Help Files

Hi Robyn! This is where you can find the information we went over in training, as well as links to Squarespace Help files. If you need more training than this or want me to do the work for you, email me at elizabeth@thenotepasser.com.

— Elizabeth Stilwell

Squarespace Version 7.1 Help

• Pages and content basics

• Email Campaigns

• Squarespace Commerce (video series here)

• Contact Squarespace Customer Service

• Squarespace Live Chat is the best way to get your questions answered right away and make sure that the answer enables you to do what you want to. Chat staff will stay with you while you make the edits so that if something goes wrong you can let them know and they can walk you through a solution. Go to this page and click on the question mark chat icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to get started.

Simple Edits

Editing Copy on Pages

1. In the HOME > PAGES area, click the page you want to edit.

2. Click the button at the top left that says EDIT.

3. Click on the text you want to change and edit it.

4. Edit styles, alignment, etc in the menu that pops up when you edit. Looks like this:

There is a Squarespace App which is nice if you need to change something simple on the go. I recommend using the desktop version for major changes as it is easier to use in my opinion.

• I recommend writing content in an editor like Google Docs over writing directly on the Squarespace page. This is because there is NO AUTOSAVE function so you risk losing your work should something no save.

• If you are making direct changes, I suggest you save often 1) so you don’t lose your work and 2) in case you mess something up, you can “discard changes” instead of “save” and revert to your last copy.

Editing Page Style

1. In the HOME > PAGES area, click the page you want to edit.

2. Click the button at the top left that says EDIT

3. Hover your cursor in the page area until you see a menu that looks like below.

4. Click the pencil icon for the menu

5. You can then change the section width and height, background, and colors (these colors are set in the design I created for you).

Duplicating

How to duplicate a page:

1. Hover over the name of the page in your left side HOME > PAGES area; the gear icon will appear beside the page name.

2. Click the gear icon.

3. Scroll down and click DUPLICATE PAGE. Change the title and url of the new page.

How to duplicate a blog post:

1. Open the editor for the specific blog post you'd like to duplicate

2. At the bottom of the editor, you'll see the DUPLICATE option. Click it to duplicate! You must then change the title, copy, and thumbnail image to the new post’s.

This process is the same for events, products, etc.

Deleting Pages

How to delete a page:

1. Hover over the name of the page in your left side HOME > PAGES area; the trash icon will appear to the left the page name.

2. Click the trash icon and confirm.

3. If you’d rather DISABLE the page, hover over the name of the page in your left side HOME > PAGES area; the gear icon will appear beside the page name. Click it and then click the radio button that says ENABLE PAGE. This will make the page inaccessible to visitors, but does not delete it.

How to restore a deleted page:

1. If you accidentally delete a page, you can find in in the DELETED PAGES section at the bottom of the PAGES section.  Restore it from there.

Photos

• Optimizing the size of the images is important for the speed at which your website will load. 

• If you ever wonder why your website is slow, this is likely why.

  • On a Mac to optimize the size of an image:

    • Double click your image to open it in Preview

    • Next click ‘Tools’ and then ‘Adjust Size’

    • Change the width of the image until the image size is below 500 KB

  • You can also use an image editor like Canva or Photoshop to change the size.

• If you have already uploaded an image before, you can find it from an image block if (instead of UPLOAD AN IMAGE), you click SEARCH FOR IMAGE and go to the IMPORTED tab. You can also use Unsplash images for free in the FREE tab.