http://tidbits.com/ Squarespace 6 is a much-hyped Web hosting service that offers beautiful design and a simple interface, but does it live up to its marketing? Josh Centers shares his experiences building his Web site on Squarespace. en-us Copyright 2013 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17770 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:27:07 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17770 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17699 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:30:26 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17699 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17692 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:51:01 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17692 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17682 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:01:47 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17682 2. For me, it's faster than using the rich text controls.
3. I can write Markdown in another app, like BBEdit, then copy and paste into Squarespace.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17681 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:10:49 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17681 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17679 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:23:30 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17679 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17676 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:30:06 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17676 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17617 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:28:08 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17617 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13521?rss#comments_17610 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:14:43 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13521#comments_17610
Additionally, if you do try to use an offline editor and past things in, it is very awkward - the Markdown "block" behave differently from the HTML blocks, and adding images & links is difficult in the web UI. I am currently iooking at options for cleanly migrating away from Squarespace (after over 5 years as a loyal customer) because they say the have no plans to add API support back in. That's a shame.]]>