Squarespace Tips Archive

Here’s a lot of old hints, tips and opinions that may not be relevant any more.

A lot of it was written for Squarespace 7 or earlier.

Colin Irwin 02/04/2015 Colin Irwin 02/04/2015

Squarespace Cover Page Autoplay Video Backgrounds

Get this FREE addon that allows you to install looping video backgrounds on Squarespace Cover Pages. This solution uses a locally hosted video rather than a video from YouTube, Vimeo or other streaming video services.

Colin Irwin 06/03/2015 Colin Irwin 06/03/2015

Using Google Analytics to Measure Visitor Engagement in Squarespace websites

I wanted to understand how people are engaging with my Squarespace website so I performed a test to measure visitor engagement and to work out whether single page “bouncing” visitors are engaging with the site at any level.

The test results revealed that the vast majority of visitors interact and engage with the site, with only 12% not interacting at all.

Colin Irwin 27/02/2015 Colin Irwin 27/02/2015

How to fix Squarespace Index page tracking problems

Squarespace Index pages don't trigger Google Analytics tracking for subpages loaded via Ajax. This means you can't tell whether users are interacting with Index pages or just abandoning them.

This article explains the problem and then demonstrates a custom script that enables this valuable analytics data to be tracked.

Colin Irwin 30/01/2015 Colin Irwin 30/01/2015

Dynamic translation of Squarespace form error messages

A useful script that dynamically translates Squarespace form errors into the language of your choice.

Colin Irwin 17/11/2014 Colin Irwin 17/11/2014

Getting Javascript charts working in Squarespace

How to adapt a realtime chart created using canvasjs to work inside Squarespace.

Colin Irwin 05/08/2014 Colin Irwin 05/08/2014

Adding autoplay video banners to a Squarespace website

A client recently asked for video banners to be added to their Squarespace website that would autoplay on page load.

See how we did it after the link..

Colin Irwin 11/04/2014 Colin Irwin 11/04/2014

Making YouTube, Vimeo and Instagram IFRAMES responsive in Squarespace

This jQuery script makes embedded YouTube, Vimeo and Instagram videos display correctly in responsive layouts.

Colin Irwin 10/04/2013 Colin Irwin 10/04/2013

Tracking Squarespace form submissions in Google Analytics using JQuery

This article tells you how to easily track Squarespace form submissions in Google Analytics by adding a few lines of Javascript/JQuery to relevant pages.