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.
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.
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 prepare for a Squarespace Traffic Building campaign
Whether you have a new or a long established Squarespace website there’s a little groundwork you should undertake before embarking on a traffic building campaign.
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.
How to control what your Squarespace page looks like on Facebook
Forcing the Facebook cache to update gives you fine control over likes and shares of your Squarespace pages and blog posts.