New Squarespace Feature: Squarespace Blueprint
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Squarespace is one of the best website builders on the internet, and it’s just gotten better. The new Squarespace Blueprint feature makes creating sites even easier thanks to an interactive design system.
You might be familiar with Wordpress’s integration of the block system. It was supposed to make designing your own website easier, but it’s extremely clunky, complicated, and super time-consuming. Not to mention all the templates that are worth using are locked behind a paywall.
With your Squarespace subscription, you get unlimited access to everything, including all the awesome ready-to-launch templates that just need your personal info inserted.
This guide will help you build a website for your business hassle-free (yes, really) by using the new Blueprint feature.
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How to Start a Website With Squarespace Blueprint
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First, head over to the Squarespace Blueprint site builder. You can either log into your existing account or sign up for a new one. It takes less than 3 minutes.
If you need some design inspiration, these Squarespace website examples may do the trick.
You don’t need any pro web design skills to use Squarespace, especially with Blueprint guiding your entire creation process. There are five steps you’ll be guided through:
Add your site title
Design your home page
Add additional pages
Choose your color scheme
Choose your fonts
The cool thing about Squarespace Blueprint is that it combines all the best features of its templates into the new system. So instead of picking each individual element, you answer some easy questions, choose some styles you like, and Squarespace does the rest.
With such a straightforward design process, you might worry that everyone’s website will come out looking highly similar. That’s not the case! There are 1.4 billion potential design combinations, so it’s easy to create your own one-of-a-kind branded site.
There’s a huge range of styles to choose from as well, so whether you’re into bright and modern websites or something scaled back and sophisticated, you can bring your vision to life in just a few minutes.
The goal of Squarespace Blueprint isn’t to take away your freedom as the designer; it’s there to help put together the foundation (which is the hardest part of site building!) so you can make all the edits your heart desires later on.
How the Squarespace Blueprint Design System Works
Blueprint is an interactive system that helps users create their own website through a series of questions broken up across five steps.
You get to choose what’s relevant to your business right from the start. Putting everything together piece by piece is as easy as one click. You are the one in control of what your site looks like right from the start, so you don’t have to spend hours deleting elements from a default template and getting the look just right.
Another great element of the Squarespace Blueprint system is that it allows you to personalize your template from the start. If you’re a blogger, then you’ll be given a much more straightforward template than someone launching an ecommerce store.
You can easily add more pages to your site as you go, like an About page, Services page, or Contact page.
The entire system presents pre-made templates that are just waiting for you to customize them. So, instead of being overwhelmed by choice and not knowing which look is right, you can personalize the templates around your style and needs from the get-go.
What are the Benefits of Squarespace Blueprint?
The new Squarespace Blueprint feature makes it even easier for someone to get their site up and running. The best part about it is that the whole site is built around your needs from the start.
You answer questions that tell Squarespace what your site is all about, and Blueprint shapes your site around your business goals.
That being said, everything about Blueprint is flexible. You can change colors, fonts, text, imagery, and anything else as you go. Nothing is set in stone until you confirm your design; even then, you can easily pop back into the site editor and make more adjustments until you’re 100% happy with how everything looks.
After you’ve finished your Blueprint design, you’ll be given access to the Squarespace Website Builder, which runs on the Fluid Engine editing system to reflect updates in real time. This means you can actively preview your site while you’re adding all the finishing touches.
Building Your Site With Squarespace Blueprint
Ready to build your site? Awesome! Here’s how to build a website with Squarespace Blueprint in seven steps:
Sign up or log into your Squarespace account. Head over to the Blueprint page, then create or log into your account. From your dashboard, you can add features like appointment booking or ecommerce features that shape the foundation of your store.
Give your website a name. The name of your business works just fine, but you can change the title later if you decide to go with something else.
Create your site’s home page. Choose what inspires you! Do you want visitors to land on a beautiful image and about section, or do you want a contact form built into the welcome page? It’s all up to you.
Add more pages as you need them. Whether it’s a store page, blog, contact page, or something else, you can easily create new pages with just a few clicks.
Pick your color palettes. There are designer-created color palettes just waiting for you to try them on your site. Whether you love vibrant or neturals, Blueprint has you covered.
Choose your fonts. There are a variety of fonts you can mix and match to create a personalized, branded look.
Personalize your template. You can upload your own images, edit your page titles, type your web content, and get your site ready to launch from the Squarespace Website Builder. You can even go live with your polished home page while you’re adding on others.
Need More Squarespace Help?
LaunchHappy offers plenty of Squarespace guides and tutorials to help you build the site of your dreams, stress-free. If you’re interested in more resources, check out these:
