Intro to Squarespace 2019

[@malcolmthompson9848]

It took this senior citizen many viewings, but after diving into the free trial, I learned that an old dog can learn new tricks. Thanks for the 20% discount.

[@mgoane]

I just have to say THANK YOU. I just switched from Wordpress to Squarespace and my brain needed to adjust to how easy it all was. I'm used to hard and complicated ha ha...Thank you for walking me through this and I am so happy to be familiar with how this works now! Nick really does rock!

[@boldlyfine]

Michele you are VERY welcome and we are glad you are loving the switch over to Squarespace! Thank you for taking the time and watching the video!

[@JavierMercedes]

Just watched the entire thing, thank you so much, I'm am new to this whole thing and this just made my life so much easier in the 2 hours and 36 mins of watching, well worth the time spent. thank you.

[@boldlyfine]

Thank you so much for the kind words! Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter to get 20% off Squarespace hosting. You can get started with your Squarespace website here: squarespace.sjv.io/templates and subscribe here: www.nickarocho.com/newsletter

[@mozzrchik]

I’m not even halfway through the tutorial but like many others I’ve been struggling to complete my website for about a year as I would get frustrated. Thank you so much for this. It is extremely helpful and your voice is calming. I appreciate everything you offered and put out there to help us. I am extremely grateful like many others. I just want to add that I’m watching it on my phone and I haven’t even noticed the blurriness. Thanks again for putting this out 🙏✌️

[@boldlyfine]

mozzrchik Thank you so much for the feedback! These comments make us so happy. Keep an eye out in the next couple months for a full-blown online course we have been working on for over a year!

[@akilahwitherspoon4027]

You are very thorough. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Great content and very helpful. So much information packed into this video!

[@jennaefrein2592]

This was super helpful! Thanks! It's only 2.5 hours long, but I followed along so closely it took me all day but I feel super well tooled. I hate watching tutorials, but this one was really great.

[@boldlyfine]

Jenna, that is excellent to hear! We always appreciate the feedback from our viewers!

[@bennettwaisbren]

As a professional web developer this platform both excites and terrifies me. I'm thoroughly impressed, oh my God. This is exactly what people hoped Dreamweaver would be back in the day. WYSIWYG has matured so much. Excellent tutorial by the way.

[@boldlyfine]

Thank you so much for taking the time to give it a watch! We really appreciate the feed back from fellow developers!

[@s.olvera4677]

*YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO GOOD BUT PLEASE MAKE THEM 1080P IT'S SO MUCH DETAIL AND THEY DON'T LOOK REALLY CLEAR BUT BESIDES THAT EVERYTHING IT'S PERFECT*

[@lianne116]

Oh God! i wish i'd found you a week ago... You saved my life. Thank you!

[@boldlyfine]

Happy to help! Keep in mind this is all for the old Squarespace version (7.0). Keep an eye out for the 7.1 tutorial coming very soon.

[@lianne116]

@@boldlyfine Ii realized it's a little different, but it's ok :)

[@KristenAdamek]

@@boldlyfine oh can't wait for that! I just found this video and am using the newer version. is it really hard to follow this video with the new version?

[@RobConstantine]

I'm checking out your webinar on squarespace..Glad to hear you're a jazz drummer. I met buddy rich in 1981 when his band was playing at Disneyland :-)

[@stephaniehickey7289]

I'm only half done the tutorial, but I couldn't wait until the end to comment...I'm SO grateful for this tutorial! ...more commentary when I've finally completed it:)

[@stephaniehickey7289]

I have a website! After a year and a half of banging my head against a wall, trying to figure this out myself (using some squarespace videos and workshops) I FINALLY have a workable website thanks to you. I have zero tech experience so I would get pretty frustrated pretty quickly doing this on my own. But I followed along your video, stopping and starting along the way as I copied the steps exactly, and I cannot tell you how useful it was. I learned more in that tutorial than I could teach myself in this last year and a half. Thank you so much.

[@boldlyfine]

Hi Stephanie! Wow we are so excited to hear that this video was so helpful to you :) Please share the link to your website so we can check it out! Please let us know if you have any questions or specific issues. We would be happy to help. Congrats on launching!

[@nikiadlington2459]

Nick that was awesome! Thank you so much. Easy to follow and extremely helpful in figuring out how to use the website, easy as now thanks to you. Cheers!

[@boldlyfine]

Hi Niki! Thank you so much for the feedback. We are so happy this has been helpful to you! Please share a link to your new site so everyone can check out your hard work :)

[@defineapparel7201]

Great video! Helped a lot in developing my site. There aren't a lot of recent tutorials for Squarespace on KZbin so videos like this are great for new users. If there is a place that offers more up to date tutorials for Squarespace would be great if you could share a link.

[@boldlyfine]

Hi there, thank you for the kind words! Yes there is a great archive of useful videos for beginners here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205809798 Please let us know what specific questions you have, we could make a video covering an issue if it is a general problem new users tend to have :)

[@defineapparel7201]

Boldly Fine also is there a way to categorize your shop page or do u just have to list all items together?

[@boldlyfine]

Most templates automatically add categories to your online store once you tag the product with a specific category. This article is very helpful for this topic: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206541007-Organizing-products

[@camnchar]

Boldly Fine had to pause once I heard you’re a musician -I am a songwriter & here for soul purpose of creating a songwriting portfolio if it’s within my budget could I hire you for mentoring assistance? What are your rates?

[@damainevent318]

Thank you so much. You have real talent for educating

[@ashleyavila1241]

I just watched your video. It was super careful for creating my first online e-commerce business! Do you still have 20% off coupon code for Squarespace?

[@ohwhatworld5851]

I laughed when you said "It's so easy and intuitive" It is by far the most infuriatingly unintuitive thing I have ever used, as others have mentioned below. I am shocked they are still in business.

[@boldlyfine]

Hi Chris! Thank you for the feedback. Sorry to hear you don't think Squarespace is very intuitive. We had one other viewer who felt similar feelings initially, but we were able to help them understand after learning what they were struggling with. We would love to help teach you too, what specific areas are you having trouble understanding?

[@belleairballer]

Seriously, thank you for this Nick.

[@kateprendergast6406]

Hey @Boldy Fine - can you share the magic of that Javascript plugin that gave the revolving "I like x" text on your home page? Would love to incorporate it into a SS site I'm building!

[@TraciMoon]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! You saved me 2K$

[@winnbectonjr4426]

I just watched this and it was helpful. Thank you. I am an artist and I want each image of my art to have text next to or below each image. Squarespace suggested Brine. I did not see the layout I need on Brine. Can I create what I want in Brine?

[@vincentcalabrese7706]

Hey Nick. Thanks for the video, it has been a huge help. I have a question and was hoping you may have some insight. I want to create a custom parallax effect for my intro page. Ideally, I would like my section background to scroll slower than the image I place in front of it... easy... but I want the image in the foreground to be the entire width and height of the section background. The idea is that the image in my foreground is a .png and has some transparent sections, so you can see the section background scroll at a different pace through those sections. I am able to execute this idea from scratch (just html/css without using any CMS). Do you know how I can accomplish this on squarespace? I am trying to edit the CSS but maybe I'm missing something?

[@liberationeveryone6943]

thank you for this tutorial! i've been working on a website for a reaaaally long time (almost a year), and this helped immensely. i'm actually almost done, finally! hoping to finish in the next few days with an additional touch of rotating text. how did you create yours? thanks so much again!

[@boldlyfine]

Thank you for the kind words! So glad the tutorial has been helpful to you. The rotating text is a plugin we purchased from the awesome team at Square Studio. They have created dozens of Squarespace plugins like this one. They have instructions on how to implement their plugins into your site: squarestud.io/collections/plugins We are also working on a tutorial for adding custom features like this, so keep an eye out! Also, feel free to email us for a 20% discount on your first year of Squarespace hosting! www.boldlyfine.com/contact Best of luck with your site!

[@charleslounsberry7322]

how can I increase the resolution of this tutorial -at theater mode it is blurry I can only see settings at 720? I need a larger resolution

[@boldlyfine]

Hi Charles, unfortunately, the webinar software used when recording this video maxed out at 720. We are working on re-recording this tutorial in full HD, so keep an eye out! Thanks for your feedback.

[@romelmadrayart]

@@boldlyfine Yup, nice material but really difficult to see. Thanks for no ads

[@romelmadrayart]

I stopped watching this tutorial because the square space layout has changed significantly when this tutorial was done. I would note that I am a beginner. If a recent update can be done that is a bit shorter as some matters go off into a tangent. Not that you are a bad teacher but my prefernce would be a more direct step by step progression. with a bit of an overview as guidance.

[@skiphoffenflaven8004]

Hmmm...when I clicked Start, I did not get the Site Content pop up menus.

[@shauryasingh1423]

Hey. Just finished this tutorial and absolutely loved it. Just had a query: how did you do the text effect in the "I like to..." text? I remember SquareSpace had something similar on their homepage a while ago along the lines of "Build something..." and alternated between beautiful, bold and a few other words. Would love to know how you did it. It'd make my site look really good. Thanks

[@steaklover575]

Yeah, I would like to know how to do that. I can't find how to do it online!

[@CHS205]

thank you for this very informative tutorial. Great help. Have my template for Art and Design business but want to add that cart.

[@beardofsteve]

Thank you for making this, I learned a lot! I do have a question. I really like the Hunter template, however, I want the banner to be behind the navigation menu on the top (rather than having a white banner) is this possible? I've looked all over the style settings and can't find it. Thanks!

[@boldlyfine]

Hi Steve, thank you for the feedback! We are very happy this has been helpful to you. To clarify your question, do you mean you want the banner to be transparent on top of the header image? Or do you want it to be fixed as you scroll down the page?

[@IAMSHAUNAT]

you are the best

[@kelbrit]

At time 27:30 you say "start" on you video a "site content" comes up with choices. I real time on my site when I click start that choice does not come up. I do get the temp let but no "site content" box. I have tried several times but can not get it. Any suggestions?

[@luismendes6258]

Hello! I would like to know how do I insert the option to put the mouse cursor appear the list of options in given title. Example: Series (below the series appear). Thank you!

[@urielpineda1316]

Thank you so much! This tutorial has helped tremendously.

[@boldlyfine]

Happy to help :) Please share a link to your site so we can check it out!

[@johnathanharrison1045]

I’m interested in that Java plugin. Can you let me know how to set something like that up?

[@littelyoa]

Hi, First I want to thank you for such a great tutorial! Can you please explain how to include the constant changing text on your home page. "I like...". Thank you in advance

[@boldlyfine]

Hi Andres! Great question. We are actually working on creating a video to cover the topic of adding custom plugins right now, so keep an eye out in the next week for that. But basically, you can add custom plugins from third parties via the custom code block (only available on non-personal-plan sites, so you would need to upgrade if you have the personal plan). A company in England called Square Studio offers a huge suite of amazing plugins, check them out: squarestud.io/

[@pennydimedime]

Can't see!! Still struggling. . . add a section add content? Where do I find that?

[@jpdude378]

Question. Once a website is live, how can one edit content with it going immediately live? For example, if I wanted to build a new page or form or maybe even a whole new design but don't want it to go live until it is completed. I think you mentioned it during this video (maybe under "not linked" navigation?). Can you explain this or point me in the right direction?

[@boldlyfine]

Once you press "save" it goes live. When you change something up it won't go live unless you save it. Great way to try new things without it going public.

[@donaldhunt4]

Thank you for your info and hard work!! Love You!!

[@boldlyfine]

WE LOVE HARD WORK!! ❤

[@TraciMoon]

a friend of mine needs a webpage too. can i used my website as her template and make it where she can login herself? how do i do that for her?!

[@jpdude378]

Great tutorial!

[@borderlord]

Which Template is best for an Escort Agency....I.e. A main gallery page where each photo links to another page with more photos,thanks!

[@triggerwarning8240]

Hi Marshall!

[@links626]

Good morning Nick.... this J&A

[@patjuliana7922]

Where do you go to see this?

[@madelinehayley5791]

I've tried so many times to make squarespace work for me but it is SO buggy. Won't save/randomly stops working. Its driving me insane and I don't know what to do.

[@UNKNOWNDIFFERENCES32]

you need to teach a lot of You Tubers how to do a learning / instruction video ,, well done bro !

[@boldlyfine]

UNKNOWNDIFFERENCES32 Thank you so much! Wow that means a lot. We’ve got a HUGE new course in the works, keep your eyes peeled and sign up at www.nickarocho.com/newsletter for early access! Thanks again for the insanely kind words :)

[@rivega707]

Quick question can you add your own html and css to sqaurespace?

[@boldlyfine]

Short answer: yes. Squarespace has a great article on the subject here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205815928-Adding-custom-HTML-CSS-and-JavaScript

[@bluesky5671]

Thank you so very much for this video. thumbs up 100% :)

[@jportrait1100]

I own a small business.. it's an art gallery kiosk at mall of America. We draw & paint custom portraits for people, we have prints for sale& we make custom apparel (shirts & hoodies). I'm building my website now on Squarespace & trying to figure out how to: 1) have a page where customers can build their own apparel (similar to Nike ID)... 2) have a page where customers can upload images that they want custom drawn...... wondering if you can help or point me in the right direction

[@boldlyfine]

Hi Julian, that sounds really cool! Honestly, that would go way beyond the scope of a Squarespace site. Squarespace is the best option out there for making a great static website/e-commerce store, but when you start to get into creating custom features like designing apparel via your website, you would most likely need to develop a web app from scratch. Image upload is definitely on the easier side to implement in Squarespace (a bit tricky, but doable), but creating a custom apparel user-design interface is a totally different story. While there might be some 3rd party software that integrates into your site to do exactly what you need (we haven't heard of any, but you should look first), it is recommended to have your own branded software created from scratch to handle a super-custom feature like this. You can hire a team of developers to build you anything you could think of (we are a dev-shop and would be happy to quote you), or you can hire freelance developers overseas if the budget is tight. Hope that helps! Feel free to reach out at any time if you need more advice. You can connect with us here: www.boldlyfine.com/contact

[@jportrait1100]

Boldly Fine i like how clean squarespace is & everyone says it runs really smooth & never have any problems.. in currently designing my page & i should be able to get around having a custom design part I'll just have to have a lot of options & examples. Thanks for the tutorial & info...

[@chasebcates]

Is this laggy for anyone else? (Also thanks Nick, you're saving my job)

[@boldlyfine]

Glad to help assist in the "rescue"! 👍

[@elliottjames671]

when does he start building the website?

[@noirguitarsuperstar3410]

Never. He drones until you sleep soundly at your desk.

[@helenaortizfarras9163]

wwwooooooah thank you very much for this !

[@margieabernethy3621]

OMG, thank you!

[@beautybybodybliss]

Why is your screen so blurry?

[@hazemobid8672]

Didn't get any reply to my email regarding the 20%. Very disappointing!

[@boldlyfine]

Sorry for the delay Hazem, just sent you an email with the code. If you already purchased hosting, you can contact Squarespace customer service and I'm sure they will honor the discount! support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic

[@leekbands4424]

Yeah

[@elliottjames671]

1:04:56 add link to image

[@elliottjames671]

47:10 ?

[@elliottjames671]

30:49

[@elliottjames671]

34:58

[@elliottjames671]

How come I cant edit my formatting like you on pages I've already made? I want to add spacers. Is it because my website is already livem

[@TheCarlitoShow]

I just had to pause half way and say, Canadians do NOT say “about” like that, not anyone I’ve known ever Ive lived here for half my life and never encountered anyone who speaks like that. :\

[@michaelkane4729]

I feel you, nobody from NJ pronounces it "Joisey". Pisses me off.

[@theo_tje]

can u PM me a 20% off code?

[@boldlyfine]

You can get started with your Squarespace website here: squarespace.sjv.io/templates and subscribe here: www.nickarocho.com/newsletter

[@ervinisimo]

Great tutorial shame about the quality