something like this:

body.collection-6a039185e39dyd12fabda26f

In that case, you would only copy the ID part:

6a039185e39dyd12fabda26f

and replace INSERT-YOUR-SHOP-ID-HERE with it.

Once added, the default product grid and category navigation should be hidden on that specific shop page only, while leaving the rest of your website untouched.

You can then manually design your shop page using sections, images, text blocks, buttons, and links to your individual products.

I’d definitely recommend testing it on desktop and mobile before leaving it live, and making sure all your product buttons, checkout links, and navigation still work properly.

For me, this is a nice way to keep the functionality of Squarespace ecommerce while having more creative control over how the shop page actually looks.

I’m trying to add a custom code snippet (ConveyThis translation widget script) to my Squarespace site.
I remember being able to do this during the free/pro trial, so now I’m confused about whether the actual Basic plan supports code injection or if I need to upgrade to the Business plan.
If some custom code features work on Basic and others don’t, what are the exact limitations?

Hey, I've just started learning Squarespace and building a practice site. Any tips for beginners? What are common mistakes to avoid?

I am a mid/senior freelancer in the UK had Squarespace for years and not looking to change that (yet) I am aware it needs work copy wise, design wise etc - I am looking please for any Claude commands to support with no special coding?

Someone snatched the domain that's my name. He's since let his account expire. All it says is "This account has expired. If you are the site owner, click below to login." and the Squarespace logo. How can I buy it? I don't see a link anywhere on Squarespace.

Hello! I’m trying to figure out how to make a portfolio thumbnail image change when someone hovers over it. Basically, on my portfolio grid, I want the image to switch to a different image on hover. Any help or examples would be greatly appreciated!

If you’re using Squarespace for a UK based shop, you might have noticed that some of the default wording feels a bit American.

One example is “Shopping Cart” and “Add To Cart”.

In the UK, “basket” feels much more natural for online shopping, so I made a simple CSS snippet that changes the wording across my Squarespace shop.

This changes:

“Shopping Cart” to “Shopping Basket”
“Add To Cart” to “Add To Basket”

Here is the CSS I used:

/* Change cart page heading from Shopping Cart to Shopping Basket */
.cart-title {
  font-size: 0 !important;
  line-height: 1.2 !important;
}

.cart-title::after {
  content: "Shopping Basket";
  font-size: 1.6rem !important;
  line-height: 1.2 !important;
  display: inline-block;
}

/* Change product buttons from Add To Cart to Add To Basket */
.sqs-add-to-cart-button .sqs-add-to-cart-button-inner {
  font-size: 0 !important;
}

.sqs-add-to-cart-button .sqs-add-to-cart-button-inner::after {
  content: "Add To Basket";
  font-size: 15px !important;
  line-height: normal !important;
}

I added this into the Custom CSS section in Squarespace and it worked nicely on my site.

All you need to do to use my code is copy the CSS above, go to your Squarespace website, search “CSS”, then click “Custom CSS”, paste the code in, and save it.

Once saved, your Squarespace shop should change “Shopping Cart” to “Shopping Basket” and “Add To Cart” to “Add To Basket”.

Just thought I’d share it here in case anyone else in the UK wants their Squarespace shop wording to feel a bit more British and more natural for their customers

Hope this helps someone!

What are your tricks to break out of the standard grid and make a Squarespace site look truly custom and high-end? Feel like everything I do looks generic and is on every other website. I added Spark plugins and I think that helps?

I've been designing websites using photoshop/figma

Decided to try squarespace and, its different to say the least lol

Just with the fact you're limited to certain amounts of headings, buttons, paragraphs etc

So im just wondering what your workflow is...

Do you build the frame first, then style text, buttons etc?

Do you style the buttons, headings, themes etc first?

My workflow atm is a bit chaotic, sort of doing everything as I go but, it is my first attempt so ill know better in future but I definitely think I need a better workflow

Hi guys,

I’ve wanted to add rounded corners to my Squarespace gallery images for a long time, but I also wanted the same rounded corner effect to show when the images are opened in the lightbox.

After some trial and error, I finally managed to get it working for both the gallery images and the lightbox view, including a mobile fix so the images stay centred and do not crop awkwardly on smaller screens.

So, if you want to round the corners of your Squarespace gallery images and lightbox too, you can now do it with this CSS code I’ve created.

To use this code:

1. Go to your Squarespace website editor.
2. Open your Custom CSS area.
3. Paste the code below into your Custom CSS box.
4. Save the changes.
5. Refresh your website and check your gallery images on desktop and mobile.
6. Open the images in the lightbox to make sure the rounded corners are showing properly there too.

You can change the 15px value if you want the corners to be more or less rounded. A smaller number gives a sharper corner, while a larger number gives a softer/more rounded look.

Here is the CSS:

/* Rounded corners for Squarespace gallery images */
.gallery-grid-item-wrapper,
.gallery-masonry-item-wrapper,
.gallery-strips-item-wrapper {
  overflow: hidden;
  border-radius: 15px;
}

.gallery-grid-item-wrapper img,
.gallery-masonry-item-wrapper img,
.gallery-strips-item-wrapper img {
  border-radius: 15px;
}

/* 1. Desktop & Universal Lightbox Rules */
.gallery-lightbox-item img {
  box-sizing: border-box !important;
  border-radius: 15px !important;
  
  /* Centers and scales the image seamlessly on desktop */
  width: auto !important;
  left: 50% !important;
  top: 50% !important;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%) !important;
}

/* 2. Responsive Mobile Fix (Overrides the math so images do not crop) */
u/media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
  .gallery-lightbox-item img {
    /* Lets the image scale naturally to full mobile screen width */
    width: 100% ! important;
    height: auto ! important;
    
    /* Keeps the image perfectly centered without stretching */
    object-fit: contain !important;
    position: absolute ! important;
    left: 50% !important;
    top: 50% !important;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%) !important;
  }
}

A small note: this worked for my Squarespace gallery setup, but different templates, gallery layouts or site versions may behave slightly differently. I’d recommend testing it on both desktop and mobile after adding it.

Hope this helps anyone trying to make their Squarespace galleries and lightbox images look a bit cleaner and more polished!

Launched a site in the last 6 months where Squarespace seemed to make the most sense for the following reasons:

1. Ability to have multiple, separate blogs on the same site

2. Simple templates with decent UX

3. Decent selection of plugins

4. Ease of compatibility with Adsense

5. ECommerce option

Well, I've had it with their platform. Bug after bug after bug that they don't seem to care to fix. And anytime you reach out to them, support just blames your embedded code for whatever goes wrong. Currently awaiting a fix now for an issue that all but basically eliminates ability to use the embed block as it now adds an absurd amount of vertical blank white space now for no apparent reason. Issue has been reported to them multiple times, including by partners, over the past two weeks and they still have no ETA on fixing it. So I can't insert ads, maps and the other basic elements I used on nearly every page anymore without it looking like shit.

So, I'm looking to replatform (not my first time at all doing this and I have time on my hands), but curious what recommendations you all have given the features I need.

Ideally I would love a solution that doesn't automatically push updates that break things like Squarespace does. In Shopify, I always thoroughly QA'd any theme update and fixed conflicts before pushing it live. But Squarespace does not have that option. Worst issues I ran into with Shopify were admin updates that broke things, but I did not have to worry about my customer-facing site breaking because of an update I didn't authorize.

Also it would be nice, but not required, if the site can use the same URL structure so I don't have an SEO mess when I move it.

I'm currently using Wordpress through Hostinger for another site that doesn't have the multi blog requirement. I'm not super fond of its UX, but I will absolutely sacrifice things like that to have a website that isn't constantly breaking due to updates out of my control.

What do you all think is the best option?

I’ve been using square for over 3 years. Last year I added 3 different locations. They flagged and deactivated one location and would not tell me why. Whatever I moved on. Made a duplicate and kept trucking. I just received a debit card for my newest location (not the duplicate) and I activated the card and started to use it. Well I tried to use it to send money to someone on Venmo. It kept declining. I reach out to square about the declining. They say it’s because I’ve done too many peer to peer transactions. I told them I have never done a single peer to peer transaction and that the card was just activated. They couldn’t explain the issue to me. Whatever I transferred the money to my main bank. Yesterday I was at a market 3 hours away and my card reader wasn’t working. I reach out to square. They tell me that location has been deactivated. I freak out. Why? They keep telling me that for security reasons they can’t tell me. I am the only account holder! They can’t even tell the account holder what’s going on? So it seems like after I activated my card and tried to use it on Venmo they deactivated my account. No email. No explanation. Nothing. How is this legal? Luckily I was able to take payments through another location on square but WTF. I do permanent jewelry. I have never had a charge back. And I have done over 10k without a problem in that location. Nobody will tell me what’s going on. My card still works despite them saying the location is deactivated. What the heck do you do?

Is it just me or Squarespace in general, if I spend more than an hour or so updating the website, changing layouts, adding pages, images, etc, does Squarespace start to slow down and eventually just error out with unable to save notices until you just need to stop for the day and pick up tomorrow?

We need to be able to sell services on squarespace with HIPAA compliance but we also cannot allow patients to book with us directly.

Is there a way to set up acuity scheduling to sell services/bookings without giving them an exact date/time immediately? Essentially we would want them to be able to go through the whole process to book and/or purchase and then after it’s confirmed we will reach out to them to schedule the specific appointment time.