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Creating a testimonial with a collage block (7.0 & 7.1 CE)
Looking to create a different kind of testimonial block on your Squarespace site? Then today’s tutorial is for you! We’ll be using a collage block to create a really neat customization that can help you display your client testimonials in a unique way.
Center-align card, overlap and collage blocks with heavy content (7.0 & 7.1 CE)
Today we’ll be tackling an issue that becomes particularly annoying when for some reason card, overlap, and collage blocks make it really hard to vertically align your content to the center of the image… completely ignoring your Site Style settings.
Adding an overlapping tilted text to an image (7.0 & 7.1 CE)
You’ve probably seen inspirational websites on Pinterest *cough* Showit sites *cough* that include images with overlapping titles or phrases, that look slightly tilted. In Squarespace, you can absolutely achieve that look by simply adding the text to the image itself, but let’s see if we can achieve it without relying on Photoshop…
Adding an extra title and overlapping the button of an overlap image block (7.0 & 7.1 CE)
If you’re into overlapping stuff in your client sites, I know you’re going to really enjoy today’s fun tutorial. It’s all about taking the overlap image block design one step further, with very little code, to create a look I’m 90% sure you’ve seen before while perusing Pinterest: an image with an overlapping title, a secondary title, text and an overlapping button.
Coding for Mobile in Squarespace (7.0 & 7.1 CE)
Learn how to fix the most common and annoying issues on your Squarespace site that pop up on smaller screens, without affecting your desktop layout.
Controlling gallery block grid images per row in mobile (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
I want to walk you through a nifty little CSS trick that you can use to rearrange your gallery block grid images in smaller devices, so you can choose how many thumbnails or slides to display per row!
How to create a multi-column text block in Squarespace, without using separate blocks (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
This depends on the font you’re using and the styles you’ve set for it, but most often than not, you feel you need just a bit more space between both columns. The problem is if you shove a spacer in there, the gap looks more like an airport runway than anything else.
Adding a hover effect to summary and gallery blocks in Squarespace (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Today we’re going to break down a FANTASTIC way to wow your visitors and your clients by adding a “lifting” effect to the items in your Summary Block and Gallery Block.
Grayscale to color hover mode for image blocks (7.0 & 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Adding a hover effect to image blocks can be a fun way to spice up your client’s design without too much hassle. So today, we’re going to be looking at how we can give a really cool grayscale to color + rotating + scaling effect to any images of your site on hover!
Customize Squarespace forms (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
If you’re using Squarespace forms on your site – instead of or along with other information collection methods like Dubsado – then today’s tutorial is for you! Because if you’re looking to make your site more on-brand or unique, customizing your Squarespace forms…
Add custom 'Read More' links to your Summary Blocks (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Have you ever wished you could replace the ‘Read More‘ link from your Summary Blocks for something else? Not just change its color and turn it into a button, but actually change what it says and… why not, change it for a custom image?!
Add a gradient in Squarespace to only one word in your heading (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Let’s give a gradient to a single word in your heading! The method is pretty simple, however we have to tackle some compatibility issues to make sure the word is readable in as many browsers as possible. So, why don’t we get started?
Adding a background color to summary excerpts (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
In today’s tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to add a background color to those Summary Blocks with summary excerpts you have hanging around your site… AND how to make sure the colored portions have THE SAME HEIGHT. Oooh, intriguing right?
Custom testimonial carousel arrows with Summary Block (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
So you’re using a Summary Block in your Squarespace site as a testimonial carousel, but you want a way to make it look less like… you’re using the Summary Block in Squarespace as a testimonial carousel, lol.
Create vertical lines in Squarespace (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Today’s tutorial will be quick an painless, and it will help you create those nice vertical lines you keep seeing everywhere that can be used to guide the eye further down the page, or simply as decoration!
Turning the Gallery Block title into a colorful label (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
If you’re using a Gallery Block as category thumbnails for your blog, to redirect to your different service packages, or anything else that works best with an identifying label, you’re gonna love today’s customization! We’ll be turning the Gallery Block slide titles…
Creating a simple overlay for your Summary Blocks (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Want to see and learn how to do a reaaaaaally cool Squarespace customization? Then you’re in the right place my friend because today we’ll be going through how you can create or add a nice overlay to your summary block thumbnails!
“Podcastifying” Squarespace’s Summary Block (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Podcasts are pretty much THE THING right now. So, if you or your client has a podcast that wants to promote on their site, what better way to do that than customizing one of Squarespace’s block to neatly display them?
Creating vertical text in Squarespace (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Oh I know you wanna jump in the vertical text wagon. In fact, you probably already did! Right now you may be using images to contain your vertical text because let’s face it… it’s way easier than figuring out how to it with code.
How to create a low highlight behind your text (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)
Wondering how to create that cool low highlight that you see behind headings and links all around the interwebs? Then keep reading 'cause I'm gonna show you how to nail it! We're going to be adding the highlight background to one word in a heading…