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.
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.
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.
The Squarespace File Renaming Bug
There's a bug in the Squarespace file upload process that renames some files so they can't be found. This post tells you how to find your lost files.
Making YouTube, Vimeo and Instagram IFRAMES responsive in Squarespace
This jQuery script makes embedded YouTube, Vimeo and Instagram videos display correctly in responsive layouts.
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.