birdmade

Media management is a basic entitlement if you ask me, especually for a content upload platform, how SquareSpace is now at its seventh itteration with minimal changes to this relationship with its customer base is a mystery to me.
Even now in 2022 I must use a hack just to get access to the media manager, only to find the selection option applies to a single file at a time i.e. if I want to delete on mass (which is the only function that I can see the selection option is there for, hastily bolted on by their design team under pressure) I must do so one at a time. It would be quicker to delete apps from a smartphone pressing and holding down on each one for a few seconds.
Media management is a core feature that everybody needs to visit at some point, it needs to be fully featured and quick to manage. I would even like it to sync directly with a local folder so that changes could be perrformed even quicker, but I suspect that is a little much to ask.
However, it's a lacking feature.

This is rather frustrating.
There should be a direct link that shows our entire gallery of images, rather than having to create a new page, selecting a template, replacing photo.
I want to be able to pull images I have uploaded if need by to be repurposed elsewhere.
Please fix this.

Thank you for the link and information. I would not have joined Squarespace if I would have known that. It is set up for users who have no knowledge about web design. Infuriating that I cannot delete my own artwork.  

Folks please see the following post for a more formal piece of my code.
@tsl_hscho
Add the following to Settings > Advanced > Code Injection > HEADER.
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> Add the following to Page Settings > Advanced > Page Header Code Injection for the page.
<!--   begin slide toggle page sections   SS Version : 7.1      Notes      : the code is comprised of a style and script tag. both are needed                for the full effect to work                                this effect is not active in SS Preview to test it use private                browsing < https://bit.ly/3f6lhq2 >.                   -->      <style>        body:not( .sqs-edit-mode ) .page-section .sqs-row > .sqs-col-12 > .sqs-block:first-child {            cursor : pointer;              }            body:not( .sqs-edit-mode ) #footer-sections .page-section .sqs-row > .sqs-col-12 > .sqs-block:first-child {            cursor : unset;              }            /* begin initial hide/show blocks, order is important */            body:not( .sqs-edit-mode ) .page-section .sqs-row > .sqs-col-12 > * {                display : none;                  }                body:not( .sqs-edit-mode ) .page-section .sqs-row > .sqs-col-12 > .sqs-block:first-child {                display : unset;                  }              body:not( .sqs-edit-mode ) #footer-sections .page-section .sqs-row > .sqs-col-12 > * {            display : unset;              }              /* end initial hide/show blocks, order is important */            </style>        <script>        $( ( ) => {            if ( window.frameElement !== null ) return;              $( '.page-section' ).find ( '.sqs-block:first' ).click ( function ( ) {                $( this )                    .nextUntil ( '.page-section' )                      .slideToggle ( 'slow' );                    } );                } );            </script>          <!-- end slide toggle page sections --> This is a more complete example but I wouldn't say it's a solution. I think it might be refined somewhat but it would be useful to see it in an actual use case.
Let us know how it goes.

Site URL: https://www.kvmexhibits.org/close-to-home
Hi,
I've seen a couple different examples of other people trying to achieve this, but I haven't come across a successful code yet. On the URL I provided, I have the beginnings of a workaround for an individual page that will contain a lot of text. In the second section down, I used markdown and a code block to make a some simple expanding headings. However, I would like to do this with an ENTIRE section. Ideally, each section would be a background image, heading, and a plus sign. Super ideally, once expanded, the section would have a minus sign at the top and bottom. I wouldn't just be expanding text however. I wish to expand images, galleries, etc. Is this possible?

Hey Simon - 
This is a major ux flaw and oversight. Really, it should be a clean, simple and intuitive dropdown like every other worthy ecommerce site out there. I'm hoping Squarespace addresses this sooner than later; The user currently has no cues that there are other "hidden" categories there. They don't know what they don't know, and that's not a good thing for sales conversion! 
To make the Product Detail page sub-nav more palatable for now, I ended up creating some custom CSS to get around (aka band-aid) the problem. My CSS centers, tightens up, and displays ALL visible product sub-categories.
I also disabled the sticky factor. This makes no sense to have it floating over an already busy and limited-sized viewport. If anything, SQS should just add a small sticky "back to top" arrow button in bottom right. Then again, they still haven't figured out how to slide up and down the page via anchor tags in 7.1. 😕
I do want to say that I love 7.1 for it's incredible potential. It's still early days with their ecomm platform. The latest update was a big leap forward. But, it still has a ways to go to really compete with the likes of Shopify. The reason I'm not Shopify is because it feels old, hard, and boxed-in. Too many options, loss of plug-in support, tired and inflexible templates, etc.
Squarespace sites are nimble by design and always evolving. They feel more 'alive.' Squarespace allows me way more flexibility to create unique and focused pages in any arrangement I choose with speed and relative ease vs Shopify's canned templates that are nice out of the gate but don't evolve well. Sites get tired fast. So it's all about flexibility, ease of use, and timing.
Give me curated best-of-breed 3rd party options (and enough of them), not every available option that I have to sift through and hope work out (Shopify). 
Squarespace, unlike Wix (or Shopify obvi), truly allows me to design and generate content at the speed of thought. Wix is ok for basic stuff. But it's nowhere near as 'deep' as Squarespace.
I'm ok with adding some custom CSS while waiting for SQS engineers to add more and better ecommerce features. Because each time they do, this platform shows it has the best of both worlds. Hence why I'm staying with it vs using a boxed-in 'Kitchen Sink' platforms like Shopify or 'more sizzle than steak' platforms like Wix.  Had to get that out. For the record I have zero affiliation with Squarespace. I just like the platform a lot. 🙂
Anyway, try pasting the CSS below into your custom CSS. It may be what you're looking for. NOTE: you may want to remove or disable certain styles depending on your layout. If nothing else, it gives you the idea of what can be done to improve the user experience a bit while Squarespace comes up with a way better solution than it has now. Hope it helps!
* ////// SHOP SUB-CAT NAV STYLES & MODS ////// */ /* On mobile, Style mobile Shop Page breadcrumb nav */ @media screen and (max-width: 575px) {   .products.collection-content-wrapper .nested-category-breadcrumb {     text-transform: uppercase;     opacity: 1;     } } /* on mobile, hide product page "browsing..." header title */ @media screen and (max-width: 575px) { #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1615177143698_1518 {     display: none;     visibility: hidden; }} /* on mobile, center product cat title */ @media screen and (max-width: 575px) { .products.collection-content-wrapper .nested-category-title {     text-align: center; /* was: left */     padding-top: 20px; }} /* on mobile, center product sub-cat title */ @media screen and (max-width: 575px) { .tweak-products-category-title .products.collection-content-wrapper .nested-category-title.nested-category-title-padding {     padding-bottom: 30px; /* was: 54 */     margin-bottom: 0px; /* was: 37 */     position: relative;     display: inherit; /* was: flex */     flex-direction: row; }} /* on mobile, adjust product sub-cat nav */ @media screen and (max-width: 575px) { .products.collection-content-wrapper .nested-category-children {     padding-top: 15px; /* was: 44 */     padding-bottom: 30px;     margin-bottom: 0;     flex-wrap: wrap; /* was: nowrap */     overflow-x: scroll;     justify-content: center; /* was: start */ }}  

@birdmade Apparently squarespace uses a few different layouts for the categories.
This one is more complex, with the items and sub items. Head to my codepen and check out "Product Cat to Dropdown Alternate".
This will only work with the parent categories and will ignore the sub items. Drop me an email if you would like me to dig into this deeper.

@birdmade whats the link to your page?
Edit, just noticed, this needs to be one line, without the > after script
<script src=.....................................></script>

Thanks Paul, I already sent the request. 

Hope to have this essential feature soon.

Howdy
I used to be able to do this on other Squarespace templates so I'm not sure where I'm going wrong in 7.1. 

I've got a folder with two pages in it, and I want the folder itself to be a link to the first page in the folder. I've tried adding <a href="website/about">About</a> into the navigation title but that's not working. Any tips? 

I too am in the same boat. I think this is a bug as going to the folder's slug directly takes you to the first page in the folder. Hopefully fixed soon.