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If you’re using Google Ads on your site, and targeting users in the EEA, you might have received an email from Google suggesting that you implement their consent mode feature.
Here is some example code, that I’ve added to my website to integrate consent mode. This enables me to collect a consent choice from my visitor via the website cookie banner, and then send that consent choice to Google.
Before you begin:
First, you need to enable the website cookie banner, and ensure you’ve selected the “Opt In & Out” banner type. 
Code:
Next, you would go to Website > Website Tools > Code Injection. You could add the following code to your header code injection (removing any existing Google Ads code first):
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-{AW-ID}"></script> <script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  gtag('consent', 'default', {   'ad_storage': 'denied',   'ad_user_data': 'denied',   'ad_personalization': 'denied'  });  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('config', 'AW-{AW-ID}');  let squarespaceCookies = {};  if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {    squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();  }  const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';  const consentObj = {    'ad_storage': consentValue,   'ad_user_data': consentValue,   'ad_personalization': consentValue  };  gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);    window.onCookieBannerInteraction = () => {    let squarespaceCookies = {};    if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {      squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();    }    const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';   const consentObj = {       'ad_storage': consentValue,      'ad_user_data': consentValue,      'ad_personalization': consentValue    };    gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);  } </script> Consent mode is a service provided by Google, so for any questions, verification, or testing support, you can reach out to their support team.

Check out everything new that happened at Squarespace in April below. Which updates are you most excited about? 
Commerce
Accept Japanese Yen in your online store 
You can now set your store’s currency so that all Commerce charges (orders, taxes, and shipping) will be processed in Japanese Yen. 
As a note, you can only accept one default currency for your store at this time, but you can accept orders from anywhere in the world. 
Learn more about accepting international currencies through Squarespace. 
 
Create local shipping zones in more countries 
With shipping zones, you can limit where you ship products or set shipping fees based on location. More fine-tuned control over how and where you ship orders is an important financial factor for anyone who sells online. 
We’ve expanded regional and postal code shipping to Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and Norway on all selling plans. 
Learn more about creating shipping zones. 
 
Websites
Customer accounts, now available on all plans
With a digital products plan, you can sell digital products with the Personal plan. You can now also enable customer accounts if you’re on the Personal plan to provide your customers with a better experience. Prior to this update, customer accounts were reserved for the Business and Commerce plans. 
Your customers can create an account on your site to securely store their payment methods, shipping information, and to view previous orders. Enabling customer accounts can encourage repeat spending and encourage a deeper relationship with your customers. 
Learn more about enabling customer accounts. 
 
Move sites with Cover Pages to version 7.1
When moving your site from version 7.0 to 7.1, any cover pages will now carry over to the updated site. After the update, cover pages will retain the same look, but will convert to layout pages with the headers and footers hidden, so they’re compatible with 7.1.
This improvement is part of an ongoing effort to unlock access to 7.1 to more of our longtime customers with specific 7.0 site setups. With 7.1, you’ll get access to more of Squarespace’s latest features, without rebuilding the site from scratch. 
Learn more about moving your site to version 7.1. 
 
Invoicing 
A dedicated dashboard for invoices 
We introduced Invoicing back in 2023. We’ve now added a new dashboard in the Invoicing panel that gives you a snapshot of how your invoices are doing, such as total revenue, paid invoices, and outstanding invoices.
Sending invoices through Squarespace is excellent for sellers of specialized or ‌custom merchandise that may be difficult to list on a site. For example, a baker selling custom cakes can invoice customers for special orders, rather than list them individually on their website.
Learn more about invoicing clients and managing projects.
 
Accounts 
Enhanced account security with passkey 2FA
You can now use passkeys for two-factor authentication (2FA) when logging into your Squarespace account. Passkey authentication is based on something you have in your possession. Some examples of passkeys include: 
Biometric authentication methods (like Face or Touch ID)  Security keys, like small USB devices or software-based keys  Please note, your passkey options depend on which browser or operating system you use. 
Learn more about using a passkey for 2FA.
 
Domains 
Update IPS tag for .co.uk and .uk domains 
You can now update your IPS tag from your site when transferring .co.uk and .uk domains away from Squarespace. Internet Provider Security (IPS) tags are labels that identify your domain registrar. Prior to this update, you needed to contact us for help with your IPS tag when transferring domains with this TLDs. 
Learn more about transferring .co.uk and .uk domains away from Squarespace. 
 
Expanded options for international customers 
Customer Support now available in Japanese
To better serve our international customers, you can now talk to our award-winning Customer Support team in Japanese. 
Please note, live chat currently only supports English, but support in Japanese is available 24/7 via email. 
 
Pay for Squarespace with more currencies 
We’ve launched three currencies you can use to pay for your Squarespace subscriptions: 
Taiwanese Dollar (TWD)  Turkish Lyra (TRY) Vietnamese Dong (VND)  Please note, it isn’t possible to switch your billing currency after you make your first payment. 
Learn more about accepted currencies.
Squarespace Payments 
Let your customers pay in installments with Klarna 
If you use Squarespace Payments as your payment processor, you can now add Klarna as an alternative payment method. With Klarna, your customers can pay in installments, which can make your products more accessible to a wider audience. 
Please note, Klarna is available to US merchants only, and it can’t be used to pay for subscriptions. 

Learn more about using Klarna with Squarespace Payments.

If you’re using Google Ads on your site, and targeting users in the EEA, you might have received an email from Google suggesting that you implement their consent mode feature.
Here is some example code, that I’ve added to my website to integrate consent mode. This enables me to collect a consent choice from my visitor via the website cookie banner, and then send that consent choice to Google.
Before you begin:
First, you need to enable the website cookie banner, and ensure you’ve selected the “Opt In & Out” banner type. 
Code:
Next, you would go to Website > Website Tools > Code Injection. You could add the following code to your header code injection (removing any existing Google Ads code first):
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-{AW-ID}"></script> <script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  gtag('consent', 'default', {   'ad_storage': 'denied',   'ad_user_data': 'denied',   'ad_personalization': 'denied'  });  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('config', 'AW-{AW-ID}');  let squarespaceCookies = {};  if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {    squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();  }  const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';  const consentObj = {    'ad_storage': consentValue,   'ad_user_data': consentValue,   'ad_personalization': consentValue  };  gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);    window.onCookieBannerInteraction = () => {    let squarespaceCookies = {};    if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {      squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();    }    const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';   const consentObj = {       'ad_storage': consentValue,      'ad_user_data': consentValue,      'ad_personalization': consentValue    };    gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);  } </script> Consent mode is a service provided by Google, so for any questions, verification, or testing support, you can reach out to their support team.

If you’re using Google Ads on your site, and targeting users in the EEA, you might have received an email from Google suggesting that you implement their consent mode feature.
Here is some example code, that I’ve added to my website to integrate consent mode. This enables me to collect a consent choice from my visitor via the website cookie banner, and then send that consent choice to Google.
Before you begin:
First, you need to enable the website cookie banner, and ensure you’ve selected the “Opt In & Out” banner type. 
Code:
Next, you would go to Website > Website Tools > Code Injection. You could add the following code to your header code injection (removing any existing Google Ads code first):
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-{AW-ID}"></script> <script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  gtag('consent', 'default', {   'ad_storage': 'denied',   'ad_user_data': 'denied',   'ad_personalization': 'denied'  });  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('config', 'AW-{AW-ID}');  let squarespaceCookies = {};  if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {    squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();  }  const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';  const consentObj = {    'ad_storage': consentValue,   'ad_user_data': consentValue,   'ad_personalization': consentValue  };  gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);    window.onCookieBannerInteraction = () => {    let squarespaceCookies = {};    if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {      squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();    }    const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';   const consentObj = {       'ad_storage': consentValue,      'ad_user_data': consentValue,      'ad_personalization': consentValue    };    gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);  } </script> Consent mode is a service provided by Google, so for any questions, verification, or testing support, you can reach out to their support team.

What’s happening? 
We’ve split the content of the Getting Started with Squarespace webinar into two separate webinars. 
The first webinar in the series is called, Building a template and domains. This webinar is focused on getting your oriented with Squarespace and some backend items, like domains and email options. Topics include: 
Building a template with Squarespace Blueprint  Navigating Squarespace  Domains and email options  Using help resources   
The second webinar in the series is called, Site editing and styling fundamentals. This webinar is focused on getting you comfortable with Squarespace editing and styling tools. Topics include: 
Preparing site content  Building and editing a homepage  Styling colors and fonts.  Both of these webinars are under one hour, and we hope the information is more digestible and effective. 
 
Why? 
Customer feedback truly drives our webinars program. We’ve received feedback from viewers that the Getting Started webinar was hard to follow due to topic density and duration. 
Your feedback informs so many improvements to our webinars, and we greatly appreciate all who took the time to share their experiences with us. 
 
Where/when can I watch?:
Register to watch these webinars on 2/20/204. If you can't make the scheduled sessions, on-demand sessions of both will be available.
Please note, a team member is on-hand during scheduled sessions to answer any questions that come in via chat. Any questions that come in during on-demand sessions are sent to our team via email, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. 

If you’re using Google Ads on your site, and targeting users in the EEA, you might have received an email from Google suggesting that you implement their consent mode feature.
Here is some example code, that I’ve added to my website to integrate consent mode. This enables me to collect a consent choice from my visitor via the website cookie banner, and then send that consent choice to Google.
Before you begin:
First, you need to enable the website cookie banner, and ensure you’ve selected the “Opt In & Out” banner type. 
Code:
Next, you would go to Website > Website Tools > Code Injection. You could add the following code to your header code injection (removing any existing Google Ads code first):
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-{AW-ID}"></script> <script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  gtag('consent', 'default', {   'ad_storage': 'denied',   'ad_user_data': 'denied',   'ad_personalization': 'denied'  });  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('config', 'AW-{AW-ID}');  let squarespaceCookies = {};  if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {    squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();  }  const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';  const consentObj = {    'ad_storage': consentValue,   'ad_user_data': consentValue,   'ad_personalization': consentValue  };  gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);    window.onCookieBannerInteraction = () => {    let squarespaceCookies = {};    if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {      squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();    }    const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';   const consentObj = {       'ad_storage': consentValue,      'ad_user_data': consentValue,      'ad_personalization': consentValue    };    gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);  } </script> Consent mode is a service provided by Google, so for any questions, verification, or testing support, you can reach out to their support team.

Check out everything new that happened at Squarespace in March below. Which updates are you most excited about? 
Commerce
Enable subscription renewal emails for your customers 
You can now enable subscription renewal notifications to be sent 15 days before the renewal date in the Subscription renewal panel. The email includes the name of the product, price, renewal date, cadence at which the subscription renews, and a link to log in and manage their subscription. 
Learn more about enabling subscription renewal notifications. 
 
Sell access to your blogs with Pricing Plans
We introduced Pricing Plans with the release of Digital Products (Courses, Member Sites, and Video Pages). Now, you can add your blog pages to a Pricing Plan to place them behind a paywall. 
Please note, adding a pricing plan to blog pages is available on version 7.1 templates. 
Learn more about selling access to your blogs. 
 
Store payments panel is now Payments
We’ve renamed the Store Payments panel to Payments. You can still connect and manage your payment processors from this panel.
Learn more about connecting a payment processor.
 
Websites
Hide the header and the footer on a specific page
With the release of version 7.1, we’ve heard from many of you that you miss Cover Pages. Now, you can hide the header and footer on a specific page. and add a section background image to get the same effect as a Cover Page on a 7.1 site. 
Learn more about hiding the header and footer on a page. 
 
Enhanced block styling tools 
We’ve added stroke, blend, and blur styling options to more blocks on version 7.1 templates. You can now use these with the following blocks: 
Accordion Form Newsletter Quote Scrolling  Summary  Text Please note, stroke is available on sections using either the classic editor or Fluid Engine, but blend and blur are only available on Fluid Engine. 
Learn more about these styling tools. 
 
Make content stand out by pinning it on your page 
You can now pin blocks on your page so that they remain visible as a visitor scrolls. You can pin blocks to make information stand out, like your contact information or a form block you want your visitors to fill out and submit. To pin a block, click on it then click the pin icon.
Please note, pinned blocks are available for Fluid Engine sections. 
Learn more about pinning blocks on your page.  
 
Domains 
Move domains from the site you’re moving them to
To move a domain, you’ll now navigate to the Domains panel of the site you’re moving it to, rather than the site you’re moving it from. This is a small change that will contribute to more domain management improvements in the future. 
Learn more about moving your domain between sites.
 
An improved domains dashboard 
You can now use your domains dashboard to review and manage your Squarespace domains from one place. Open your domains dashboard to manage: 
Auto-renew Contact information  Contributors and ownership  Custom email addresses  Domain forwarding  DNS records  Email forwarding Lock status  Nameservers, glue records, and DNSSEC settings  Payment information  Whois privacy  Learn more about the domains dashboard. 
 
Invoicing 
Client invoicing is now available on the Personal plan 
Sellers who work on a project-to-project basis, or sell specialized services, can manage their projects and invoice their clients in the Invoicing panel. Now, people on the Personal plan can use this panel to create and send invoices at a 0% transaction rate. 
The Invoicing panel is excellent for sellers of specialized or ‌custom merchandise that's difficult to list on their site. For example, a baker who sells custom cakes may want to use the Invoicing panel to track their orders and invoice customers directly. 
Learn more about invoicing clients and managing projects from your site. 
 
Squarespace AI 
Refine Squarespace AI output with Brand Identity  
To improve the quality and consistency of AI output, we recommend checking out Brand Identity. With Brand Identity, you can write a description of your business or site and choose a personality, like playful, neutral, or professional, for the writing style. 
To experiment with Brand Identity and improve AI output, click on a Squarespace AI access point, then click the i icon, and enter your details. 
Learn more about Brand Identity.  

If you’re using Google Ads on your site, and targeting users in the EEA, you might have received an email from Google suggesting that you implement their consent mode feature.
Here is some example code, that I’ve added to my website to integrate consent mode. This enables me to collect a consent choice from my visitor via the website cookie banner, and then send that consent choice to Google.
Before you begin:
First, you need to enable the website cookie banner, and ensure you’ve selected the “Opt In & Out” banner type. 
Code:
Next, you would go to Website > Website Tools > Code Injection. You could add the following code to your header code injection (removing any existing Google Ads code first):
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-{AW-ID}"></script> <script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  gtag('consent', 'default', {   'ad_storage': 'denied',   'ad_user_data': 'denied',   'ad_personalization': 'denied'  });  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('config', 'AW-{AW-ID}');  let squarespaceCookies = {};  if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {    squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();  }  const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';  const consentObj = {    'ad_storage': consentValue,   'ad_user_data': consentValue,   'ad_personalization': consentValue  };  gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);    window.onCookieBannerInteraction = () => {    let squarespaceCookies = {};    if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {      squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();    }    const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';   const consentObj = {       'ad_storage': consentValue,      'ad_user_data': consentValue,      'ad_personalization': consentValue    };    gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);  } </script> Consent mode is a service provided by Google, so for any questions, verification, or testing support, you can reach out to their support team.

We publish answers to frequently asked questions on a particular topic each month. You can find each post linked below: 
SEO  Email marketing Design tips to boost sales Domains Setting up shipping options Using Squarespace Extensions FAQ This list will be updated as new posts are published.

Hello all! We wanted to take a moment to let you all know that a fix for this issue has been rolled out, and it seems to have done the trick. 
If you're still experiencing this issue, please reach out to our Customer Support team to report it:
https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic
Thank you all for your patience as our team worked to triage this. 

Hello all! We wanted to take a moment to let you all know that a fix for this issue has been rolled out, and it seems to have done the trick. 
If you're still experiencing this issue, please reach out to our Customer Support team to report it:
https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic
Thank you all for your patience as our team worked to triage this. 

Hello all! We wanted to take a moment to let you all know that a fix for this issue has been rolled out, and it seems to have done the trick. 
If you're still experiencing this issue, please reach out to our Customer Support team to report it:
https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/requests/new#choose-topic
Thank you all for your patience as our team worked to triage this. 

If you’re using Google Ads on your site, and targeting users in the EEA, you might have received an email from Google suggesting that you implement their consent mode feature.
Here is some example code, that I’ve added to my website to integrate consent mode. This enables me to collect a consent choice from my visitor via the website cookie banner, and then send that consent choice to Google.
Before you begin:
First, you need to enable the website cookie banner, and ensure you’ve selected the “Opt In & Out” banner type. 
Code:
Next, you would go to Website > Website Tools > Code Injection. You could add the following code to your header code injection (removing any existing Google Ads code first):
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-{AW-ID}"></script> <script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  gtag('consent', 'default', {   'ad_storage': 'denied',   'ad_user_data': 'denied',   'ad_personalization': 'denied'  });  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('config', 'AW-{AW-ID}');  let squarespaceCookies = {};  if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {    squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();  }  const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';  const consentObj = {    'ad_storage': consentValue,   'ad_user_data': consentValue,   'ad_personalization': consentValue  };  gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);    window.onCookieBannerInteraction = () => {    let squarespaceCookies = {};    if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {      squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();    }    const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';   const consentObj = {       'ad_storage': consentValue,      'ad_user_data': consentValue,      'ad_personalization': consentValue    };    gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);  } </script> Consent mode is a service provided by Google, so for any questions, verification, or testing support, you can reach out to their support team.

Hello everyone! We appreciate you all taking the time to flag this. We can confirm what @andtechgroupcom shared— our engineers are aware of the issue with our video playback on the newest versions of iOS (17.4+), and we wanted to provide some more details. There are other HLS video streams which work with those versions of iOS, however, some other HLS video streams from other video hosts are seeing similar issues. 
Our Engineering team is working to identify what is specific to our player (and other affected third party players) that could contribute to this issue from the most recent iOS release. Our fix will be forthcoming from what we find out. 
We know this is not ideal for those who use video on their sites. This is all the information we have available at the moment. We will reply in this thread once a fix has been rolled out. To receive notifications on updates to this post, click the Follow button in the top right corner of the post. 

Hello everyone! We appreciate you all taking the time to flag this. We can confirm what @andtechgroupcom shared— our engineers are aware of the issue with our video playback on the newest versions of iOS (17.4+), and we wanted to provide some more details. There are other HLS video streams which work with those versions of iOS, however, some other HLS video streams from other video hosts are seeing similar issues. 
Our Engineering team is working to identify what is specific to our player (and other affected third party players) that could contribute to this issue from the most recent iOS release. Our fix will be forthcoming from what we find out. 
We know this is not ideal for those who use video on their sites. This is all the information we have available at the moment. We will reply in this thread once a fix has been rolled out. To receive notifications on updates to this post, click the Follow button in the top right corner of the post. 

Hello everyone! We appreciate you all taking the time to flag this. We can confirm what @andtechgroupcom shared— our engineers are aware of the issue with our video playback on the newest versions of iOS (17.4+), and we wanted to provide some more details. There are other HLS video streams which work with those versions of iOS, however, some other HLS video streams from other video hosts are seeing similar issues. 
Our Engineering team is working to identify what is specific to our player (and other affected third party players) that could contribute to this issue from the most recent iOS release. Our fix will be forthcoming from what we find out. 
We know this is not ideal for those who use video on their sites. This is all the information we have available at the moment. We will reply in this thread once a fix has been rolled out. To receive notifications on updates to this post, click the Follow button in the top right corner of the post. 

Hello everyone! We appreciate you all taking the time to flag this. We can confirm what @andtechgroupcom shared— our engineers are aware of the issue with our video playback on the newest versions of iOS (17.4+), and we wanted to provide some more details. There are other HLS video streams which work with those versions of iOS, however, some other HLS video streams from other video hosts are seeing similar issues. 
Our Engineering team is working to identify what is specific to our player (and other affected third party players) that could contribute to this issue from the most recent iOS release. Our fix will be forthcoming from what we find out. 
We know this is not ideal for those who use video on their sites. This is all the information we have available at the moment. We will reply in this thread once a fix has been rolled out. To receive notifications on updates to this post, click the Follow button in the top right corner of the post. 

Hi all,
I wanted to share a quick update that you can now select/delete/upload multiple images at the same time from your site's library. I understand the inability to do this was a pain-point so I hope this improvement helps out. 

Here's some more information about removing images from your site's library: 
https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/206542377-Managing-and-reusing-images#toc-delete-images-from-my-library

If you’re using Google Ads on your site, and targeting users in the EEA, you might have received an email from Google suggesting that you implement their consent mode feature.
Here is some example code, that I’ve added to my website to integrate consent mode. This enables me to collect a consent choice from my visitor via the website cookie banner, and then send that consent choice to Google.
Before you begin:
First, you need to enable the website cookie banner, and ensure you’ve selected the “Opt In & Out” banner type. 
Code:
Next, you would go to Website > Website Tools > Code Injection. You could add the following code to your header code injection (removing any existing Google Ads code first):
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=AW-{AW-ID}"></script> <script>  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}  gtag('consent', 'default', {   'ad_storage': 'denied',   'ad_user_data': 'denied',   'ad_personalization': 'denied'  });  gtag('js', new Date());  gtag('config', 'AW-{AW-ID}');  let squarespaceCookies = {};  if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {    squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();  }  const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';  const consentObj = {    'ad_storage': consentValue,   'ad_user_data': consentValue,   'ad_personalization': consentValue  };  gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);    window.onCookieBannerInteraction = () => {    let squarespaceCookies = {};    if (window.getSquarespaceCookies) {      squarespaceCookies = window.getSquarespaceCookies();    }    const consentValue = squarespaceCookies.marketing === 'accepted' ? 'granted' :  'denied';   const consentObj = {       'ad_storage': consentValue,      'ad_user_data': consentValue,      'ad_personalization': consentValue    };    gtag('consent', 'update', consentObj);  } </script> Consent mode is a service provided by Google, so for any questions, verification, or testing support, you can reach out to their support team.

1. What’s the difference between a domain and a website?
While domains and websites are closely related, they aren't the same. A website is a collection of content hosted on a server. A domain is a user-friendly address your browser uses to identify the location of a website. 
Let’s put it another way: think of your website as a house, with the domain being the street address. Your house contains all of your belongings in the same way your website contains all of your content. Domains are like a home address because they provide visitors with the unique address that takes them directly to your home or website.
Website and domain hosting are separate subscriptions that are billed separately. With Squarespace, you can get a free year of domain hosting when you register for an annual website subscription. 
 
2. What’s the difference between transferring a domain to my Squarespace site and connecting it? 
Transferring a domain to your site makes Squarespace your domain host. This means you can manage your domain billing, settings and registration from your Squarespace account.
You can connect a domain to your Squarespace site if you’re unable to transfer it. The main difference from transferring is that a connected domain uses the current domain provider as the host.  Connecting, or pointing, a domain to your Squarespace site involves updating your domain’s DNS settings from your provider's end.
Both setup processes lead to the same result. When you successfully add a domain to your site using either transferring or connecting, the domain directs users to your Squarespace site. 
 
3. Why do you recommend transferring my domain to Squarespace instead of connecting it?
If possible, transferring your domain to your Squarespace site is the recommended option over connecting a domain. Here are a few reasons why: 
Ease of use  If you already have a Squarespace site, you can manage your domain’s DNS and billing settings from your Squarespace site. You won’t need to deal with two different providers. 
Scope of support  Sometimes things can go wrong and questions can arise when managing your domain. If your domain is connected to your site, our Customer Support team can’t access your account with a third-party domain provider to provide more help. If Squarespace is your domain host, we can offer more insight and hands-on support to help you find solutions.  
Features  All Squarespace domains include free Whois privacy and SSL certificates to protect your information and to keep your site marked as secure. 
While transferring your domain to Squarespace is the recommended domain setup option, the most important factor in your decision depends on what works best for you. Whether you decide to connect or transfer your domain, your visitors won’t experience any differences when viewing your site. 
 
4. How can I choose a good domain name? 
For many users, their domain name is their name or the name of their business. For other users, it’s not as straightforward. 
Because a domain name is your first impression on the internet, we recommend choosing a name that's positive and memorable. Domains can be anywhere from a few characters to several words. Shorter domain names are more effective with audiences because their short length makes them easier for people to remember. Additionally, fewer characters means fewer possible misspellings. 
Consider the purpose of your site 
Before you choose a domain name, consider what the purpose of your site is and what your users will do when visiting your site. Are you selling products or services?  Are you hosting a blog? 
Understanding your site’s purpose and audience will help you ‌develop a list of keywords to incorporate into your site content. These keywords are a tool you can use to find a domain name that's effective and relevant to your site. For example, if you’re choosing a domain name for a yoga studio, you can incorporate the word “yoga” into your domain  because “yoga” is an important keyword throughout your site content that resonates with your audience and your site’s purpose. 
Distinguish yourself from your competitors 
It’s important to have a unique domain name to distinguish yourself from your competitors, especially if there are other websites that are similar to yours. For example, if you live in New York City and own a hardware store called Smith’s Hardware, smithshardwarenyc.com could stand out more to your local customers than  smithshardware.com. Adding a unique identifier like “nyc” to your domain distinguishes your site from the competing Smith’s Hardware sites. 
 
5. How can I set up a custom email address for my domain?? 
Once your domain is registered, you can create a custom email address for it, like youremail@yourdomain.com. Here are two ways to set this up in Squarespace:
Email forwarding You can set up email forwarding for Squarespace-managed domains. With email forwarding, you create aliases for your email address. Then, emails sent to those aliases will be forwarded to another email address of your choice. 
Think of an alias as a nickname. For example, if your email is youremail@gmail.com, you can set up the alias youremail@yourdomain.com. All emails sent to youremail@yourdomain.com will forward to youremail@gmail.com. 
Google Workspace  You can add Google Workspace to a Squarespace domain or third-party domain. Similar to email forwarding, you can use a custom domain email address with Google Workspace. The difference with Google Workspace is you create a new email with its own inbox instead of creating a nickname for an existing email
This is a good option for businesses wanting a professional email address with its own inbox. Keep in mind, Google Workspace is a separate billing subscription from your domain and website. 
 
6. I’m a Google Domains customer. Do I have to do anything? 
In 2023, Squarespace entered into an agreement to become the new home for Google Domains. Domains are being moved to Squarespace in phases. When your domain transitions from Google to Squarespace, you’ll become a Squarespace customer and manage your domain through an account with us. 
If you're a Google Domains customer, we’ll let you know when you need to take action. When your domain moves to Squarespace, you’ll receive an email to the email address associated with your Google Domains account. If you already have a Squarespace account, you’ll just need to log into it. If you don’t have a Squarespace account yet, one will be created for you automatically. 
Visit About the Google Domains migration to Squarespace to learn more about the migration, how to check the status of your domain and where to go for support.

What’s happening? 
We’ve split the content of the Getting Started with Squarespace webinar into two separate webinars. 
The first webinar in the series is called, Building a template and domains. This webinar is focused on getting your oriented with Squarespace and some backend items, like domains and email options. Topics include: 
Building a template with Squarespace Blueprint  Navigating Squarespace  Domains and email options  Using help resources   
The second webinar in the series is called, Site editing and styling fundamentals. This webinar is focused on getting you comfortable with Squarespace editing and styling tools. Topics include: 
Preparing site content  Building and editing a homepage  Styling colors and fonts.  Both of these webinars are under one hour, and we hope the information is more digestible and effective. 
 
Why? 
Customer feedback truly drives our webinars program. We’ve received feedback from viewers that the Getting Started webinar was hard to follow due to topic density and duration. 
Your feedback informs so many improvements to our webinars, and we greatly appreciate all who took the time to share their experiences with us. 
 
Where/when can I watch?:
Register to watch these webinars on 2/20/204. If you can't make the scheduled sessions, on-demand sessions of both will be available.
Please note, a team member is on-hand during scheduled sessions to answer any questions that come in via chat. Any questions that come in during on-demand sessions are sent to our team via email, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. 

We’re back with the third webinar in our Squarespace Commerce series. We’ll review some of the last steps to take to confirm your store is ready to accept orders and how to manage your orders once you start receiving them.
Together, we’ll review how to manage inventory, add store policies, and run test orders. Then we’ll dive into how to fulfill, cancel, and refund orders. 
Click here to join us for the Managing Your Orders webinar on May ,2023 at 1:30 PM ET. 
(Those who cannot make the live session will be able to access the on-demand webinar.)

Check out everything new that happened at Squarespace in December below. Which updates are you most excited about? 
Commerce
Sync your inventory to your POS with SKU IQ
Did you know you could use the Squarespace app as a point of sale (POS) system with our Square integration? 
You can also use the new SKU IQ extension. With the SKU IQ extension, you can easily sync your inventory and orders from your Squarespace site to your point of sale system. To add SKU IQ or to browse all extensions, go to Settings, then All Extensions.
Squarespace Extensions are vetted third-party tools that help you manage, optimize, and expand your site. 
Learn more about Squarespace Extensions.
Use postal code shipping for greater control on all plans
With shipping zones, you can limit where you ship products or set shipping fees based on location. You can now create local shipping zones on the Business and Commerce plans. More fine-tuned control over how and where you ship orders is an important financial factor for anyone who sells online, regardless of what you pay to host your website. So, by popular demand, we're no longer gatekeeping this popular feature to just our higher-tiered Commerce plans.
Learn more about creating shipping zones. 
Websites
Resize blocks symmetrically with your keyboard 
We’ve added a new keyboard shortcut to resize a block’s height and width symmetrically on Fluid Engine. To try it out, press ⌘ + Shift + arrow keys on a Mac or Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys on a PC. 
Learn more about Squarespace keyboard shortcuts. 
The Swarm and 500px blocks have been retired
We’ve removed the option to add the Swarm and 500 px blocks. This will not affect existing Swarm or 500px blocks that you have on your site, but you will no longer be able to add them. 
By occasionally retiring older, rarely used features, we can focus our resources on developing more relevant features that benefit more of our customers.
Add Member Sites from the Pages panel  
You can now add Member Sites directly from the Pages panel by clicking the + icon to make it more straightforward. Prior to this update, Member Sites navigation had to be switched on in the Settings panel which required more back-and-forth.
Learn more about adding Member Sites.  
Domains 
DNSSEC is now supported on .com and .net domains 
DNSSEC is an advanced form of domain security, and you can now enable it on .com and .net domains that are hosted with Squarespace. It will be enabled by default on new registrations. 
Learn more about DNSSEC.  

Check out everything new that happened at Squarespace in November below. Which updates are you most excited about? 
Acuity Scheduling 
Lock your scheduler’s time zone to avoid confusion over appointment times 
You can now lock the time zone for your appointments so clients can’t change it on their end. Prior to this update, clients were able to choose their own time zone while booking their appointments. This update should reduce the confusion we’ve seen around booking appointments at the wrong times. This setting can be edited in the Global scheduling limits panel. 
Learn more about editing your time zone settings. 
Commerce
Boost your sales with add-on products 
You can now display another product on a product page to encourage your customers to purchase related or complementary items. For example, if you sell jewelry, you can upsell a jewelry cleaner add-on with any other product. 
Please note, add-ons are supported on download, physical, and service products. 
Learn more about selling add-on products. 
 
Consistent branding for your customer notification emails 
You can now apply your section style themes to your customer notification emails. When you click Quickly match your site, you can choose which section theme to apply and match your site’s existing colors and fonts for consistent branding. 
Learn more about styling your customer notification emails. 
 
Save up to 7 minutes per package shipped with Sendcloud 
With the Sendcloud extension, you can ship with 100+ regional and international carriers in just a few clicks. To add Sendcloud or to browse all extensions, go to Settings, then All Extensions.
Squarespace Extensions are vetted third-party tools that help you manage, optimize, and expand your site. 
Browse all Extensions.  
 
Create regional and local shipping zones in France 
You can now limit shipping to specific regions in France. If you’re on the Commerce Advanced plan, you can further limit the shipping zone to specific cities and postal codes within a region. 
Learn more about setting up local shipping zones. 
 
Websites
Update your site to version 7.1 
At long last, you can now update your 7.0 site to version 7.1. All orders and customer data, site analytics, domain settings, SEO, and billing information will stay in place— no manual switching or starting over required. Prior to this update, the only way to update to version 7.1 was to rebuild everything and start with fresh data. Keep in mind, this is a permanent change, and some aspects of your site might look different.
Click on Website > Design > Update to Version 7.1 to preview your site in version 7.1 and update it. 
The update tool is only available on the Brine and Bedford template families. If you’re not using those templates, you can switch your template to Brine or Bedford first. 
Learn more about updating your site to version 7.1. 
 
Blog on the go with your mobile device 
We’ve made more improvements to the mobile blogging experience on the Squarespace app. You can now edit existing posts, edit supported blocks in your posts, and use device view to see how your post will look on a desktop. 
Learn more about blogging with the Squarespace app. 
 
Block AI and search engine crawlers 
You can block search engines and AI web crawlers from crawling your site, while leaving it available for visitors to access, in the Settings > Crawlers panel.
A web crawler is a type of bot, typically operated by search engines, that automatically scans the content of websites across the Internet, so their content can appear in search results. Web crawlers are also used by AI companies to train their large language models (LLMs). These models learn from the content of websites they scan, and use the data to improve the accuracy and general capabilities of their AI models.
By default, crawlers scan all content published on the Internet, but if you'd like to exclude your website from these scans, you can choose to hide your site from search engines or AI crawlers.
Learn more about hiding your site from web crawlers. 
 
Take control of your forms’ design and branding 
We’ve added a Forms section within the Site Styles panel so you can further style your forms to give them a unique, yet consistent look. Within the Forms section, you can adjust the fonts and colors of texts and buttons, as well as the style and shape of your forms’ other elements.
Learn more about styling your forms. 
 
Bio Sites 
Monetize your content with Locked Links 
With Locked Links, you can monetize your content by including a paywall link in your Bio Site. You can charge customers a one-time fee for access to content, such as video courses or a photo library.
Learn more about Locked Links.

Meet Fluid Engine’s new block, the shape block— a fun, new tool designed to make your content stand apart and stand out! 
Whether you’re looking to add a touch of whimsy to your design or to emphasize particular content, choose between 29 shapes to get the job done. Put your personal touch by changing the color to echo your brand or add a drop shadow for a bolder effect. 

To highlight the “Our Story” text on this site, I added three shape blocks (one oval and two circles) to my page and positioned them behind my text block to give it the effect of a background. 
Have you added shape blocks to your content? If so, reply with your site’s URL; we’d love to see what you’ve created!