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Notes on building Squarespace sites that perform — UX, copy, conversion, the practical bits.

April 15, 2026 Educational Website User Experience: Learning-Centered Design Principles Master educational website UX with learning-centered design principles. Create intuitive navigation, mobile experiences, and accessible content for diverse users.
April 15, 2026 Squarespace Mobile Optimization: Advanced Techniques for Perfect Mobile Experience Master Squarespace mobile optimization with advanced techniques, custom CSS solutions, and proven fixes for common mobile display problems. Complete guide for 2024.
April 15, 2026 Small Business Website Features Checklist: Essential Elements for Online Success Essential small business website features checklist covering foundation pages, user experience, trust elements, and growth features. Plus implementation tips and priorities.
April 15, 2026 Professional Services Website Compliance: Legal Requirements and Best Practices Master professional website compliance with our comprehensive guide to ADA, WCAG, and industry regulations. Includes costs, timelines, and implementation strategies.
April 15, 2026 Ministry Website Templates: Choosing the Right Design for Your Religious Organization Compare the best ministry website templates across WordPress, Squarespace, and Wix. Learn essential features, costs, and how to choose the right template for your religious organization.
April 15, 2026 Design Studio Website Structure: How to Showcase Your Process and Results Structure your design studio website to showcase process and results effectively. Learn essential pages, features, and conversion strategies that attract premium clients.
April 15, 2026 Custom CSS for Squarespace: Advanced Styling Techniques for Unique Designs Learn advanced Squarespace CSS customization techniques for unique designs. Covers CSS editor access, mobile optimization, animations, troubleshooting, and best practices.
April 15, 2026 Church Donation Page Optimization: 7 Design Elements That Increase Giving Transform your church donation pages with proven design elements that increase giving. Compare platforms, optimize for mobile, and boost recurring donations.
April 15, 2026 Portfolio Website Design: 12 Strategies That Win Creative Agency Clients Discover proven creative agency web design strategies that convert visitors into clients. Includes 12 real examples, key features, and actionable tips.
April 6, 2026 Online Course Website Design: 8 Features That Keep Students Engaged Learn the essential online course website design features that boost student engagement and completion rates. From progress tracking to community integration.
April 6, 2026 Website Goals for Small Business: Setting Measurable Objectives That Drive Growth Learn how to set effective website goals for small business success. Discover 8 essential objectives, measurement strategies, and industry-specific examples.
April 6, 2026 Squarespace Animations and Interactions: Creating Dynamic User Experiences Transform your static Squarespace site into an engaging experience with animations. Learn built-in options, custom CSS techniques, and best practices for creating dynamic websites that captivate visitors without sacrificing performance.
April 6, 2026 Squarespace vs WordPress for Mission-Driven Organizations: Which Platform Wins? After helping hundreds of mission-driven organizations build websites, I break down the real differences between Squarespace and WordPress to help you choose the right platform for your nonprofit, practice, or purpose-driven business.
March 29, 2026 How to Build a Creative Agency Website on Squarespace Most agency websites try too hard. Autoplay videos, parallax everything, loading animations that make visitors wait to see your work. The best agency sites get out of the way and let the portfolio do the talking.
March 29, 2026 How to Create Anchor Links on Squarespace Long pages are hard to navigate. Anchor links let you build a clickable table of contents that jumps visitors to the exact section they're looking for, without leaving the page.
March 29, 2026 How to Write a Nonprofit Mission Statement for Your Website Your mission statement should be the clearest sentence on your entire website. If a first-time visitor can't understand what your organization does after reading it, the statement needs work.
March 29, 2026 How to Create a Strong Call to Action on Your Website A visitor reads your homepage, scrolls through your services, checks your about page, and leaves. Nothing was wrong with the site. They just never saw a clear reason to take the next step.
March 29, 2026 Squarespace Website Templates for Law Firms: What to Look For Most law firm websites look like they were built in 2014 and never touched again. Dark stock photos, walls of legal jargon, and a contact form buried on page seven. Your website is often the first impression a potential client has of your practice. It should reflect the same professionalism and attention to detail you bring to your work.
March 26, 2026 How Much Does a Small Business Website Cost in 2026 The honest answer is $200 to $15,000, depending on how you build it. The useful answer requires understanding what you're actually paying for at each price point.
March 26, 2026 Local SEO for Therapists: How to Rank in Your City When someone searches "therapist near me," Google doesn't show the best therapist. It shows the therapist with the best local search presence. Those are different things.
March 26, 2026 What Is an Unlimited License and Why It Matters Most premium Squarespace templates come with a single-site license. That means one purchase, one website. If you want to use it again, you buy it again.
March 26, 2026 How to Create a Services Page That Converts A services page that lists what you do without explaining why it matters is just a menu. Visitors need enough information to decide whether you're the right fit before they reach out.
March 26, 2026 Homepage Design Principles: What to Put Above the Fold Most visitors decide whether your site is worth their time before they scroll. The top of your homepage has about five seconds to answer one question: "Am I in the right place?"
March 25, 2026 How to Connect a Custom Domain to Squarespace You bought a template, installed it on a new Squarespace site, and now you need to move your domain from the old site to the new one. Here's how.
March 24, 2026 How to Build a Small Business Website on Squarespace A small business website should do three things: explain what you do, prove you're credible, and make it easy to take the next step. Everything else is decoration.
March 24, 2026 Premium Squarespace Templates: The Definitive Guide to Third-Party Template Shops I've spent years building premium Squarespace templates, reviewing hundreds of others, and watching this industry grow from a handful of shops into a full ecosystem. Here's where to actually spend your money.
March 23, 2026 Best Squarespace Templates for Churches in 2026 Most Squarespace templates were designed for businesses and portfolios. Here's what to look for when you need one that works for a church.
March 23, 2026 How to Set Up Online Donations on a Squarespace Website Accepting donations on Squarespace takes more thought than dropping a PayPal button on a page. Here's how to do it properly.
March 23, 2026 How to Build a Nonprofit Website on Squarespace A nonprofit website has a harder job than most. It needs to earn trust from strangers, convince donors to give, recruit volunteers, explain a complex mission in plain language, and make the people you serve feel welcome—all at the same time. Here's how to build one that actually does all of that.
March 23, 2026 How to Hide a Page From Squarespace Navigation Every Squarespace site has pages that need to exist without showing up in the menu. Here's how to handle them.
March 23, 2026 How Much Does a Nonprofit Website Cost in 2026 If you're a nonprofit trying to figure out what a website should cost, the answer depends entirely on how you build it. Here's a realistic breakdown of the three main paths, what you actually get at each price point, and where a premium template fits in.
March 23, 2026 Best Squarespace Templates for Therapists in 2026 Looking for a Squarespace template for your therapy practice? There are a lot of options, from Squarespace's free built-in templates to premium third-party designs built specifically for therapists. Here's an honest look at the best options available right now, what each one does well, and how to choose.
March 23, 2026 How to Build a Course Creator Website on Squarespace Selling a course is one thing. Building a website that supports a full teaching business is another. If you're a course creator, coach, or online educator, your site needs to do more than host a landing page with a buy button. Here's how to build one that grows with you.
March 23, 2026 How to Build a Church Website on Squarespace A church website should do more than announce Sunday service times. It should help people find you, learn what to expect, watch past sermons, give online, sign up for groups, register their kids, and feel like they belong before they ever walk through the door. Here's how to build one that actually serves your congregation.
March 23, 2026 How to Create a Contact Form That Actually Converts on Squarespace Your contact form is the final step between someone considering reaching out and actually doing it. A poorly designed form kills that momentum. Here's how to build one that makes it easy for the right people to connect with you.
March 23, 2026 What's Included in Every Studio Mesa Template Not all Squarespace templates are created equal. Here's exactly what you get when you purchase a Studio Mesa template, how the delivery works, and what makes these templates different from what you'll find elsewhere.
March 21, 2026 Premium Squarespace Templates vs. Free: Is It Worth Paying? Squarespace comes with nearly 200 free templates. So why would anyone pay for one? It's a fair question—and the honest answer is that sometimes you shouldn't. Here's how to know when a premium template is worth the investment, and when free is the right call.
March 20, 2026 How to Build a Therapy Practice Website on Squarespace Your website is your practice's first impression. Before a client ever sits across from you, they've already decided whether they trust you—based on what they saw online. Here's how to build a therapist website that earns that trust.
July 17, 2025 Squarespace Designer Pricing: Practical Guide for Freelancers Learn how to price your Squarespace web design services with confidence—including why using templates is smart, how they impact value (not price), and why DIY platforms don’t mean you have to charge less.
April 27, 2025 The Complete Guide to Squarespace SEO A complete guide to Squarespace SEO: simple, effective steps to improve rankings, structure your content, optimize pages and images, and build steady organic traffic over time.
April 24, 2025 Best Squarespace Templates to Build a Nonprofit Site Fast Nonprofit website projects can be time-consuming and expensive. Here’s why starting with a Squarespace template is a smart, low-stress way to launch quickly—and make the most of your budget.
January 29, 2025 25 Best Practices for Building Sites with Squarespace in 2025 Whether you're building your first Squarespace site, rebuilding your organization's online presence, or working on your hundredth client project, there's always room for new tips and techniques to make your work shine.
January 29, 2024 Premium Squarespace Templates Buyer’s Guide With thousands of Squarespace templates available, how do you choose what's best for your brand? Learn about the four most important elements of any premium template, and how to confidently spot the differences that matter.
January 25, 2023 How to Use Custom Fonts on a Squarespace 7.1 Website Give your Squarespace 7.1 website a unique edge by adding custom fonts. This guide makes it easy to enhance brand personality, improve readability and user experience, and stand out from the crowd.
September 1, 2021 How to Change the Default Color Theme in Squarespace 7.1 Tired of spending countless extra clicks changing the color of new page sections on your Squarespace site, or struggling to style important system pages like the cart and checkout? Learn how to update the default color theme in just a few easy steps.
August 12, 2021 I Moved From Squarespace to Webflow, Here’s What Happened Are you trying to choose between Webflow and Squarespace for your website? Both platforms have their own unique set of features and capabilities, and it can be difficult to decide which one is the right fit for your needs. In my experience of using them both, we'll take a look at the pros and cons of Webflow and Squarespace to help you make an informed decision.
March 26, 2021 How to Add an SVG File as a Logo in Squarespace 7.1 Learn how to add an SVG file as a logo in Squarespace 7.1 for a responsive, high-quality design. Follow our step-by-step guide to upload and integrate an SVG file into your website header.
March 15, 2021 5 Formatting Tips to Write Better Business Articles Creating effective business articles online requires more than just good content—it also requires careful formatting to make them easy to read and engaging for the reader. In this article, we'll be covering five formatting techniques that can help you take your business articles to the next level.
February 23, 2021 Why Squarespace is the Best Website Builder for Most Brands Find out why Squarespace is the top choice for most businesses, addressing common misconceptions and providing tips for making the most of the platform. Save time and money with a cost-effective, feature-rich website builder that's easy to use.
February 5, 2021 How Many Pages Should My Squarespace Website Have? Learn how to determine the right number of pages for your Squarespace website and optimize your layout and content for both visitors and search engines.