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How to Design an Effective Web Page Layout
A page’s layout shapes how visitors move through content and whether they take action. See the design principles that keep a web page layout clear, purposeful, and easy to navigate.
How to Create a Website Style Guide
A style guide keeps every element of a client's brand consistent, from color and typography to voice and layout. See the six components every web design style guide needs to cover.
How to Translate a Squarespace Website
Weglot connects to Squarespace to translate client sites into 110+ languages without a rebuild. See what it costs and how to keep every translated page optimized for traditional and AI-powered search.
How to Make a Wedding Website
Build a Squarespace wedding website with the essential pages couples and guests need. Get a full walkthrough from first questions to post-wedding updates.
The Science-Based Playbook for Effective Social Proof
Read the full playbook from Squarespace Circle and Science Says featuring actionable takeaways on how professional web designers can effectively select, ask for, and display client reviews, based on in-depth peer-reviewed research.
How to Prepare Clients for Fluid Engine and Finish Layer
Fluid Engine has come a long way since 2022. Here’s how to introduce clients to Finish Layer’s newest design tools, from block animations to mobile overrides, and use platform updates to open the door to more billable work.
4 Examples of Award-Winning Squarespace Websites
Four designers turned Squarespace’s newest Finish Layer tools into award-winning websites for the Contra x Squarespace Make It Real Challenge. See what they built, and the techniques you can borrow for your own client work.
A Client-Ready SEO Checklist for Traditional and AI-Powered Search
Handing off a finished site is just the start. This SEO checklist is built for web designers to share with clients at offboarding, so their site stays discoverable long after launch, even as AI search reshapes how people find businesses.
Top Web Design Trends for 2026
Stay ahead of the trends with 2026 web design predictions from Squarespace Circle and ilovecreatives, including Motion Narrative, Glassmorphism, and Archival Index.
How to Design a Responsive Website
Responsive web design is built into every Squarespace site—but how deliberately you design for each screen is up to you. Learn how to use Fluid Engine’s independent mobile canvas, Block Hiding, and more to build client sites that hold up on any device.
Which Finish Layer Pro Feature Are You?
Finish Layer is Squarespace’s suite of no-code expressibility features, including Block Animations, Font Uploads, Stacks, and more. Discover which pro feature fits your brand and vibe with this personality quiz.
How Web Designers Use Squarespace Analytics
When you build a website for a client, the data doesn’t stop at handoff. This guide breaks down Squarespace analytics and shows you how to turn traffic, conversion, and ecommerce metrics into concrete recommendations.
How to Add Custom Code to a Squarespace Website
Code blocks are an essential tool for experienced professional users looking to add custom code to a website. Learn how to creatively use code blocks on Squarespace.
How to Use Finish Layer to Design More and Code Less
Finish Layer is a new suite of professional-grade design and editing tools built into Squarespace, including Block Animations, Block Transforms, Font Uploads, and more. With these new tools, professional designers can create elevated, bespoke designs with no custom code required.
3 Signs Your Client’s Site Has Outgrown Its Navigation
Learn the three signals that tell you a client's site has outgrown its navigation, from complex dropdowns to invisible long-tail content and declining mobile engagement.
SEO for Web Designers: The Complete 2026 Playbook
Designing an SEO friendly website is essential. Learn how to make a website more SEO and AEO friendly, and start designing websites with high visibility.
8 Tips for Optimizing Images to Boost SEO
In this guide, you’ll learn specific tactics that will increase your SEO and positively impact your client’s bottom line. These simple tweaks will have you climbing the ranks in search results in no time.
Design for Any Industry with Squarespace
Web designers are instrumental in creating visually stunning, functional websites that reflect the essence of each industry they serve. Learn how Squarespace’s intuitive tools and versatile templates are tailored to various business needs.
How to Build a Website for Event Stylists and Creative Directors
Help event stylists and creative directors win high-value clients. Learn how to build a site that works as both a visual portfolio and a business manager.
How to Create Conversion-Ready Beauty Websites
Selfnamed, a private label clean beauty platform, shares a practical guide to designing beauty websites that do more than look good. Learn how to craft hero sections that convert, build trust through design, and structure product pages that move visitors from browsing to buying.