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I am admittedly new to Squarespace. But I want to start off with the right perspective. It seems to me there is a disconnect between "software development" and designer sites using a template like Squarespace. I develop web sites where terms like page load time, software maintenance, and scalability seem to be the topics of discussion. Everyone (developers) has an opinion on the best framework (like Angular) or library (like React) is best to build a web application with. So these web applications are easily maintained and very responsive but unless some work is put into the look and feel these sites "look" like they were developed by a developer. They don't have the same UX design put into them that the templates shown when putting together a site with Squarespace. A developer is very used to writing JavaScript handlers for various HTML events, but I am not familiar with a similar functionality for a site developed with Squarespce. Would someone be able to point me in the direction of coming at Squarespace from a developer's perspective? I see in "Getting Started" that one can clone the basic template. But how can I get hold of the "source" for a custom template that was modified with the Squarespace tools? Thank you for taking the time for this very basic beginner question.

Squarespace 7.1 does not support the Developer Platform. There is no clear indication if it ever will or if 7.1 will replace 7.0, killing off the Developer Platform. Is there any information besides the About Squarespace version 7.1 support article?

Hello there, I am a development trainee. I have been working on this project: http://www.autoloan.ca for the last 2-3 days.I have added a few new content in the blog section. It is working fine on the PC but on the mobile, it does not display the newly added content. Does anyone have any idea about what the issue is? What can I do to fix this issue? It would be great if you can help me with your valuable suggestion. Thank you.

I have constructed a cover-page for our App Launch Site and need to place a clickable link to the App Store at the bottom of the page. Is there any way to do this?

Hi everyone! I have a client with a hosted calculator application that we need to link to our site. They've done this previously with the app on Wordpress: https://secondunitcentersmc.org/calculator/ I'm currently building a site for a similar initiative for them in Moksha. Here's what their calculator developer said: ** The ADU Calculator is a hosted application. We've built the tool on Google's Angular front end technologies and Heroku servers. The calculator loads each client's data configuration and HTML header and footer files. We have you set up at sonomanapa.aducalculator.org. Alternatively, you can set up your own subdomain to point to us with a CNAME record in your DNS settings. Let me know if you want to go this route. For branding/customization we load in html header and footer files that you provide. Right now we are supporting pure html/css in the header. ** What is my best option for Squarespace given the above? How do I get this calculator on this page of my site (https://northbayadu.squarespace.com/calculator - password is northbay)? Would I use Developer Mode to pull the header and footer files, they would recreate on the hosted app page, the I'd setup a subdomain redirect? Do I have other options? I'd love help with understanding what's possible and how to make this happen! If this requires something that I cant do on my own, I'd love to hire a developer that can help me. Thanks!Jennie

I'm working on this site: https://red-org.squarespace.com/ in dev mode but when I run this command: squarespace-server https://red-org.squarespace.com --auth I get the following output: Apparently, that's saying my local server at that port is currently being used by another process. My question is: how can I kill that process? When I run ps aux |grep 9000 to view all processes at that port, I get: As you can see, each time I run ps aux |grep 9000 , new PIDs are generated indicating (I think) that those are zombie processes. I try to kill the listed processes with kill -9 <PID> but it doesn't do anything, which seems to confirm that they are in fact zombie processes. So how can I track down those parent processes and kill them so that I can run a Squarespace local server again — or is there another fix here? I'm running Mac Mojave 10.14.6. Thanks.

I have been building websites with the Nueva template for almost two years now and there must have been an update that happened because now all of my sites have white space at the bottom of the page outside of the html. I would really like to know what is happening. At first I thought it was something I had done but I just started a brand new template and it has it. It is always a different height as well.

Hi Everyone, My client would like to use Moneris (https://developer.moneris.com/en/More/Getting%20Started/Feature%20Overview) for payments coming through his Squarespace website. Does anyone know how I can integrate this or have the ability to take this on as a freelance developer job? Thanks in advance,Kodi

We're seeing GTM containers and a global site tag in the source code of our site, but can't locate these codes anywhere in code injection, through FTP or on the pages individually. The site is https://www.reitenright.com/ and I cannot say for sure what template is being used without turning off developer mode. @Paul2009 Can you please elaborate on what settings you would need to know? Thank you.

Hi all, I am a UX design graduate student who is based in NYC. Currently I have a portfolio website needed somebody for helps. If you are seeking a front-end project for experiences and exercises, please feel free to contact me! Thanks~~

Hi - I've enabled Developer Mode on a template and have successfully installed squarespace-server. When running squarespace-server without the auth flag, the command is succesfull but warns that I need to run with auth, as my site is password protected right now. When I run with auth, the command fails with the following output: Starting DevelopmentServer _ / / _ / / / / \ / / / / / | Squarespace Inc. | / / / / / Local Development Environment \ _ / / / / / / - Unable to start server, shutting down javax.servlet.ServletException: io.dropwizard.jersey.setup.JerseyServletContainer-22d6cac2@a00fbffd==io.dropwizard.jersey.setup.JerseyServletContainer,1,false at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:633) ~[jetty-servlet-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initialize(ServletHolder.java:395) ~[jetty-servlet-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:871) ~[jetty-servlet-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:298) ~[jetty-servlet-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:741) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at com.codahale.metrics.jetty9.InstrumentedHandler.doStart(InstrumentedHandler.java:103) ~[metrics-jetty9-3.1.2.jar:3.1.2] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.RequestLogHandler.doStart(RequestLogHandler.java:140) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.StatisticsHandler.doStart(StatisticsHandler.java:232) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:387) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:354) ~[jetty-server-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) ~[jetty-util-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] at io.dropwizard.cli.ServerCommand.run(ServerCommand.java:43) ~[dropwizard-core-0.9.1.jar:0.9.1] at io.dropwizard.cli.EnvironmentCommand.run(EnvironmentCommand.java:41) [dropwizard-core-0.9.1.jar:0.9.1] at io.dropwizard.cli.ConfiguredCommand.run(ConfiguredCommand.java:77) [dropwizard-core-0.9.1.jar:0.9.1] at io.dropwizard.cli.Cli.run(Cli.java:70) [dropwizard-core-0.9.1.jar:0.9.1] at io.dropwizard.Application.run(Application.java:80) [dropwizard-core-0.9.1.jar:0.9.1] at com.squarespace.developer.DevelopmentServer.main(DevelopmentServer.java:53) [sQSPV6-LD-JOB1.jar:na] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: null at com.squarespace.developer.auth.SiteLoginHelper.login(SiteLoginHelper.java:60) ~[sQSPV6-LD-JOB1.jar:na] at com.squarespace.developer.DevelopmentServerLifecycleListener.doLogin(DevelopmentServerLifecycleListener.java:85) ~[sQSPV6-LD-JOB1.jar:na] at com.squarespace.developer.DevelopmentServerLifecycleListener.onStartup(DevelopmentServerLifecyclejar:na]r.java:43) ~[sQSPV6-LD-JOB1. at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.onStartup(ApplicationHandler.java:1180) ~[jersey-server-2.22.1.jar:na] at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:174) ~[jersey-container-servlet-core-2.22.1.jar:na] at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:364) ~[jersey-container-servlet-core-2.22.1.jar:na] at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:244) ~[javax.servlet-api-3.1.0.jar:3.1.0] at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:612) ~[jetty-servlet-9.2.13.v20150730.jar:9.2.13.v20150730] ... 36 common frames omitted Exception in thread "main" javax.servlet.ServletException: io.dropwizard.jersey.setup.JerseyServletContainer-22d6cac2@a00fbffd==io.dropwizard.jersey.setup.JerseyServletContainer,1,false at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:633) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initialize(ServletHolder.java:395) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:871) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:298) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:741) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) at com.codahale.metrics.jetty9.InstrumentedHandler.doStart(InstrumentedHandler.java:103) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.RequestLogHandler.doStart(RequestLogHandler.java:140) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.StatisticsHandler.doStart(StatisticsHandler.java:232) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:132) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:387) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:114) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:61) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:354) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:68) at io.dropwizard.cli.ServerCommand.run(ServerCommand.java:43) at io.dropwizard.cli.EnvironmentCommand.run(EnvironmentCommand.java:41) at io.dropwizard.cli.ConfiguredCommand.run(ConfiguredCommand.java:77) at io.dropwizard.cli.Cli.run(Cli.java:70) at io.dropwizard.Application.run(Application.java:80) at com.squarespace.developer.DevelopmentServer.main(DevelopmentServer.java:53) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.squarespace.developer.auth.SiteLoginHelper.login(SiteLoginHelper.java:60) at com.squarespace.developer.DevelopmentServerLifecycleListener.doLogin(DevelopmentServerLifecycleListener.java:85) at com.squarespace.developer.DevelopmentServerLifecycleListener.onStartup(DevelopmentServerLifecycleListener.java:43) at org.glassfish.jersey.server.ApplicationHandler.onStartup(ApplicationHandler.java:1180) at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:174) at org.glassfish.jersey.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:364) at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.java:244) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.initServlet(ServletHolder.java:612) ... 36 more Any help would be greatly appreciated. On Windows 10. Thanks!

I have a small website based on the Carson template. I have altered it slightly; mostly tweaking CSS and inlining multiple galleries after each other on the index page. I have limited with the width of page with a max-width stmt on the main content. Here's the issue; images in the galleries are always loaded at 2500w. I would expect it load at a size that is closer to the width of the viewport. My site: https://jrydberg.com

I am investigating rebuilding a simple Drupal site on thequarespace platform. If possible this would be a major time saver for us in the long run. We would no longer have to worry about our web host Linux OS updates and Drupal CMS updates and in terms of backend UX it would be a much nicer platform for our comms team etc to use. The site I want to rebuild is a simple brochure type website (no client login etc). The URL is:https://www.sciencegallery.org/ As a quick test in just an hour or so I've built a pretty close approximation of the home page using an out of the box Squarespace theme:https://endive-cranberry-fnhp.squarespace.com/ We could probably live with some limitations if it meant a significant saving in time and effort. ** Some questions: Will Squarespace Dev tools let me get even closer to the theme I am trying to rebuild (the header and menu layout in particular)? When creating a custom squarepace theme can I modify a base theme or do I have to start from scratch? I'm wondering if more experience Squarespace users/devs think this is doable/advisable. Does squarespace let me define specific content types with custom fields that I can then style anyway I want?

The Template docs (https://developers.squarespace.com/collections) specify the 4 basic options for custom collections. However, I know from example base templates that there are additional options -- at least 9 that I know of. Is there any more complete documentation anywhere of all available options, and the accepted values for each option (e.g. "icon" only has certain values that work)? Or, does someone have that information that could be posted here as a reference?

I'm a freelance designer/developer who's still learning some of the ropes. I'm fairly experienced with Wordpress (but still have lots to learn there too!) but am currently working with a client to redesign their Squarespace site. I've learned that unlike with Wordpress or Drupal, there's no support to create a staging site in Squarespace to make major changes without changing (and potentially breaking) the live site. From browsing this forum, I know I'm not the only one who finds that frustrating. Anyway: my client has an existing Squarespace site, and they want a thoroughly redesigned site, also in Squarespace. They'll need a new template, of course, but also some new content (I'm working with them to create some new landing pages), and a completely reorganized navigation structure. Given that, and given Squarespace's limitations for developers, my question is: does it make more sense / is it more of a best practice to: (a) develop the new template design using a different trial site and/or the local development server (which I've played with a little bit), duplicating or creating new individual pages, and then, when it's time to go live, putting a cover page up and doing everything else on the live site while it's down? (like what's described here: https://answers.squarespace.com/questions/67379/how-can-i-redesign-a-clients-site-without-going-live.html) I'm concerned this would put my client's live site down for a while, so I can test everything * with their content * and get their feedback. And it just... feels scary, and kind of insane, compared to how I'd do it in WP, you know? OR, (b) clone all their content, e.g. using the imperfect-but-doable export to WP > export back from WP to SS workaround, developing the redesign on the clone site, and then, when it's time to go live, switching the client's domain to point to the live site? This mostly seems like the safer option, and this is where I'm leaning, but I'm worried I'll end up spending a lot of time spot-checking content, re-uploading blog posts' thumbnail images manually, etc. (And, reader, they have a lot of blog posts.) And it feels like there should be a better way??? OR is there a more sane © that I haven't learned about yet? tl;dr do I need to use clunky import/export workarounds to create a clone site in order to develop a redesign for a client without breaking their live site, or is there a better way? I tried to convince them to move to WP, but it didn't work, so now I'm here. Any guidance appreciated!

Hi, I am hoping to I am trying to decipher from the commerce developer docs whether I can easily get a list of products the user has added to their cart while on my site. Is this possible? I just want a read only list of product names if possible. Thanks

I've hired developers from Squarespace Marketplace before, but I can't find it anymore. Looks like it's been replaced by a different platform that only offers designers. I need to optimize my mobile site to improve the loading speed. Is Marketplace gone for good? Can I find the list of developers for hire somewhere?? Please don't offer your services in response!

Hello. The subject. I'm developing an external app for SS and want to have an online development store to develop and test it. What are my options? Thank you.

I was wondering if it's possible to comment out large chunks of JSON-T code. <!-- Comments like this appear in the HTML, which is not what I want. --> {# Comments like this work great for single lines of text, and don't show up in HTML} Are there any other methods of hiding JSON-T and HTML template code?

I have two forms on my site (sign up and invite others). I was able to get the sign up page to redirect where I want by injecting code into the footer section in settings. But I cannot get the 2nd form (invite others) to redirect to a new page. It redirects to the same page as the signup form redirects to. HELP?

I'd like to change the play button on the embedded video in my website so that that it's more obvious (i.e, black instead of white transparent). How do I do that? Thanks

Hello, I'm using a Summary Block to build my website's team page. The problem is that the titles and images are clickable and I would like to remove this functionality. Is there a way I can make it display-only and remove the clickthrough links? Here is my site's Team Page for reference:http://www.rainfactory.com/team

I'm using the Bedford template and I'm trying to add text and a button that can be viewed when you hover over the images. He there is an example: http://www.devonstank.com/ -> My latest proyects Thanks!

Hi community, I'm a non-technical designer. Does anyone know how to manipulate the code for the shopping cart to have it always viewable (currently the shopping cart is only viewable when there is an item in it). Is it also possible to put this in the navigation bar? Amazon does this on their site and I think it is a great call to action UI. Thanks a bunch! Tom

We are going to run AdWords for a site, and want to track conversions. I was given code from Google (which I'd paste here but it appears screwy, but it's javascript), and was instructed to put it on the order confirmation page (or whatever page is last after completing the purchase). I cannot seem to figure out where to paste the code. Note we already have setup our general Google Analytics tracking in the external services settings, but this code is specific for AdWords. Any ideas where I'm supposed to paste the code?