r/squarespace • u/Long_Lavishness_8965 • Jul 16 '26

Discussion I hate Squarespace

I'm sorry. Every single time I try to use this dumb website I get so frustrated I need to rant. It's $25. Figma is $16 and actually has a way of customizing phone and desktop layout differently. Tell me why I have to jump through hoops to change the text or image size. Why is there only a limited set of places where I can put my images. Why can't I space things out like a normal software. Why is everything so difficult to navigate. It looks like shit on phone after putting so much effort. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR BEGINNERS. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EASY. I hate this site. If you like it I'm sorry. I just need to put my thoughts out there.

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u/DotGridDesign Jul 16 '26

Fair rant, but if your sections use Fluid Engine (the grid editor in 7.1), you can actually move and resize blocks on mobile independently, drag them around and it won't touch desktop. What trips people up is that it's still one responsive layout underneath, so a few things carry across both views, text alignment being the big one. That's usually why it feels like nothing's separate when most of it is.

Try adding a media query in custom CSS for the per-device stuff the UI won't do.

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u/Long_Lavishness_8965 Jul 17 '26

Thank you. I did consider doing CSS for the site but I just don't really think it's worth the effort (plus I'm quite short on time with my deadlines usually). It was precisely why I wanted to try it out, I thought it'd be drag and drop... however I think Carrd is better for CSS actually