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  1. Howdy Folks! I'm about to begin building my Squarespace site and I had a question for the Live Chat person a few moments ago, and he directed me to the Squarespace forums because it involved coding. I know nothing about coding with the exception of some very minor tweaking of some HTML when customizing our Ebay page in 2004. I'm hoping I'm still young enough where I can learn something new! I want to do something extra special for my site in the following ways which will be shown by this example: I want to be able to customize my front page and other front pages by use of backgrounds and colored text. I'm a photographer and I want my site to really pop and reflect the changing seasons. In the summer, for example, I may want to display a photo of a field full of yellow sunflowers on a black page background. Below the photo, I want a paragraph in yellow text (selected from a color pallet) so as to match the colors of the sunflowers in the photo. As if that weren't enough, I want to be able to do that for single pages only, with the rest of the site unaffected. I want this for my front page, but I'd love to be able to have such versatility with all pages. Is such customization achievable on Squarespace? Then, as autumn rolls in, I want to be able to change the 'look' to reflect the harvest and falling leaves, and then again for winter and spring. I'm not ready to do all that yet, but I'd like to know if such work is possible on Squarespace. Please let me know what you think, and thanks in advance. -- Greg, from soon-to-be NeoJourneys site
  2. Okay Derrick and Paul, thanks much!! Note that I don't quite know how this 'reply' works on this forum page... I tried make a second reply to what you said earlier Derrick, and succeeded only in doubling my original post. I'll get the hang of it eventually! I posted a comment on your site which I guess you saw if I did that correctly! Thanks again!!
  3. Hey, thanks much!! I already wrote a 'book' for my first-ever post, so I didn't want to make it even longer by mentioning that I did use custom CSS for my first effort on SquareSpace back in 2011. I got some guidelines from the techs working with me, and it was some trial-and-error, but once I got what I was looking for, it was pretty easy. I very much appreciate your reply, Sir, and I will definitely have a look at your site!! I never thought I would ever get a chance to return to my original idea, but now that I'm retired, life has made it possible. One question: Does '7.0' and '7.1' reference a particular template I should look at? I really wish I had the information (template, etc.,) that I used in 2011, but I thought the idea was gone with the wind and kept no records. I only realized I could return to the idea only a few days ago when I accidentally 'found' my prototype of the site online, built using a basic free Wordpress site. I was doing some googling and suddenly recognized my old photos, then realized I was reading my own content. I clicked some more and found the entire site, exactly as I left it, which I still can't believe. Although it was very different in structure from what I went on to build on SquareSpace, all my categories are there and it's supplying major clues as to how I structured my SquareSpace site. Ha, and it was then I realized the idea was once again viable! I see that you are a 'Community Moderator'. Are you the one I should be getting assistance from? I always believe in using the proper channels, so if I need to talk with someone else, maybe you could tell me who that might be? FYI, before I set out to actually build, I'm making 'flowcharts' of the structure and menus, just to get a clearer picture in my mind of what I need. My new site will be like my old site, except that I want to incorporate other unrelated subject matter, but still accessible from one home page. I'm not quite ready to begin building, but will be soon. Thanks very much, I appreciate your advice and I will have a look now at your site!! 🙂 Take Care! -- Greg
  4. Hey, thanks much!! I already wrote a 'book' for my first-ever post, so I didn't want to make it even longer by mentioning that I did use custom CSS for my first effort on SquareSpace back in 2011. I got some guidelines from the techs working with me, and it was some trial-and-error, but once I got what I was looking for, it was pretty easy. I very much appreciate your reply, Sir, and I will definitely have a look at your site!! I never thought I would ever get a chance to return to my original idea, but now that I'm retired, life has made it possible. One question: Does '7.0' and '7.1' reference a particular template I should look at? I really wish I had the information (template, etc.,) that I used in 2011, but I thought the idea was gone with the wind and kept no records. I only realized I could return to the idea only a few days ago when I accidentally 'found' my prototype of the site online, built using a basic free Wordpress site. I was doing some googling and suddenly recognized my old photos, then realized I was reading my own content. I clicked some more and found the entire site, exactly as I left it, which I still can't believe. Although it was very different in structure from what I went on to build on SquareSpace, all my categories are there and it's supplying major clues as to how I structured my SquareSpace site. Ha, and it was then I realized the idea was once again viable! I see that you are a 'Community Moderator'. Are you the one I should be getting assistance from? I always believe in using the proper channels, so if I need to talk with someone else, maybe you could tell me who that might be? FYI, before I set out to actually build, I'm making 'flowcharts' of the structure and menus, just to get a clearer picture in my mind of what I need. My new site will be like my old site, except that I want to incorporate other unrelated subject matter, but still accessible from one home page. I'm not quite ready to begin building, but will be soon. Thanks very much, I appreciate your advice and I will have a look now at your site!! 🙂 Take Care! -- Greg
  5. Howdy Folks! I built a SquareSpace site in 2011 and the results were visually stellar! Unfortunately, I had to pull the plug on it due to changes in our lives back then. I'm back now after 11 years, as a retiree and with a revised version of my original idea, but I need to get some idea of what's possible before I can proceed to build my new site. I chose this particular forum because my new idea will center around having a blog. Maybe some of you folks can provide some help or at least point me in the right direction for some help. I'll try to summarize what my ideal Squarespace site needs to be like: 1. Beautiful photography must be a visual draw! As before, I want to be able to customize to the point where my text colors, frames etc can match the predominant colors in cover photos on my pages (an example I remember from my past site had a field of sunflowers, and the photo was set against a black background and the frame around the photo was a thin box only a few pixels wide but in the same color as the flowers.) The logo for my site also matched the yellow-orange of the flowers. (If my next photograph had something red -- say, for the next month -- I want to be able to change the frame color and logo to the same red as in the photo.) Is such customization still possible on SquareSpace? 2. I want to have dedicated pages (as many as needed) for different travel locations or local events around my city. I want to write about these locations and events and be able to place photos where I need them, with text options to wrap around or be to the left or right, etc., of the photo. Is that level of customization still possible with SquareSpace? 3. I want to be able to blog about these travel locations or local events around my city with a dedicated blog page. While I know it's possible to have full blog capabilities with SquareSpace, is it possible to have a blog which stands out visually through photography? 4. I want to have gallery pages (as many as needed) for my photography to serve as my portfolio. Is this possible? 5. I (eventually) want to be able to have a page of affiliate links if I ever manage to get to that point. Is this possible? Where the heck do I begin with all this? Is there any template I should choose to get me closer to what I need to do? I remember from 2011 that where was some customization needed to get my then-template to fill my tall order. Back then, I worked with a tech on a chat line and we hashed it all out. I still remember what my site looked like and how it functioned and I want to build my new site the same way, so I've crossed that hurdle already. I just need a lot of advice on how to begin. I know it's a lot to ask, but maybe some of you have some ideas. Thanks in advance!! -- Greg
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