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Beginner’s Guide to the Squarespace App

Squarespace has an easy way to view and update your website information from an IOS or Android device.

Squarespace has integrated their Squarespace App and now it’s just one App including the Commerce section. The App is available for IOS and Android devices and is designed for people using Squarespace 7.0 or 7.1 versions for their websites. All contributors can access the app. Based on the person’s access, the same information displayed on the computer can be viewed and edited on mobile devices.

This is what the Squarespace App should look like in your IOS or Android store.

Not only is Squarespace user-friendly on the computer but now you can update, add, and delete information, pictures, etc. from your phone!

The App works with:

  • Updating content on pages

  • Adding pictures to galleries and blocks

  • Reviewing your website analytics

  • Reviewing store inventory and orders

  • Updating settings

The App will soon be available in five additional languages:

  • Spanish

  • French

  • German

  • Portuguese

  • Italian

The additional languages are currently being rolled out to the Android users and Squarespace plans to roll out the additional languages to the IOS users this fall. (Fall 2021)

The App looks very similar to the website editing view so it’s very easy to become familiar with it.

Once you open the App there is a menu along the bottom of the page.

There are five sections in this menu:

1.Home

The areas you have edited most recently will be shown here, a traffic overview and quick link to Analytics for further details, and a link to Squarespace support.

2. Pages

This is your Pages menu on Squarespace. It shows linked and unlinked pages. Form here you can click on a page to edit or add a new page.

3. Analytics

You may view traffic and other key detail. The App gives a nice overview of the analytical data for your website. It displays in a card-like view, and you click on each card to see further detailed information.

Make sure to enable push notifications to your phone from the App so you can receive information on website traffic spikes.

Settings/Notifications/Site Traffic Alerts

Toggle on for the website(s) in your account from where you would like to see notifications.

Keep in mind that not all analytical information can be viewed in the App. For more detail, read Squarespace’s Analytics in the Squarespace App from the Squarespace Knowledge Base.

4. Commerce

Review, fulfill orders, contact customers, and edit your store’s inventory and orders.

If you sell in person, you can add the Square card reader as a point-of-sale system. Squarespace has great information about Selling in person with Squarespace Point of Sale in the Squarespace Knowledge Base.

5. Settings

  • Site Settings - View areas from the Settings and Marketing from the Main Menu.

  • Notifications - Toggle on and off notifications to your device.

  • Support - Squarespace help center.

  • Analytics Glossary - Overview of terminology used in the Analytics section.

  • Terms of Service & Privacy Policy -This is Squarespace’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

  • Third Party Libraries - Legal information for the Squarespace mobile app.

  • Switch Site - If you have more than one website linked to your Squarespace dashboard this is where you can change which website you are viewing. Only one website may be viewed at a time, similar to the normal Squarespace dashboard.

I do not work for Squarespace but as a web designer I have found Squarespace to be the most streamlined and easy to use website. I enjoy working with this platform to design websites. The most important part of my business is that after I design a website, I teach my clients how to use their website to keep it fresh and new. Squarespace is so user friendly that I am confident my clients will have a very good experience with their website.

If you have a Squarespace website, take a look at the Squarespace App so you can make updates and changes on the go. If you do not have a Squarespace website and are interested in having a user friendly website built for you, please contact May Web Design, LLC. Enjoy!