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.
Free Plugin - Tidying up grid galleries in Squarespace
If your Squarespace page is overloaded with hundreds of gallery images this free plugin is a great way to limit the number of gallery images in grid layout while having them all appear in lightbox view.
Free Plugin - Using a CSS3 animation to fix 'font flicker'
If you use custom fonts on your Squarespace website you might have noticed 'font flicker' - also known as FOUT (flash of unstyled text) - the page initially displays in the default font and then swaps to the custom font, causing a distracting flicker.
Here's a fix that uses CSS3 animations to hide the flicker.
A Scroll hint that fades out when the page is scrolled down
This is a quick solution I just programmed for a client that allows displays a down arrow "scroll hint" locked to the bottom of the browser window that slowly fades out as the page is scrolled down and quickly fades back in if the page is scrolled back to the top.
Squarespace CSS rollover effects triggered by character sequences in ALT tags
Zoom in. Zoom Out. Shake it all about - Free CSS code to add to your Squarespace website that allows you to easily add cool rollover effects to whichever images you want.
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.