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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!

Site URL: https://goodco.ie/ In Good Company are a sales focused creative agency based in Wicklow, Ireland who specialise in Squarespace website development. We are currently looking to expand our team and are seeking out like minded creatives who think outside the box and strive for perfection. Our projects are many and varied, from charities to e-comm, sports clubs to household name brands, so no day is the same. We build beautiful, functional websites that convert. Interested in becoming part of our expanding team? Send a cover email with examples of your work to hello@goodco.ie We look forward to hearing from you.

Hi all, I am new to squarespace and trying to setup so I can develop locally. I followed the basic beginner guide and finished it but now I want to develop local instead of push to squarespace with git every change. The issue is whenever I run the command squarespace-server http://mywebsite --auth I get this error below that the ampersand character is not allowed. This is from the powershell script in my npm folder. Every other npm script uses node and for some reason squarespace uses echo. Has anyone else had this issue? Does squarespace not support windows 10?

Hi there, I have tried to connect through FileZilla with the inputs provided on Developer tab. But I get the following response from FileZilla. Could someone help me please? Thanks a lot. Status: Resolving address of dev.squarespace.comStatus: Connecting to 65.39.205.58:2030...Status: Connection established, waiting for welcome message...Response: SSH-2.0-SSHD-CORE-0.7.0Error: Cannot establish FTP connection to an SFTP server. Please select proper protocol.Error: Critical errorError: Could not connect to server

https://www.skp.com.sg/ My website is using a 3rd party filter system which is universal filter. As a result, different category product pages are not indexed as Google Search Console sees it as a (duplicate) Alternate page with proper canonical tag. Please find attached screenshot for Google Search Console error. So for example, Biodegradable products is seen as an alternate page of the main category page https://www.skp.com.sg/food-packaging-all?category=Biodegradable https://www.skp.com.sg/food-packaging-all Solution by Google: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139066 Can someone explain how do i make Google Search Console to index these (supposedly duplicate/alternate) pages? (I believe this is hurting my SEO keywords ranking) Is this caused by AJAX loading, if so can how can i solve this while enabling AJAX loading? (Can this be solved by adding a dynamic JSON-LD to each category filter?)

Hi. I can't connect to squarespace-server. I've got this error: Setting file permissions was not successful. What is supposed to have in .squarespace-local-developer, on my global folder? This file is returning an empty object. And my localhost return a 500 from GET. {"code":500,"message":"There was an error processing your request. It has been logged (ID e1a7cfe94d287020)."} Anyone else? Thanks.

Very new to this sort of thing. What's the best template for a news + articles + feature based website. Have no idea how to bring recent articles as links in the homepage for example. Whatculture and bleacher report are examples of the sort of site I would want.

Is there any way for me to remove the built-in link rel="canonical" tag from the <head> of a page? Even with developer mode ftp I can't find any files that include that level of code access. Is it possible at all?

Hi, I am having trouble connecting to dev server. I keep getting authentication failed so I am just not sure what password it is they are looking for? My page itself shows me user name and password but the password is covered. Those seem to be the credentials I have to enter in the terminal but I am not sure if I am messing up the password or not because I forgot what it was. Is there a way to change that password or is it the same as my log in password? Thanks

Hello, I have used developer mode and accessed it before. Now I can't seem to. I am trying to go back into it using the steps given by squarspace but after I put git clone url I just get an authentication failed even though it did not give me a chance to authenticate myself (The first time i did it it let me put my email and password to authenticate). This is a weird issue I can't seem to find anyone out there with a similar problem. Is there any potential possibility as to why this is happening? Any leads or ideas would be helpful thank you!

I am building a commerce site for a client and they are going to have literally thousands of products when it is all said and done. I am wondering if and when Squarespace will cut me off because my site is becoming much too large. I don't want to get too far into it and realize that Squarespace is only going to allow a certain number of products or images.

I know there is quite a bit of material on using sqaure space's API and the extensions platform is pretty new, but is there any API documentation on building an extension for squarespace? i would love to build one if at all possible.

Hi all, I am trying to execute API calls from Squarespace , and I was wondering if the dev platform supports XHR request? Has anyone attempted this before? If yes, any working sample code? I am using five template. ** I kept getting error below: [Error] Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 (Internal Server Error) (login, line 0)

Hi, I am creating a web page on squarespace (custom) using the dev mode. I want to make an API call to a program called Splunk from Squarespace but there isn’t much documentation/ not sure if it’s feasible. Is this something you can help with?

I can’t see local folders via squarespace dev mode. None of my pages created via squarespace template is visible. Is this by design or I have done something incorrectly? Anyone faces the same problem?

Hi, has anyone successfully integrate Facebook Group on Squarespace? I am trying to embed Facebook group using jquery but not much luck so far. Any help is appreciated.

I am using the Nueva template and I am using the default Gallery Slideshow. There is not an option to slow down or speed up the transition between two slides. I am trying to find an easy solution using jquery or javascript. Any help would be appreciated.

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

Hi, So, I was looking in to jumping on to Squarespace development (freelance basis) but I've read about version 7.1 that it would end template support and so basically no third party templates could be uploaded too. So is Squarespace completely cutting of the developers so we have some hope yet? I'm quite confused about it.

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?

Hi! I would like to Change side-padding and content width for one page on my site. I´ve been searching the web for days after the right CSS codes to use, butnothing seems to work. I use the Native template.http://www.fredlos.no/parallax/ Question 1. Padding:Native has no features to change the side padding (only top and bottom) and I want to remove side-padding from one certain page. This Code takes away side-padding for all pages: #site { margin: 0 auto; padding: 0px 0px; } To remove padding for one certain page, I inserted the page-id instead of #site, like this: #collection-550c1227e4b01f5b2b709f0e { margin: 0 auto; padding: 0px 0px; } I have tried several different codes, and all of them work perfectly when pointing to the site as a whole, but when I point to one specific page-id, I can no longer change the side-padding. The top and bottom padding is still adjustable, but that is not what I need.. What can I do different? Question 2. Changing content width Nothing works at all - because the settings for content width in style editor seems to override whatever code I am inserting.I could off course set the style editor to maximum content width, and then use space blocks tonarrow in the content of all the other pages. This is my current solution. But doing this every time I will post a new image on every page, seems like a lot of extra work in the long run. After all, it is only on one of my pages that I need to have a wider content area, so the smart thing seems to be to find a code to make this page wider - but when increasing the content width, the only thing that happens is that the white area around the content becomes wider - so that I can actually scroll my page vertically. The content/text picture itself remain at 800px (the value set in style editor) - no matter what code I insert. CSS and coding is totally new to me, but I have been reading all I could find about thistopic in the squarespace-forum and I don´t know what more to try. So. If anyone have any proposals, I would really appreciate it.:) Best regards, Emma-Lisa Namløs.

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 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.

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?