Squarespace is a slick CMS, that is hosted as a Service (by the company).
It’s made with a design focus and can be used for portfolio building, brand strategies etc.
It’s a design-first philosophy (design has prio, functionality comes second)
Unlike WordPress, it cannot be extended with PHP
you can add custom CSS and JavaScript
Its API is very limited
My use-case for it is creating a beautiful design-first front page for my think tank space.
Custom CSS with advanced typography
Squarespace CSS isn’t easy. You will likely have to invest time into custom CSS. That came as a surprise to me. For version 7.1 the CSS ID list is here.
https://forum.squarespace.com/topic/160059-share-squarespace-71-css-id-list/
To use a CSS selector:
Target site XYZ → Website → Website Tools → Custom CSS
Note: I have licensed this web font. Everyone can download any embedded web front via browser dev tools. This is a 20 Euro font. You can also just use Adobe Fonts directly because these are integrated into Squarespace. Don’t copy-paste the link or use unlicensed fonts.
To-do:
- integrate drop caps
- clean mobile fonts
- line spacing for meta elements in blog
- iOS Safari consistency issues