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 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.