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All CSS tricks, 7.1, Color change Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, 7.1, Color change Beatriz Caraballo

Background color for Basic Grid Blog items (7.1) - Blog Page

Looking to add a background color to the content area of your main Blog Page posts in Squarespace 7.1? Then get your hands on this snippet to make it happen! You’ll be able to adjust the color and the padding surrounding the content, by simply copy/pasting the code into your site and modifying the corresponding values.

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Custom color regular style (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE) - Social Links Block

Looking to have full control over the colors of your Regular-style Social Links icons? Then snag this snippet and copy/paste it on your site! You’ll be able to set up the colors for the icons for every state of the hover mode to make sure your block looks completely on brand.

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Custom color outline style (circle, square & rounded) (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE) - Social Links Block

Get your hands on this code snippet and take full control of the colors of your Outline-style Social Links icons! Choose the border color, the background color on hover and and the color of the icons in the different states of the hover mode.

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Custom color knockout style (circle, square & rounded) (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE) - Social Links Block

Looking for a way to change up the different colors used for the Knockout-style Social Links on your site? Then this code snippet is for you! You’ll be able to choose the background color as well as the color of the icons in all instances of the hover animation.

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Custom color solid style (circle, square & rounded) (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE) - Social Links Block

Want to fully customize the different color changes of the Social Links Block on your site? With this code snippet you’ll be able to make that happen! You’ll be able to choose the background color as well as the color of the icons in all instances of the hover animation.

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All CSS tricks, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Color change Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Color change Beatriz Caraballo

Changing the placeholder text color of form and newsletter blocks (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

A few members inside the Club recently asked about how the placeholder text color of form and newsletter blocks could be altered via CSS so, in case you’ve been wondering the same thing, today I wanted to share with you how to achieve that for your own client projects!

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All CSS tricks, 7.0, Color change, Background, Even height Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, 7.0, Color change, Background, Even height Beatriz Caraballo

Same height background for items on a blog page in Brine (7.0)

I know you’re here to find out how to FINALLY achieve this customization because although you may have found a way to add a background color to your blog page items, it’s been tricky trying to make them have the same height, without manually setting one that only works if you don’t reduce your screen size.

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Changing the color of your heading, menu items and site title, only on one page in Brine (7.0)

In today’s post, we’ll be looking at what you can do when your menu navigation is readable over certain banners but not over others, without having to add a background color to it or changing the images altogether.

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All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, Color change, Background Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, Color change, Background Beatriz Caraballo

Changing the background color of the bottom header on just one page in Brine (7.0)

When you’re working with the Brine template, and you’re using the bottom header, the navigation can overlap nicely over banner images, but that means you have to settle for a “backgroundless” header in all of the non-banner pages… or do you?

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All CSS tricks, Color change, Hover/overlay, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Color change, Hover/overlay, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE Beatriz Caraballo

Grayscale to color hover mode for image blocks (7.0 & 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

Adding a hover effect to image blocks can be a fun way to spice up your client’s design without too much hassle. So today, we’re going to be looking at how we can give a really cool grayscale to color + rotating + scaling effect to any images of your site on hover!

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Adding a background color to summary excerpts (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

In today’s tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to add a background color to those Summary Blocks with summary excerpts you have hanging around your site… AND how to make sure the colored portions have THE SAME HEIGHT. Oooh, intriguing right?

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All CSS tricks, Customization tips, Color change, 7.0, Background Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Customization tips, Color change, 7.0, Background Beatriz Caraballo

Change the color of your loading screen background (Brine 7.0)

You know when you’re loading your site and you see a flashing or fade-in background color before the content on your page fully loads? This may not be happening on all of your pages – or even if you’re using a template outside the Brine family – but…

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“Podcastifying” Squarespace’s Summary Block (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

Podcasts are pretty much THE THING right now. So, if you or your client has a podcast that wants to promote on their site, what better way to do that than customizing one of Squarespace’s block to neatly display them?

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All CSS tricks, Color change, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Hover/overlay Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Color change, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Hover/overlay Beatriz Caraballo

Changing your button's color on hover mode (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

One way to make your template buttons look not only unique and on-brand but also invite your audience to click is to add an eye-catching hover mode. In Squarespace, you can change the default button hover mode with custom code. In this post, you'll learn how.

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