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All CSS tricks, Fonts, Gradient, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Title/Caption Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Fonts, Gradient, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Title/Caption Beatriz Caraballo

Add a gradient in Squarespace to only one word in your heading (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

Let’s give a gradient to a single word in your heading! The method is pretty simple, however we have to tackle some compatibility issues to make sure the word is readable in as many browsers as possible. So, why don’t we get started?

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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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Floating vertical social media links in Squarespace (Brine 7.0)

You’re probably familiar with social share links widgets that you can add to your site through a third-party so people can share your content. However, if what you’re wanting to do is have Squarespace’s social icons from the nav bar – linking to your…

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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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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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Custom testimonial carousel arrows with Summary Block (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

So you’re using a Summary Block in your Squarespace site as a testimonial carousel, but you want a way to make it look less like… you’re using the Summary Block in Squarespace as a testimonial carousel, lol.

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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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Turning the Gallery Block title into a colorful label (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

If you’re using a Gallery Block as category thumbnails for your blog, to redirect to your different service packages, or anything else that works best with an identifying label, you’re gonna love today’s customization! We’ll be turning the Gallery Block slide titles…

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Creating a simple overlay for your Summary Blocks (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

Want to see and learn how to do a reaaaaaally cool Squarespace customization? Then you’re in the right place my friend because today we’ll be going through how you can create or add a nice overlay to your summary block thumbnails!

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Creating a boxed-in footer in Squarespace (Brine 7.0)

Let’s face it, the footer is the part of our Squarespace design we think about last when it comes to adding customizations. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t show it some love and have it help our site look more custom by giving it a non-default style!

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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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#22daysofcustomization, All CSS tricks, Social icons, 7.0 Beatriz Caraballo #22daysofcustomization, All CSS tricks, Social icons, 7.0 Beatriz Caraballo

Add custom social icons to your Squarespace header (Brine 7.0)

If you’re doing a custom design, you may be wanting to go all in with things like colors, fonts, patterns and icons. So, if you want to include those gorgeous social media icons you – or your graphic designer –created, keep reading my friend because we’ll be…

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Creating vertical text in Squarespace (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

Oh I know you wanna jump in the vertical text wagon. In fact, you probably already did! Right now you may be using images to contain your vertical text because let’s face it… it’s way easier than figuring out how to it with code.

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All CSS tricks, Fonts, Highlight, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Title/Caption Beatriz Caraballo All CSS tricks, Fonts, Highlight, 7.0, 7.1, 7.1 CE, 7.1 FE, Title/Caption Beatriz Caraballo

How to create a low highlight behind your text (7.0, 7.1 CE & 7.1 FE)

Wondering how to create that cool low highlight that you see behind headings and links all around the interwebs? Then keep reading 'cause I'm gonna show you how to nail it! We're going to be adding the highlight background to one word in a heading…

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How to remove automatic hyphens in Squarespace (7.0 & 7.1)

When I talked about changing the size of mobile fonts in Squarespace at the very end of the post I gave you a quick tip on how to turn off automatic hyphenation. However, I wanted to do a separate post about it since there are some things you should…

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