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Mobile design, All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE Beatriz Caraballo Mobile design, All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE Beatriz Caraballo

How to adjust your page/index section height on mobile (7.0 & 7.1 CE)

If you like creating really immersive designs for your clients, chances are you love setting your index sections (7.0) or page sections (7.1) to the full height of your screen. The effect looks amazing on desktop but, on smaller screens, that extra space can be a little bit too much…

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All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, 7.1, Full width Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, 7.1, Full width Beatriz Caraballo

How to make any block full width in Squarespace (7.0 & 7.1)

So, your client’s design includes some blocks that should be displayed in full width, while others stick to the boundaries of the site. And you’ve been trying to make that happen for the past couple of hours (days?) without luck? If so, then today’s tutorial is for you!

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All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, Learn code Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, Learn code Beatriz Caraballo

Customizing multiple index sections at the same time (Brine 7.0)

Brine makes customizing our client sites fairly easy by allowing us to use the URL slug as the index section ID, so we can quickly target things in our CSS. However, when there are multiple index sections involved, it can become time-consuming and repetitive to write the same customizations for each area over and over again…

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Mobile design, All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0 Beatriz Caraballo Mobile design, All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0 Beatriz Caraballo

Resizing banners on mobile in Squarespace (Brine 7.0)

One of THE most frequent questions I get involves resizing index page banners on smaller screens. So, even when this may not be a perfect solution for all of your designs, today I’d like to share with you a fairly simple workaround that can give you WAY more control over this issue!

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Creating big category thumbnails with a rollover effect (Brine 7.0)

Today we’re going to be taking advantage of the grid layout of an Index Gallery to create big and bold category thumbnails that you can use to showcase your different service packages, blog categories, photo galleries, or pretty much anything else you want!

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Mobile design, All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, Spacing Beatriz Caraballo Mobile design, All CSS tricks, Customization tips, 7.0, Spacing Beatriz Caraballo

Make your hero banner and text look good on any device (Brine 7.0)

You’re using a gorgeous background image for your banner, and you have the perfect catchy headline to go on top of it. You start by using spacers, trying to find the perfect placement for your lovely headline on top of the image, in a way that looks 100% readable…

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#22daysofcustomization, All CSS tricks, 7.0, Background Beatriz Caraballo #22daysofcustomization, All CSS tricks, 7.0, Background Beatriz Caraballo

Creating half, angled and floating effect backgrounds in Brine (7.0)

If you’re using one of Brine templates, or pretty much any other template in Squarespace, you’re most likely wanting to make the best out of their banner sections. These can be used in many creative ways to add an extra touch of “huh… I wonder how they did that?“

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Make changes to a specific banner in the Brine template family (7.0)

It seems like one of the most common struggles DIYers and designers alike have when creating a site in Squarespace, is finding out how to make changes to a specific banner on their site. In today's post, I'll show you how to style a specific index…

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