IPad Pro and app
Verdict: Well, it’s better than Wix...
Mostly functional but it doesn’t replace having an actual computer which is super annoying. Some blocks have to be edited, moved, added, or deleted from a browser and the ipad version of safari doesn’t cut it either.
My main wish is that it would be fully functional from the app and capable of supporting all the features offered, which should be feasible with the ipad specific iOS being released.
More for the wish list:
- edit pictures in app, even just basic cropping would be quite helpful
- ability to rearrange squares in blog posts. The text and the pictures don’t line up automatically when added and you can’t really move them around
- pictures don’t load when you go back into a draft. This should be the most easily remedied but I can’t seem to get it to cooperate on my end.
All said, it’s better than the Wix app, so if you haven’t committed to a host yet and working on iOS is a factor for you, then Squarespace wins.
Mostly functional but it doesn’t replace having an actual computer which is super annoying. Some blocks have to be edited, moved, added, or deleted from a browser and the ipad version of safari doesn’t cut it either.
My main wish is that it would be fully functional from the app and capable of supporting all the features offered, which should be feasible with the ipad specific iOS being released.
More for the wish list:
- edit pictures in app, even just basic cropping would be quite helpful
- ability to rearrange squares in blog posts. The text and the pictures don’t line up automatically when added and you can’t really move them around
- pictures don’t load when you go back into a draft. This should be the most easily remedied but I can’t seem to get it to cooperate on my end.
All said, it’s better than the Wix app, so if you haven’t committed to a host yet and working on iOS is a factor for you, then Squarespace wins.
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Missing key elements, and glitches
I use the app for blogs on our website and there are things that I cannot do on the app, so I have to finish on a computer browser. I cannot add Tags, Categories, Title photos, etc.
Placement of media on the blogs is difficult to customize. And I can only add 1 piece of media before having to click “Done - Save Draft - Edit” before adding another one. Every time after I’ve added a photo then click the + to add another, the menu to edit the photo I just added pops up.
I should really be able to use this app as a replacement for the browser, especially considering the mobile browser doesn’t seem compatible (regardless of which browser I am using) and never works either.
Placement of media on the blogs is difficult to customize. And I can only add 1 piece of media before having to click “Done - Save Draft - Edit” before adding another one. Every time after I’ve added a photo then click the + to add another, the menu to edit the photo I just added pops up.
I should really be able to use this app as a replacement for the browser, especially considering the mobile browser doesn’t seem compatible (regardless of which browser I am using) and never works either.
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Read the offers before purchasing!
This is more a review of the site itself than the app. I’ve never started a site or purchased a domain, so I was really lost when I started this. When you purchase an annual plan you get a free domain, but that wasn’t clear to me so I purchased a domain up front and then a monthly plan when I realized that just buying a domain wouldn’t allow me to publish my website through Squarespace. So I asked customer service to give me a credit for the domain that I *just* purchased (because had I known, I would have just bought the annual plan). They would not allow me to upgrade to the annual plan and credit me for the domain.
I’ve also clicked around the site extensively and it’s not easy to use for inexperienced website developers— I’ll need help from a friend to navigate starting my site, that is, if I continue with Squarespace after their unfair policy.
I’ve also clicked around the site extensively and it’s not easy to use for inexperienced website developers— I’ll need help from a friend to navigate starting my site, that is, if I continue with Squarespace after their unfair policy.
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In some ways better, but in lots of others, worse
Where to start with this review... in some ways the app is an improvement on the previous blogger app, in that it more closely replicates the website functionality, and in theory increases what you can do from the iPad at last.
And yet there are still so many basic problems that I wonder how this ever shipped. Things that are actively worse:
1. Editing a post that has already been published is actively difficult. I can’t scroll the markdown view, making that view useless.
2. I can’t seem to create new tags for posts, only select from the ones I have.
3. The URL structure for posts authored in the app is different to those on the website, and they are less SEO friendly.
Things that still aren’t address in this version of the app:
1. Embed blocks still don’t support Soundcloud links, something pretty crucial for a music blogger, and functionality that has existed for years on the website. Why wouldn’t the embed functionality just use the exact plugin structure of the website?
2. You can’t animate images in the way you can on the website. It’s a small thing, but again... makes it hard to just use the mobile app without also working with the website.
As someone who increasingly focuses their workflow on an iPad rather than a laptop, it feels like Squarespace are really dragging their heels on providing proper support.
And yet there are still so many basic problems that I wonder how this ever shipped. Things that are actively worse:
1. Editing a post that has already been published is actively difficult. I can’t scroll the markdown view, making that view useless.
2. I can’t seem to create new tags for posts, only select from the ones I have.
3. The URL structure for posts authored in the app is different to those on the website, and they are less SEO friendly.
Things that still aren’t address in this version of the app:
1. Embed blocks still don’t support Soundcloud links, something pretty crucial for a music blogger, and functionality that has existed for years on the website. Why wouldn’t the embed functionality just use the exact plugin structure of the website?
2. You can’t animate images in the way you can on the website. It’s a small thing, but again... makes it hard to just use the mobile app without also working with the website.
As someone who increasingly focuses their workflow on an iPad rather than a laptop, it feels like Squarespace are really dragging their heels on providing proper support.
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You can’t do ANYTHING with this app
I used to be able to at least add events to my calendar and posts to my blog via the iOS apps available through SquareSpace. Now they have this new app that literally does nothing... I can’t edit anything, I can’t add events, I can’t add photos to my gallery, I literally have to be at home on my computer to update my website in any capacity. I liked having 4 apps for SquareSpace before this was developed with the ability to DO SOMETHING as opposed to a single streamlined app that lets me do nothing to my website what so ever. Also, this has been a complaint of this app since it’s launch months ago and SquareSpace still has not addressed these issues. That’s a problem in itself. When you’re getting feedback about your product, do something about it, or be left in the dust by your competitors. Terrible app, fix SOON please.
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OK, but not great
This app is OK and it could be great. But right now it’s not. It’s missing a lot of features that the previous standalone apps had and it just makes it too hard to use. For example, there’s no offline preview of your galleries like you had with the Portfolio app. And even if this gets added, it’s not a good app to show your work like Portfolio was. An even bigger issue is that there’s no search for journals/blog, so if you need to edit a post from the past, you need to manually swipe to scroll endlessly until you find it. This was so easy with the Blog app. Overall, it’s a step backwards.
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Joyful
Squarespace is a pleasure to use. Simple effective & easy to use. Best part you do not need to be a techie The support is super also!
Love it, but still limited
Getting closer and closer to perfect.
Still some limitations that exist over the web version, but for the most part I can keep things updated on the move with my iPad Pro.
Looking forward to seeing support for projects as I primarily use these in my site.
Keep up the great work!
Still some limitations that exist over the web version, but for the most part I can keep things updated on the move with my iPad Pro.
Looking forward to seeing support for projects as I primarily use these in my site.
Keep up the great work!
Why?
I’m happy for those that enjoy this app, but for the life of me I don’t understand why Squarespace thought this was going to be a replacement for the discontinued Portfolio App. That app was beautiful and served a function for us photographers, designers and whomever else that needed to show their work offline. Whenever I do get a response about why they decided to do this, it’s the same copy and paste answer that makes no sense. Basically saying the portfolio app was discontinued because this new app allows you to edit your website, like that has absolutely nothing to do with why the app is gone. If this app didn’t exist, I could still edit my website on my desktop, no problem, but with the portfolio app now gone I have to create a whole new way of showing off my work to potential clients. If I didn’t pay for this service, I wouldn’t care. I would just move on.. but this is something lots of us used and need and a lot of us only used Squarespace for that functionality. I really don’t understand. I wish someone from Squarespace would actually answer this like a human and not cut and paste a generic answer that gives us no hope on if the app will return.
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FINALLY an iPad version...what took so long??
Good thing I decided to update before writing this review! I’ve been pretty embarrassed while sitting at restaurants trying to edit my site with my iPad, turning my head sideways to look at the screen while trying to add blog posts. I’m not sure what took so long to do this...and like other users, I’ve switched almost entirely to my iPad and rarely carry my laptop, so this was a much needed update. Thank you! I still haven’t given it a serious run-through, but the fact that it’s here makes me happy.
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