Advanced Squarespace Course
Let’s get started - we’re gonna mix between getting really practical and hands on, as well as understanding some of the theories and principles that apply to web design.
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Welcome
For experienced Squarespace designers ready to stop working around the platform and start building with the advanced capabilities most never discover.
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Module 1 - Tools & Workflow Setup
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Your Workspace Is Holding You Back
Build the professional foundation behind every fast, high-quality Squarespace site, from DevTools and colour systems to CSS variables, snippets, and testing workflows.
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Useful Chrome Extensions
The extensions worth installing and the ones that waste toolbar space. We cover the handful that actually speed up your Squarespace workflow.
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Browser & DevTools Setup
How to configure Chrome DevTools for Squarespace development. Inspect elements, test CSS live, and debug layout issues without guessing.
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Colours (Hex vs HSLA) + Tool
Build a colour system that scales across an entire Squarespace site. HSLA, CSS variables for colour management, and what makes a real colour strategy.
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Code Editors & Snippet Management
Setting up a code editor and organising your snippets so you’re never hunting for that bit of CSS you wrote three projects ago.
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How to receive content from clients
A process for collecting client content that doesn’t derail your design. Get this right and you save hours of rework on every project.
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Designing scalable sites
CSS variables applied to real Squarespace builds. Change a value once, watch it update everywhere. This is how you stop repeating yourself across every project.
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Best practices for testing feedback loop
A systematic Squarespace workflow for testing builds and collecting feedback that stops the “it looks fine on my screen” surprises before client review.
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Pro Tips
A collection of workflow shortcuts, hidden features, and time-savers that don’t fit neatly into another lesson but are too useful to leave out.
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Module 2 - Beyond the Style Editor
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Design Decisions, Not Design Guesses
Move past Style Editor limits with a deliberate system for spacing, scale, structure, and CSS that turns guesswork into confident design decisions.
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Looking Past the Style Editor Guide
An interactive six-step decision tool that helps you choose between Style Editor, Custom CSS, and code injection for every Squarespace change you make.
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Design Logic: Spacing, Scale & Structure - Interactive
An interactive tool teaching the Squarespace grid, 8pt spacing system, visual rhythm, and white space so every section feels professionally designed.
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How to approach Design & Typography Tool
Two interactive Squarespace typography tools covering font classifications, pairing, accessibility, weight contrast, letter spacing, and hierarchy without size, plus a Google Font library.
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The Optimal Line Length Tool
An interactive Squarespace tool showing how many grid blocks your body text should span for optimal readability, with the CSS to fix it instantly.
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Stop Hard-Coding Your CSS (Squarespace Already Did the Work)
Use the built-in CSS variables Squarespace 7.1 ships with: colours, fonts, and more. Stop find-and-replacing hex codes across every project.
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Module 3 - How to elevate your Squarespace site
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How These Sites Were Actually Built
Three real Squarespace builds (EOM, The Cotswolds, Capstones) broken down from concept to delivery: structure, code, plugins, and decisions tutorials never prepared you for.
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The one pager site with beautiful animation
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Two-tier membership, dynamic navigation, and event automation
Two membership tiers with conditional navigation and an automated events system. A Squarespace platform that works for members daily, not a brochure site.
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The luxury site where design had to match the clientele
A luxury consulting firm Squarespace site for high-net-worth clients: twelve pillar categories, compendium blog, book promotion, and motion-led layouts that feel premium throughout.
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Module 4 - Code Injection & Custom Scripts
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Clean Code, Clear Thinking
The mental model for how code works inside Squarespace: Custom CSS, code injection, per-page injection, code blocks, and external scripts, organised cleanly across layers.
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Working & Organising Custom Code Tool
A Squarespace CSS starter template generator with a built-in reference library and comment converter that keeps your stylesheet organised across every project.
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Organising your Custom CSS Tool
An interactive Squarespace CSS organiser that sorts rules by section keywords, flags duplicates, formats comments, and keeps your stylesheet readable as projects scale.
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Module 5 - Reviewing real sites to learn design
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The Unedited Process
Three complete Squarespace client builds recorded start to finish with live commentary, showing the false starts, problem-solving, and decisions behind real project work.
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Web Designer real time feedback
A complete client build recorded start to finish. Watch the process unfold with full commentary on every decision.
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Personal Brand real time feedback
A different project type, a different brief, a different set of problems. See how the approach adapts when the requirements change.
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eCommerce real time feedback
The third full build. Different industry, different constraints, same standard of work. Three builds, three different ways of thinking through the same platform.
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Module 6 - Vibe Coding (using AI) Masterclass
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The Way We Build Is Changing
AI is now part of the Squarespace workflow. Master vibe coding with Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Projects, MCP site testing, and live masterclass builds.
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Live masterclass on coding with Claude
Set up Claude AI for Squarespace design with Projects, Skills, Cowork agents, and a live pricing calculator build with research, QA, and accessibility.
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Prompts in Claude AI
An interactive four-stage Squarespace tool for writing better Claude prompts: set context, spot problems, build prompts, and refine for cleaner, usable code.
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Demo of creating a custom code with RoboWill
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Module 7 - Pro Tools (Coming soon)
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Module 8 - SEO & Analytics Mastery
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The Stuff Most Designers (would like to) Skip
Deliver complete Squarespace sites: configure domains and SSL, connect Search Console and GA4, add structured data, and optimise performance beyond defaults.
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Technical SEO & Launch Essentials
The full Squarespace launch checklist: domains, SSL, Search Console, GA4, structured data, performance, favicons, and URL mapping for a properly delivered client site.
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Setup and Configure URL Mapping - for existing sites
How to generate 301 redirect rules when migrating a site to Squarespace. Protect the client’s search rankings instead of starting from zero.
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URL Mapping - using AI and MCP
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Domains Setup using 123 Reg
Step-by-step domain configuration for 123 Reg, including the specific settings and common mistakes their documentation doesn’t cover.
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Domains Setup using GoDaddy
The same for GoDaddy. Specific DNS settings, propagation expectations, and how to avoid the issues that cause the most support tickets.
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Module 9 - Designing for Accessibility
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Building for Everyone
Squarespace accessibility done right: principles, colour contrast, typography, heading hierarchy, keyboard navigation, and measurable standards that turn compliance into a quality framework.
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Accessibility Talk
A practical Squarespace talk on accessibility: visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive needs, heading hierarchy, fonts, colour contrast, and the quarter we exclude.
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Accessibility Audit Checklist
Build accessibility into your Squarespace process. Colour contrast, headings, keyboard navigation, alt text, motion, auditing, and integration without jargon overload.
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Colour Contrast & Typography Tool
Interactive WCAG contrast checker for Squarespace palette colours. Test foreground and background pairs against AA and AAA standards with live previews and pass-fail results.
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Module 10 - Workflow & Client Delivery Systems
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The Operational Side Nobody Teaches
Professional Squarespace workflow systems behind the build: internal tools, templates, launch checklists, live style guides, and client training that protects the design after handover.
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Handover & Client Systems Checklist
Every Squarespace handover step that protects the relationship: access, accounts, billing, content, training, technical sign-off, and Key Action flags from real client experience.
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Launch Checklist
A complete Squarespace handover checklist covering content, design, functionality, account ownership, legal pages, and redirect setup so nothing hides past launch day.
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Live Style Guide
A live Squarespace style guide that pulls site colours from Site Styles into HEX, RGB and HSL so the palette stays in sync automatically.
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Module 11 - Brand-Level Design
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The Last 10% That Changes Everything
Refine Squarespace sites past done. Train your eye on typography systems, optical spacing, scroll rhythm, and the small details that separate competent from exceptional.
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Typography Systems - Tool
Interactive Squarespace type scale generator using mathematical ratios from minor second to golden ratio for consistent, accessible heading hierarchy on every page.
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Module 12 - Designer to Studio
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The Module That Makes Everything Else Worth It
Turn advanced Squarespace skills into commercial growth: value-based pricing frameworks, client communication systems, packaged services, and studio-level process for sustainable design business income.
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An interview with Jack Chitty - Brand Designer
Brand Designer extraordinaire Jack joins me to chat all things brand building.
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Running the Business
From freelancer to founder: structure your Squarespace design business properly with finance, operations, and systems that prevent burnout as your work scales.
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How to pricing for Advanced Work
A working pricing framework, not vague advice. The spreadsheet, the logic, and how to move from hourly rates to value-based pricing.
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Client Communication Systems
How to structure communication across WhatsApp, email, and project tools so nothing falls through and you’re not working at midnight.
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Packaging Services
Define Squarespace service packages (Full Site, Online Store, Designer Review, Designer for a Day, Brand & Design, Small Tasks, Training) with clear scope and pricing.
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Studio-Level Process
A complete Squarespace agency workflow you can adopt today: from project intake through delivery, the process that turns ad-hoc design work into a system.
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