Resources

My favorite tools to run my business and website:

Notion*
The best project management tool for organizing everything in my business, including client portals!

Thrivecart*
Shopping cart for high-conversions, including upsell funnels, bump offers, trials, subscriptions, courses, and more. And it’s available as a lifetime offer for a limited time!

Namecheap*
For domain names and domain hosting. Good customer service and domain names for cheap!
In case you need to know, What's the difference between a web host and a domain host?

My favorite Google Chrome Extensions:

SEOSpace
SEO plugin tool for Squarespace to completely uplevel your SEO game.(Create a free SEOSpace* account to give it a try. You can thank me later!)

OneTab
Magically takes all the open tabs and saves them in a list on only ONE TAB!

WhatFont?
For all the font info on any website.

Eye Dropper
For figuring out the color codes on any web page.

Color Contrast Checker
For checking the contrast between background and text colors against WCAG accessibility standards.

Check My Links
This extension crawls through your web page to find all the broken links.

GoFullPage
So you can easily get a full page screenshot of your current browser window.

Loom
Perfect for recording videos at the touch of an extension.

Notion Web Clipper
For Notion users to save any favorite website page.

Squarespace ID Finder
This one is for the Squarespace coders to find ids for collections, sections, and blocks.

If you’d like to learn a little bit more about each of these extensions, see my blog post for Eight of my favorite Google Chrome extensions. This blog post is worth checking out for a fun tip if you use the Loom App. Just saying! 🎉

My favorite Color Palette resources:

Adobe Color
Explore and generate all the color possibilities.

Coolors
Limitless color palette generator.

Contrast Ratio
Accessibility contrast checker between background and text colors.

See this blog post for a little guidance on how to Style your Squarespace 7.1 color palette to match your brand.

My favorite courses that I’ve taken or can highly recommend:

Standout Squarespace*
Hands down the best and most extensive Squarespace design and coding course for creating unexpected and stand out websites!

Standout Squarespace Foundations*
The low-code, comprehensive program on Squarespace essentials and high-performance approach to web design business strategy.

Standout Squarespace free workshop
For a brief overview of the course that I fully believe is the best out there for Squarespace designers and coders.

Squarestylist Squareone 7.1: CSS Basics free workshop
Learning to start from squareone with Squarespace and CSS.

Make Money with your Blog*
by Christy Price
How to make money with your Squarespace blog by writing posts that generate affiliate income and convert readers to clients.

Grow with SEO*
by Kate Scott
Sustainable SEO strategies to grow your traffic and sales.
(I haven’t taken this course yet, but I have taken her template course and she is amazing! This is on my list!)

Scale with Templates*
by Kate Scott
How to scale your business with a successful Squarespace template shop from template build to marketing!

My favorite Font resources:

Jen Wagner Co.*
A few of my favorites are Editor’s Note and Essential Sans
(Use code TARYNMERCEDES for 15% off)

Nicky Laatz
Seriously Nostalgic and Superfreakare my personal favorites.

HarmonaisVisual.com
Elegant and minimalistic device and product mockups.

Tropical Type*
Unique and fun fonts for any project.

CreativeMarket.com
Where you can find almost every font!

100 Days of Fonts
A fun creative project by Do-Hee Kim that combines and showcases free Google Font pairings.

Colllettttivo
Free open-source fonts for all projects with credit given to the original designer and the foundry.

If you need to know how to upload your favorite font, see this blog post on How to add custom brand fonts to your Squarespace website.

My favorite Stock Photography resources:

For free stock images, my favorites are …

Pexels.com
Gorgeous photos and videos as well.

Unsplash.com
Unsplash images are also available through the Stock Images library in Squarespace.

kaboompics.com
A variety of styles, including color palettes, with entire photoshoots.

For stock images available for purchase, a few of my favorites are …

Moyo-Studio.com*
Especially for creatives to showcase print and web designs.

CreativeMarket.com
A budget friendly option with just about everything.

HarmonaisVisual.com

Elegant and minimalistic device and product mockups.

If you need to know more about website images, see this blog post for Tips for beautiful website images and how to format them

My favorite Legal resources:

spotlegal.io
/EU Compliant
Legal templates by qualified attorneys tailored for global online businesses.
(Use code tarynmercedes10 for 10% off)

Termageddon*
/US + Canada Compliant
Updated legal content for your legal pages.

The following article is a good resource for information regarding EU legal policies:
10 legal pages you need on your website

For further information regarding US + Canada legal policies:
Legal Policies for Websites and Make Your Website Legal

My favorite resources for Search Engine Optimization (SEO):

SEOSpace*
The one and only Squarespace SEO plugin tool to boost your SEO.

Grow with SEO* course by Kate Scott
Sustainable SEO strategies to grow your traffic and sales.
(I haven’t taken this course yet, but I have taken her template course and she is amazing! This is on my list!)

As part of your SEO strategy, learn How to use your website headings to boost SEO .

My favorite Squarespace resources:

Squarestylist YouTube channel
A creative resource library for learning website design, coding, and the business of coding so you can stand out with skills and create the unexpected.

STANDOUT SQUARESPACE*
Hands down the best and most extensive Squarespace design and coding course for creating unexpected and stand out websites!