1.You Do You
Squarespace lets you customize your site until it’s so personalized you can tell it’s yours in a millisecond. Impressive header image? Yes, please. Start with a pre-fab template and play dress-up with your website by changing out fonts, backgrounds, image sizes, and literally almost any element you can click on. Wanna keep it simple? No problem. Stick to the defaults and just drop your images into the backend (see: How To Make a Photo-Focused Wedding Website) and voilà: a gallery like the one you see above.
2. COMPUTER NERDINESS NOT NEEDED
Anyone can make a basic Squarespace site. I mean it. I know people say “anyone could do it” about a lot of things that are actually really annoyingly difficult (read: poaching an egg), but this time it’s for real. If you’re confident or curious, there’s a lot of opportunity to customize, but you won’t need to know a single line of CSS or HTML5 or whatever they’re using these days. Look at the above screenshot of the style editor: all the customization options are drop down menus. Can you use gmail? Then you’re all set. (For the rest of you, here’s a full on breakdown of how easy it is to make pretty happen.)
3. Say Goodbye to Photoshop (or Illustrator)
You see all those exceptionally awesome wedding logos up there? Every single one of them was made using Squarespace’s in-house logo maker. The tool totally didn’t exist in the dark ages when I made my site, and frankly, I’m jealous. What would take me hours—and multiple programs—to make is now as simple as picking a graphic, a few words, and moving it around. Maddie even figured out some fancy hacks for all your DIY logo goals (like pasting in a heart emoji as text).
4. AN ADDRESS TO REMEMBER
5. Right here, right now
One of the biggest complaints I have when I search for stock photos is that half of the office images are obviously dated (’90s blowouts, no thank you). Ditto when it comes to the wedding site layout. That’s why Squarespace is such a revelation. Since they are constantly updating their templates, you can make a website that’s clean, modern, and a reflection of today’s aesthetic (or one from the past, if that’s how you’re leaning!). And the upside to a minimal design aesthetic? Even your grandparents will find all the links they need.
For more in-depth tutorials on making a wedding website with Squarespace, check out How to Make a Wedding Website with Squarespace, How to Make a Photo-Focused Wedding Website, How to Hack Your Wedding Website Logo, What to Include in Your Wedding Website, and 5 Tips for a More Modern Wedding Website.
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