Your Squarespace Website Guide

A quick guide to making everyday updates to your website. If a setting looks different, use the official Squarespace help link beneath the lesson title.

Header & navigation

Official Squarespace instructions ↗

Your header appears throughout your site. You can update its content, while the Pages panel controls which links appear in your main menu.

STEP BY STEP

  1. Open any page, click Edit, hover over the header, and choose Edit Site Header.
  2. Update your logo, header elements, or layout using the available controls.
  3. To change the order of navigation links, open Website → Pages and drag pages within Main Navigation.
  4. To hide a link without deleting the page, drag it into Not Linked.
  5. Save and check the header on desktop and mobile.

QUICK TIP: Not Linked means not in the main navigation. The page can still be opened through its direct URL.

Page sections

Official Squarespace instructions ↗

Pages are made of stacked sections. There are three main kinds: standard Fluid Engine sections, list sections, and gallery sections.

STEP BY STEP

  1. Open the page and click Edit.
  2. Hover over the section and check the button on the far right: Edit Section means a standard section, Edit Content means a list section, and Edit Gallery means a gallery section.
  3. For standard sections, choose Edit Section to adjust layout design, padding, background image or video, and section colors.
  4. For list or gallery sections, use their corresponding button to edit items or images.
  5. Use Add Section between sections to insert another section, or the section arrows to change its order.
  6. Save and check the mobile layout.

QUICK TIP: Duplicate a section before making major changes so you have a version to refer back to.

Blog posts

Official Squarespace instructions ↗

Create new posts, update old ones, and publish when you are ready. Blog posts use Classic Editor features, even on Squarespace 7.1.

STEP BY STEP

  1. Open Website → Pages and select your blog.
  2. Click + to add a post, or select an existing post and choose Edit.
  3. Add a title, text, images, and other blocks. In Classic Editor, blocks stack vertically and use the available content width.
  4. For a narrower arrangement, use Spacer blocks; you cannot freely drag blocks on an X/Y grid or layer them like Fluid Engine.
  5. Open post settings to review the featured image, excerpt, tags, categories, URL, and SEO.
  6. Save as a draft, publish, or schedule the post.

QUICK TIP: Classic image blocks have their own layout options; see the official image-block guide for details.

Image

Find current Squarespace Help Center instructions ↗

Image blocks display photos and graphics on your website.

STEP BY STEP

  1. Edit the page and select the image block.
  2. Double-click to open the editor and replace or upload the image.
  3. Adjust the crop or focal point if needed.
  4. Add meaningful alternative text when the image conveys information.
  5. Save and review the image on desktop and mobile.

QUICK TIP: Image files should be optimized for the web so the page does not load slowly.

Text

Find current Squarespace Help Center instructions ↗

Text blocks contain the words your visitors read on your website.

STEP BY STEP

  1. Edit the page and click the Text block you want to change.
  2. Update the words directly in the text editor.
  3. Use paragraph and heading styles to keep a consistent hierarchy.
  4. Add links using the link tool, and make the link text descriptive.
  5. Save and check the layout on mobile.

QUICK TIP: Avoid using lots of manual font sizes to imitate headings; use the built-in text styles.

For Squarespace 7.1. Squarespace changes its interface; check the official help link for current details.