Web Design Starter Kit Template

Save yourself time & start each custom website build with a foundation you’ve customized, that also cuts out the repetitive & monotonous admin work you do for each project. This template will make it faster to jump into design work.

 

Tasks you can skip, if using this template:

 ✅ create new website 
 ✅ give it a title 
 ✅ change the free/built-in domain 
 ✅ set Site Styles 
     ✅ add colors
     🚫 edit 10,000 settings in Color Themes 
     ✅ set fonts 
     🚫 set spacing 
     🚫 set site-wide Animations 
     ✅ Form settings 
🚫 create Template Style Guide page 
🚫 create Home page 
🚫 create About page 
🚫 Services page 
🚫 create Contact page 
🚫 create Blog page 
🚫 edit Blog page settings 
🚫 create draft post with new post checklist inside 
🚫 create Reviews page 
🚫 create Thank You page 
🚫 create Legal page layouts 
🚫 create Media Kit page 
🚫 create Link-in-Bio page

Peek Inside this starter kit:

FAQs 

What's inside this template?
PRE-SET SITE STYLES
I love v7.1’s Color Themes, but OMFG are there are a ton to adjust. If there are certain things you always want to set a specific way, like overlay colors in specific themes or in Classic Editor blocks, site spacing or animations, you can set this up once to be duplicate-able for future projects.

PRE-SET SETTINGS
Always want your SEO appearance set up a certain way, your AMP turned off in Blog Settings, or AI crawlers to be OFF but search indexing to be on? Things like this can be set inside this template, so you don’t have to pick these settings for every single project.

PRE-EXISTING PAGES
Always have the basic Home, About, Service, Contact, Blog, etc pages? Skip the process of adding them each time & create blanks with URLs & everything already set.

Go one step further & add your backend pages too, like the setup for the legalese, the ‘link in bio’ page, the Error 404, the basic style for accordion blocks on the FAQ page, or the form on the Contact page, –even the CSS & Code Injection you always start new websites with!

Template specifics:
✅ 17 PRE-EXISTING PAGES
All pages listed below are blank except where marked, and demo content has been removed. Hidden pages have SEO indexing turned OFF so search engines will not display them in search results. 👇🏼

Main Navigation:
• About
• Services
• Contact
• Blog

Not Linked or Hidden pages:
• Home
• FAQ
• folder for collection pages:
→ Portfolio / Case Studies collection
→ ‘Blog’ collection for CTA management
→ ‘Blog’ collection for Reviews / Testimonials
→ could add Events &/or Shop collection page
• folder for website settings & backend pages:
→ Private Resources (example only)
→ Media Kit (pre-designed basic layout)
→ ‘Portfolio’ collection page for website legal policies
→ Error 404 (pre-designed basic layout)
→ ‘Link in bio’ or Linktree page (pre-designed basic layout)
→ Thank you (pre-designed basic layout)
→ Template Style Guide (pre-designed basic layout)
→ sandbox

✅ PRE-INSTALLED BASIC CUSTOM CSS:
• Color Variables
• Scroll behavior
• Custom font install template
• Custom search block snippet
• System Search Results page customizations
• Styling the comment box elements on blog posts
• Header customizations

✅ PRE-SET WEBSITE SETTINGS
✅ CHECKLIST & VIDEOS FOR OTHER CUSTOMIZATIONS
✅ BONUS! Links to my favorite third-party plugins:
• add search icon to header
• add breadcrumb information to category & tag pages for blog collection
• Universal Filter customizations (buy your own license)
• custom lightboxes
• show related posts at bottom of blogs
• numbered pagination vs ‘older posts’ and ‘newer posts’ on blog pages
• animated count-up
• table of contents for blog posts
• automatic last updated date for blog posts
• simple filters for Portfolio collections
• and more!

This template is perfect for you if...
you design websites for clients on Squarespace
you’ve never considered templatizing your process before
you want to streamline the start of new custom projects
you hate the repetitive & monotonous tasks of creating new sites
you don’t have time or don’t want to do this yourself

This template is not right for you if...
you watched my YouTube video & prefer to DIY
you don’t need/want to start new sites from a template
you’re not designing websites for clients yet
you don’t use or want to use Squarespace to build sites
you don’t want to make your process more efficient

Can I use this template in my existing website?
No, for a few reasons:

Squarespace doesn’t have a built-in/native method for using a new template with an existing website, on their current version 7.1

This template is ONLY useful for web designers who intend to START new client website builds with this strategically set up ‘blank’ template, adding new content into it. The settings in Site Styles, the pre-structured extra pages, and pre-existing blank pages are what make starting new custom builds for clients a breeze with this template

If you already have content you want to keep, this template is not for you because it’d force you to either start over in a separate website, or use third-party designer-focused tools to move parts of this one over to your current site.

How quickly do I get my copy of the template?
Squarespace templates like mine are pre-built, then duplicated per customer, then an automation (ideally, otherwise it’s manual) sends you access to the unique invitation link for your copy.

I’ve been able to semi-automate the process but I do have to ‘stock the inventory,’ so to speak, in order for the automation to deliver your unique access link immediately after purchase (or within a few minutes).

If it’s ‘out of stock’ when you purchase and you don’t get that email with an hour, don’t worry! I’ll just have to restock, or manually send you the access link when I get back to my desk, within 1-2 business days.

Do I have to use Squarespace with this template?
If you want to be able to quickly copy this to your account, make some edits & start using it fast? Then yes; the easiest way to get started is to be a current designer & user of Squarespace.

That said, if you’re down with recreating this in whatever other website builder you use, that may be possible depending on the platform, and you’re welcome to use this template just for inspiration.

Does this template need to be on a paid plan to keep it?
Nope! This template includes tutorials that show you a couple options for how to keep this template in your account as a free trial only, for however long you need it.

Does this include page designs/layouts?
Not really. A few of the backend pages do have basic pre-existing layouts, but most of them will be blank with demo content removed.

That’s because, for me, the easiest way to build something truly customized to the client is to start each custom page design from scratch.

That said, you can choose to add in basic content layouts in your copy if you want!

How long do I have access to get it set up?
The template:
• For Squarespace Circle Members, free trials last up to 3-6 months depending on your Circle Member status, and can be renewed in a couple different ways (I'll show ya how).
• For non-Circle Members, free trials last two weeks, but can be extended by request.

The tutorials & checklists for how to customize & use this template don’t have a time limit for your access. You’ll have lifetime access to those & access to future updates to those materials in your student dashboard.

Will I have access to future updates?
Yes, –most definitely! When the template or accompanying guides are updated, you will be notified & will get free access to whatever changes are added, even if the template price increases.

Future updates to the website template itself will NOT be transferrable to your copy though; you’ll need to make a copy of the new version & customize it again, or recreate the new updates in your existing copy.

Can I get a refund?
Due to the nature of digital products with immediate access, there are no refunds for this template because it's not possible for you to "return" a digitally delivered copy of the template for a refund once you've been granted access. #sorrynotsorry

If you're not sure if this template is right for you, make sure you watch the videos above where you can get a sneak peek of what it's like inside, how to use it, and read all of these FAQs if you haven’t already.

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