LEARN MORE AND BECOME A SQUARESPACE EXPERTON THE BLOG
Our latest Squarespace tips and tricks to help you elevate your online presence.
Categories
Own Your Site Design: An Intro to CSS for Bloggers
I’ve been noticing a popular selling point on website building platforms (Squarespace, Shopify, WordPress, etc.) these days that “no knowledge of code is required”. This is certainly a good thing; code sounds scary and looks scary too! But these are only half truths, because while code can certainly be scary, you don’t need a computer sciences degree to start making it work for you.
Stop shaking your head - I hope to make you a believer today, starting with CSS. Have you ever been looking at your website wishing you could change that one last little detail? Maybe it’s the font chosen for your post titles, the color of your footer, or more likely you simply want to hide that one unnecessary button.
What if I told you that yes, you can make these changes yourself - and without a web developer - using CSS!
How to Add Related Posts to Squarespace Blog Posts
A key aspect of many blogs is showing off related posts at the end of a blog post. This helps keep an audience clicking on things they find interesting, which is great for bloggers and readers! Squarespace gives you this ability through their summary blocks. More good news is that they come with plenty of options to customize the design and type of posts you want to show your readers!
How to Add a Custom Pin It Button in WordPress
Confession time: I love Pinterest. Seriously, I could pass hours just infinitely scrolling through an endless feed of perfectly manicured living rooms and gorgeous food photography. But more than just entertainment, it also serves as a great content discovery channel - almost every time I log in I’m finding new blogs to explore, or great design inspiration to incorporate into my next project.
It only makes sense then that getting your content pinned and noticed is an effective first step towards getting noticed in Pinterest’s ever-growing collection of pins.
Today I’m going to show you a few simple steps to add a custom Pin It button to your WordPress theme (Check out ours here!) that will get your readers pinning! As a bonus, I’ve even included a bundle of free custom Pin It icons at the bottom of this post to help you stand out from the crowd and look like a Pinterest pro!
How to Setup Google Analytics on Squarespace
With any blog or business, knowing your website's traffic and having the ability to analyze your audience is so important. This information helps you create the right content for your audience, post at the right times, see who your audience is, the list goes on! Knowing how to setup Google Analytics on Squarespace is a handy tool to have because it's the top choice for gathering data.
How to Choose the Perfect Name for Your Blog or Biz
Finding a suitable name for your new brand is tough! As if starting a business wasn't hard enough, you have to come up with a meaningful set of words that somehow speaks to you. You've probably been juggling a few words around in your head for weeks now, but are a bit afraid to actually man up and purchase your domain name.
We know the feeling! we spent a few solid days trying to come up with a name for our business back when we were just starting out. Here are some steps you can take to nail down a sweet name that will serve you well for years to come.
How to Learn CSS Using the Inspect Element Tool
I recently shared some information on what is possibly my favorite tool when working with websites; we're talking about CSS of course! From customizing typography to changing the color and spacing of your website design, CSS is your gal when it comes to customizations.
Although it can seem intimidating at first, I aim to prove otherwise; with just a little bit of patience, an ounce of practice, and some motivational words of wisdom from yours truly, you'll be comfortable making stylistic changes to your website without the need for a developer in no time at all.
How to Optimize your WordPress SEO with Yoast - Part 1
Do you ever feel a little lost with SEO? Everyone talks about its importance, but it can be difficult to figure out how to actually use it to your advantage. Well good news, today we're sharing a guide to our favorite SEO tool for WordPress - the Yoast SEO plugin.
We'll walk you through the ins-and-outs of installing and setting up the plugin to work in your favor so you can feel more confident about optimizing your site for search engines - yay! Plus, a guide through using it when creating new posts and pages.
How to Optimize your WordPress SEO with Yoast - Part 2
Welcome back to our introductory guide on optimizing your WordPress SEO with the Yoast SEO plugin! In part 1 of our WordPress SEO with Yoast guide, we covered the basics of SEO, as well installed and configured the Yoast SEO plugin. That was definitely a good start, but in order to really improve your search rankings your going to want to spend some quality time updating your posts and pages to increase their search relevance for keywords that matter to you.
It's not hard though - read on to find out more!
5 Quick and Dirty Instagram Tricks
I don’t know about you, but I love quick tricks that cover a lot of ground. They’re simple and easy, but still effective and helpful. We also love using Instagram and tools to manage it. So, today we’re giving you our 5 quick and dirty Instagram tricks that will help you streamline your effectiveness on this social outlet.