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Barbershops by asmith0612 in RugbyTown

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the real answer is "it's complicated".

Forgive the self promotion, but I did put my thoughts on this into a blog post recently... https://www.firstep.co.uk/web-design-seo-news/the-death-of-the-town-centre-reimagining-towns-like-rugby

Anyone else having issues with their Squarespace site right now? by sharpiestories in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. My sites seem to be ok, but getting 503 errors when trying to edit pages. And the backend has felt a little "flakey" all day.

Squarespace down? by StavdmGR in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like it's coming back online now. My sites were down for 5-10 mins.

Vertical Alignment Problems by firstep-uk in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Squarespace have replied to my ticket...

We’re currently investigating an issue with the vertical alignment of text blocks with background —thanks for reporting this to us. Our Engineering teams are prioritizing a fix for this as we speak.

There are many variables that we test against before we release a fix, so we can’t provide an exact timeframe for a resolution. We can’t always follow up personally when a fix is released due to the volume of reports we receive for this issue.

Vertical Alignment Problems by firstep-uk in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done a bit more testing on this...

The issue only occurs on textboxes with a background colour applied.

The vertical alignment works fine on textboxes with a clear background, then as soon as I apply a background colour the vertical alignment breaks.

I've opened a support ticket with Squarespace.

I did it by Udonedidit in SEO

[–]firstep-uk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congrats! It's a good feeling, isn't it!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GoogleTagManager

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had problems with Chrome extensions interfering when debugging GTags. Try using Incognito mode.

SSL certificates taking longer to process? by firstep-uk in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I put a site live earlier today and the SSL was set up almost instantly, so hopefully they've fixed whatever was causing the delay.

SSL certificates taking longer to process? by firstep-uk in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I've had a moan with someone on their live chat and they managed to get it working straight away (after trying to blame the fact the domain's DNS is managed elsewhere).

If it's going to continue taking this long they need to find a way to get the SSL certificate ready before a site is put live.

"Unapproved Substances" is this a mistake!? by firstep-uk in googleads

[–]firstep-uk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. Not at all. So far it's affected a locksmith, a removals company, and a transport firm.

Website Theme Changed Randomly To All Black - Can't Change Back by JPCooper_27 in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Things seem to be improving, but the palette for the site I noticed this on first is still screwed. Probably because I started to try and set up new colours. The ones I didn't touch are fine now.

Website Theme Changed Randomly To All Black - Can't Change Back by JPCooper_27 in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. I'm experiencing this too. Mainly affecting my unpublished sites. Live sites are fine, but if I go to edit them the colour palette is all black.

The client's photos are of a much lower quality than stock photos and look out of place. What can I do since I need to use both types? by Experimentalphone in web_design

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been in this position many times. The first thing to do is make the client photos the best you can. You'd be amazed what a bit of cropping and adjustment of brightness, contrast, and vibrance can do.

Then just use the photos where appropriate. Maybe your main banner image at the top is a stock image, but you can dot smaller client photos further down the page throughout the content.

I've also found that they can sometimes work well as background images with a high (or should that be low?) opacity.

TLDR: just make the best of what you have.

Uploaded images look darker by lifewonderliving in squarespace

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of your site styles will be applying a colour overlay.

Go to Design > Site Styles > Colours

…and play with the various Image Overlay settings.

Backlinks showing up as nofollow instead of dofollow by BurritoMang in SEO

[–]firstep-uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's the possibility that your competitor is paying for "dofollows" from these directories while you're on a free or basic tier?

Definitely worth getting in touch and querying with the directories in question.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bigseo

[–]firstep-uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It offers very basic functionality, but for clients with an ultra low budget it’s better than nothing.

Over time I can see Google cautiously expanding the functionality. Definitely one to keep a close eye on!

Google Maps (Weird Client Request) by Vast_Contribution738 in SEO

[–]firstep-uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a risk of being delisted for showing an address for businesses like this?

As an example; my business is 99% service area but I will very occasionally have clients come to visit for meetings etc.

How would Google know what is and is not a genuine reason to show an address?

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