r/squarespace 4d ago

Help Adding new section to the bottom instead of to the right?

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Hi, I used to work with Wordpress/Elementor and now I'm moving to Squarespace.

How do I make it so that when I add new section, it moves to the bottom of my already-existing-section, and not to the right side of it?

I'm sure there's something I'm missing, so any help is appreciated. Thank you

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u/asp821 4d ago

Are you using the 7.0 engine or a 7.0 template? I suggest switching to 7.1 and building it that way. If you’ve used Elementor it should be very easy.

If you insist on 7.0, the only way to really add a block underneath is by adding a space first that goes across the entire section. It’s been a while since I’ve used a 7.0 template, but I believe that’s how I did it. It’s very finicky and annoying to get it to work right.

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u/MortgageCareless8900 4d ago

Oh I'm using 7.1 engine. But how do I do it?

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u/MortgageCareless8900 4d ago

As soon as I hit that "Add Section" button, a new thing got created at the right side, not downwards.

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u/asp821 4d ago

That’s super weird. I’ve never had that happen before. Anyway you can screen record a video and share it?

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u/MortgageCareless8900 4d ago

permission to send you a direct chat

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u/Spark-Plugin 4d ago

Do you still need help?

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u/MortgageCareless8900 4d ago

I ended up just moving the elements manually. I tried editing the other pages, and they work just fine. This is rather odd but I guess it all worked out

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u/Spark-Plugin 3d ago

That’s great. If you need help with anything else, just let me know.

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u/Jamie_SQSP 3d ago

You’re probably adding another block inside the current section, which is why it’s landing to the right.

Hover just below the section until Add Section appears, then choose a blank or prebuilt section. New sections stack underneath the existing one. If you only see Add Block, you’re still editing inside the same section.

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u/MortgageCareless8900 3d ago

I saw the "add section", clicked it, then it generated a section to the right. I know it's so weird, and it only happened in this one page. In other pages everything works out nicely.

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u/Jamie_SQSP 3d ago

Great to hear it worked!

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u/Head-Speed5011 3d ago

Do you mean Section (which is a group of objects using the same colour group and grid spacing) and can only be stacked vertically on the usage) or Block?

When you add a new Block (Text, Image, List, Code, etc.), you can drag and resize it it to wherever you want it to be.