If you’ve ever had to pinch and zoom your way through a website, trying to press microscopic buttons to go to the next page, then you probably know how important it is that your website can adapt to the small screen. Squarespace is a website design and hosting platform that allows each of the 90+ templates to self-adjust for a readable mobile experience, but some templates offer even more options with customizable features(Opens in a new tab) you can play with only for the mobile version of your website.
Among these templates, some of the mobile features are quite basic and boil down to adjusting the font size. But others, like any of the 40+ templates within the Brine template family, offer many ways to customize the mobile version of your website and give your viewers holding their phones a strong first impression.
Do Squarespace websites work on mobile?
Each Squarespace template is based on the concept of responsive design, which changes the dimensions of your website as viewers resize their browser or switch devices to read your content from a tablet or phone. On mobile, all your content is stacked vertically, so you don’t have to pinch, zoom, or scroll horizontally. Aside from making your site more user-friendly, there are many benefits of having a mobile-optimized website, such as a higher SEO indexing priority(Opens in a new tab) and the ability to take advantage of some mobile-only tweaks.
How do you make a Squarespace website look good on mobile?
When using your desktop to design your website, first resize your browser so you can see how design elements will shift in the mobile view. If you use spacer blocks on the desktop version of your website, keep in mind that they will disappear in the mobile version, as the priority is to stack each element vertically. When deciding how to set up your website, think about the potential reader who has just arrived and where they are coming from. Did they click through from your Instagram profile or find one of your blog posts on Google? Since everything is stacked vertically on mobile, you should put your most important information at the top of the page every time.
If your website contains a lot of photos, you should also consider uploading them with a smaller file size, as large size images can cause your mobile site to load slower. Squarespace recommends keeping your page under 5 MB to ensure it loads quickly and if you use your website for blogging, you can also enable Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP)(Opens in a new tab) to speed up the pace of how fast your posts load.
What is the best Squarespace mobile website template?
We’ve selected some of the best Squarespace templates for mobile websites, not just from the all-star Brine family, but other templates that may have features better suited to your business.