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I just setup an account this morning and am very new to the SEO/website building world.  Below is a screenshot of what my current account looks like with SquarSpace.  I would think that my website address would not be something totally unrelated to my business.  Also when I click on the website link I get a big warning that I am entering a dangerous website. Is this a phishing address?  If so, how do I change it?image.thumb.png.15babb7fbdccef01faecde31bc4534c2.png

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1 hour ago, JFry said:

I would think that my website address would not be something totally unrelated to my business.

Every Squarespace site comes with a built-in domain (also known as a Squarespace URL) that looks like this:

yoursiteid.squarespace.com

This is used by you to edit your site. It is not generally used by the public. You can change this in Settings > Domains. Under Built-In Domain, click the domain and enter a new ID that will become the first part of your built-in domain before the .squarespace.com

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I would think that my website address would not be something totally unrelated to my business.

Your site will have two addresses. One under your domain name jfrycoaching.com. This is the address you will give to the public. The other is tiger-finch-44ng.squarespace.com. This address is the SS backend address that you edit your site with. Also known as the built-in domain. If you don't like your built-in domain you can change it. Please see Built-in domains.

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Also when I click on the website link I get a big warning that I am entering a dangerous website. Is this a phishing address?  If so, how do I change it?

Sounds like an erroneous warning to me.

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Seriously though, why does the website button on the account dashboard take me to this (attached below).

That is how SS designed their service to work. The URL you are seeing is how you edit your site. The error you are seeing is erroneous. I suggest you whitelist your SS site's build-in domain.

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