View Full Version : Squarespace.com [Thoughts?]
vertebrae
06-08-2008, 05:45 PM
Anyone else check out Squarespace.com that Alex and Kevin were talking about in the latest episode?
Free 14-day trial . . . might give it a shot.
There are some NICE layouts via the "EXAMPLES" page. Especially the photo-blog page.
Thoughts?
acasalena
06-09-2008, 04:43 PM
Hey -- this is Anthony, the founder of Squarespace. Let me know if you have any thoughts on the service via twitter (www.twitter.com/acasalena).
Also! We're announcing something very big in about 3 weeks (new product UI). We'll announce on Diggnation when that's out too :) It's a massive change.
raptureboi
06-13-2008, 09:19 PM
Diggscoop?
Whats that all about, where do I enter it?
Thanks!
mikepetrucci
09-16-2008, 12:19 PM
Hey -- this is Anthony, the founder of Squarespace. Let me know if you have any thoughts on the service via twitter (www.twitter.com/acasalena).
Also! We're announcing something very big in about 3 weeks (new product UI). We'll announce on Diggnation when that's out too :) It's a massive change.
Hey Anthony, great job with Squarespace! The latest UI is slick and super easy.
For everyone else out there, Squarespace can do some pretty powerful stuff. I used to be a Blogger user (this sounds like a lame infomercial) but I think I'm going to keep my SS after this Diggnation contest ends.
I love it!
You can check mine out here: http://mikepetrucci.squarespace.com/
Oh, sign up here: http://www.squarespace.com/[referral link removed]
ohhoe
09-16-2008, 05:56 PM
I don't like the idea of squarespace at all.
darknessgp
09-16-2008, 06:54 PM
I don't like the idea of squarespace at all.
why not? Personally, I'm not a fan of pay for service, though most blogging sites don't do a lot for you and it seems like squarespace would.
I don't like the idea of squarespace at all.
ive tried it a couple times...maybe Im just a retard or I am used to making pages from scratch but I cant get a hang of the UI at all. And im typically very good with that kind of stuff. It is damn near as confusing as Maya 3d lol
ohhoe
09-17-2008, 03:28 AM
why not? Personally, I'm not a fan of pay for service, though most blogging sites don't do a lot for you and it seems like squarespace would.
I just think it's kind of expensive. I mean, I can code and design my own pages so it just seems silly to me...
esophagus
09-17-2008, 04:10 AM
I love the site, and played with it for the 14 day trial and really enjoyed it, but I just can't bring myself to spend that kind of money.
summx
09-17-2008, 06:50 AM
i think they would be more successful if the service was just for the design and not for the hosting. The service should be more of a product where you don't need to work through their web based ui, instead it should be more like a hands on app you can download.
ohhoe
09-17-2008, 07:04 AM
i think they would be more successful if the service was just for the design and not for the hosting. The service should be more of a product where you don't need to work through their web based ui, instead it should be more like a hands on app you can download.
That would end up costing the user more money, paying for a design service that isn't exclusive to their site would most likely cost a lot more. At least I'd expect it to.
AnthonyUSN
09-17-2008, 07:47 AM
its a really really REALLY good site.
im having a hard time getting a "join site" option. also, for some weird reason i cant log into the site with WWW. in front of it. it HAS to be either http://anthonygarcianation.com or anthonygarcianation.com
any ideas??
tokenuser
09-17-2008, 11:49 AM
its a really really REALLY good site.
im having a hard time getting a "join site" option. also, for some weird reason i cant log into the site with WWW. in front of it. it HAS to be either http://anthonygarcianation.com or anthonygarcianation.com
any ideas??You need to set it up correctly at your registrar to redirect correctly. I am guessing you need to add a redirection for www to your acount as well.
AnthonyUSN
09-17-2008, 01:51 PM
ya. i followed the manual the site it had as well for my domain hosting site. i checked it over many times and i did everything right. i even did it all over again and it still doesnt work. i emailed SS but same thing.
oh well..how many people really use www. anymore anyway lol thanks for the help though
tokenuser
09-17-2008, 02:10 PM
ya. i followed the manual the site it had as well for my domain hosting site. i checked it over many times and i did everything right. i even did it all over again and it still doesnt work. i emailed SS but same thing.
oh well..how many people really use www. anymore anyway lol thanks for the help thoughNothing to do with SS unless that it where you upurchased your domain from. You need to talk to whoever set up your domain (which a simple whois shows was godaddy) to redirect www.anthonygarcianation.com as well as anthonygarcianation.com to the SS page.
AnthonyUSN
09-17-2008, 07:53 PM
ok ill talk to godaddy about it. thanks :-D
EDIT: Okay i got it to work! I called GoDaddy and they fixied it
www.anthonygarcianation.com works now!
thanks again man i appreciate your help
gregbeal
09-19-2008, 02:37 AM
I really like squarespace, I used the code from the show and it saved me some money, not a lot but it could add up. I made the site that I've always wanted to in only a few days. It has Indie music spotlights, web videos, video game reviews, and a bunch of other stuff. If you want to you can check it out http://www.seriouslyinformal.com
AnthonyUSN
09-22-2008, 12:05 AM
I really like squarespace, I used the code from the show and it saved me some money, not a lot but it could add up. I made the site that I've always wanted to in only a few days. It has Indie music spotlights, web videos, video game reviews, and a bunch of other stuff. If you want to you can check it out http://www.seriouslyinformal.com
your sites tight dude i added it to my favs. ya squarespace is awesome and that promo code helped alot :D feel free to check out my site
http://anthonygarcianation.com/
gregbeal
09-30-2008, 06:58 AM
thanks dude! Your site is pretty cool too.
gregbeal
10-03-2008, 12:31 AM
Hey if any of you are interested I just posted a new Mix Tape about a band called Bearsuit on my site http://www.seriouslyinformal.com/ go check it out, and check out all of the old mix tapes there are some great indie artist in there!
tylerhowarth
10-03-2008, 04:58 PM
I am loving squarespace so far. Great service and the people behind it rule!
if you're interested my blog is here blog.tylerhowarth.com (http://blog.tylerhowarth.com)
coldv
10-05-2008, 05:48 AM
I love squarespace. Especially the people there provide some really great service! They are so friendly!
It is obviously not for web designers but for people who wants to blog or setup a portfolio but have no idea how to create a website. Also it is great because I can't be bothered to make sure my site is compatible with all browsers and squarespace saves me all that trouble.
murphy1d
10-05-2008, 02:02 PM
An interesting thing happened to me about Squarespace.
I posted elsewhere that I can't scroll up using the laptop scroll wheel and touchpad scrolling when I use Google Chrome. Yet, I went to Kevin Rose's Blog (made by Squarespace) while on Chrome and after a few seconds up-scrolling worked? It's the only site I have been on that worked, and I sent squarespace a twitter telling them so.
It may help figure out what the problem is (yes, I've loaded the newest drivers).
lizardonastick
09-26-2009, 03:35 PM
The interface is pretty good, although the prebuilt library of templates is surprisingly small. Don't plan on having anything very unique without getting pretty deep into the CSS.
Pricing is high, especially since you need to upgrade three levels just to get interactive forms. I'm still trying to figure out how they justify that.
Also, there is no support for IE6 so if you need to work from remote locations or in a corporate environment you are out of luck. If you only work on your own computer that is fine, but posting from the road in an internet cafe may not be possible.
godmode
09-30-2009, 09:09 AM
Ive always wanted to try them but it seems to be totally skewed toward blog type sites. Are there examples of other kinds of sites made with Squarespace?
darknessgp
10-02-2009, 08:30 PM
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Also, there is no support for IE6 so if you need to work from remote locations or in a corporate environment you are out of luck. If you only work on your own computer that is fine, but posting from the road in an internet cafe may not be possible.
Honestly, I see that as more of a bonus... I mean sucks if you get in that situation, but IE6 is terrible.