When we create our website or blog it is easy to overlook the steps we need to take to make our site legally compliant. It’s easy to think that we don’t need certain legal documents for our site, especially if we have a basic site and don’t even have an email sign up. However, your website definitely does track information about your visitors and it is your responsibility to let them know how you are tracking that information and where you are storing it.

So you have made the decision to invest in a new website - either a template, pre made website or a custom website design. Now what? Here are some things to think about and prepare for when planning for your new website.

Wondering if you should hire a copywriter for your upcoming website design project? Here are 4 key reasons you should outsource your copy to an expert.

There are many things you can do to increase your Search Engine Optimization reach on a Squarespace site including the often overlooked aspect of image SEO. Adding photos to your website is an important way to increase the visual appeal of your website and to break up your written content. If you are not adding the proper steps to ensure your photos are set up properly for Google Search then you are missing out on a valuable asset.

About pages are often the web page that my clients have the most difficulty coming up with content for. What even do you put on them and are they even necessary? Well, yes they are. Let’s walk through why they are so important and what you can put on them to have an effective About page.

My favorite plugins that I use regularly to increase the functionality of Squarespace. These plugins allow us to do things like create custom menus (mobile menus and mega menus), add a lightbox to anything, create a split layout, use tabs to display content, add a sidebar to blog posts and add a related posts block at the bottom of your blog posts automatically. Read about these and many other plugins for Squarespace here.

The Squarespace Brine family templates have an amazing amount of flexibility for the header area design. This post explains to how set up your header on the Brine family templates.

Top Squarespace web designer, Jodi Neufeld Design, features the 3 Google Tools you need to start ranking in search results. Click here now for all the info!

Gorgeous images can make the difference between a knock out website and a very ordinary site. Here are my favorite sites for finding high quality, gorgeous stock photos for your website.

As a Squarespace designer, the number one issue I see on client’s websites is slow loading web pages because full resolution images have been used on the website. Although it takes extra time and effort to properly prepare your images for your website, you will be rewarded with a faster loading site which will eliminate the number of people that leave your site due to slow loading times.

Follow these steps to ensure your images are the right size for your website and will not slow it down.

Many website visitors first point of contact with your site can often be a blog post, especially if the visitors are coming from Pinterest. There are many steps you can take to entice your visitors to stay on your site longer and/or to connect with you in a longer term relationship.

This post will explore 7 ways you can entice your visitors to stay on your site longer and engage with more of your content.

Using a Related Posts type option at the end of your blog posts will encourage your visitors to explore other posts on your site that will likely be relevant and helpful to them as well.

In Squarespace there are 2 ways to add Related Posts. One way is manual and free and the other is automatic, but uses a paid plugin. I will review both methods here to show you the options.