Jennifer Konig! As the lucky winner, she received a website makeover (courtesy of our very own designer extraordinaire Krystyn Heide) and a free Squarespace account. Jennifer was nominated by her pal Jodi who
said:

“My friend Jennifer could definitely use this! She recently quit her corporate gig and is looking to pursue photography full time. She has a web address, but it just links back to her (amazing) portfolio on
flickr. It would be wonderful if you would consider giving it to her as she is an amazing photographer and fantastic person!!”

After viewing her new website, Jennifer candidly remarked “Holy crap it’s gorgeous!!! You ROCK!” Need we say more? The experience proved to be educational as well; as Jennifer uploaded new work on her site, she became more familiar with Squarespace’s formatting options and found that “the admin UI is really, really intuitive”.

Jennifer, you ROCK! We’re thrilled that you loved your new site. Enjoy!

You can view Jennifer’s stunning art on her stunning new site at
www.jenniferkonig.com.

The last few months have been frantic around here, but in a good way. Like a kind of Frappuccino- sugary-caffeine-induced-frantic. You love it, you’re getting a lot done, and it tastes like a little slice of heaven. ;)

We’re in the final stages of a new Squarespace release that is so huge it almost feels like we’re launching an entirely new product. To make another Starbucks reference, it’s like when you’ve been addicted to Caramel Frappuccinos for years, and then they come out with one that is calorie free. And it tastes better. With chocolate chips even.

It’s that good.

We promise previews as we get closer to our launch date, which will be in about a month.

Thanks for being a Squarespacer, and inspiring us to continually improve your web experience!

It is with much excitement indeed that we would like to announce a new and sparkling addition to our team here at Squarespace…(drumroll please)…meet Tyler Thompson, our new Creative Director! Some of you may already be familiar with Tyler’s work, as he is no stranger to Squarespace. In fact he’s been a member since 2003 and has designed over 50 sites on Squarespace. From experimenting with graffiti art in the Northwest to fine arts school to package design, Tyler has been immersed in the design world on a variety of levels, and his impeccable aesthetic has won him multiple awards and international recognition. After admiring his web designs over the years, we realized what an awesome addition to our team Tyler & his mad skills would make. Fortunately, Tyler agreed (whew!)

You can view his most recent work on the sqcommunity.squarespace.com site we just launched, check it out! We are absolutely thrilled to have Tyler on board, and you can expect to see some seriously awe-inspiring work emanating from Mr. Thompson’s direction in the near future.

Cheers,

The Squarespace Team

We are officially launching the Squarespace Developers Community! With this site we hope to bring together the hundreds of developers who use squarespace as their main CMS platform. The gathering of minds almost always stimulates growth, and we hope it will do the same for us.

Our goals for this community site is simple, push development and share ideas. What is it that you really want to see in the next Squarespace upgrade, what feature do you really think would make Squarespace unstoppable? All these questions and ideas can now be spoken in one place with many ears to fall upon. Bringing together the developer community is one more piece of the puzzle that will help the Squarespace platform continue to grow.

We are hoping everyone will stop by the site and share their input. Meet other developers, learn from others work, and join in the open conversations. This is an ongoing project that will continue to grow and evolve, please feel free to offer any suggestions or ideas for ways to improve the community.

Click here to visit the Developer Community »

With Microsoft on the verge of releasing Internet Explorer 8, and the fact that we still see support tickets from people using Internet Explorer 6, I thought it might be a good time to talk about browsers and why you should ensure you’re using the most current version of yours.

Using older browsers can be dangerous to the security of your computer. Vulnerabilities are constantly found in older browsing platforms that could allow malicious websites to run programs on your machine. Also, newer browsers better support Web Standards, which means that most websites you visit will work properly, and look better, because it can read code written for the web as a whole, instead of requiring code to be written specifically for it’s idiosyncrasies and bugs.

You’ll have a much happier internet experience with the latest version of your favorite browser. You can find the newest version of your favorite here:

• Firefox is my browser of choice for both Mac and PC platforms.
• Safari is an excellent browser, and is also compatible with both Mac and PC platforms.
• Internet Explorer 7 is for Windows only. It’s the most secure version of Internet Explorer to date. (Note: If you haven’t recently, you’ll want to run Automatic Update to be sure you have not only the latest version of IE7, but proper security and utility patches for Windows as well.)
• Opera is a multi-platform product for a wide range of operating systems and embedded Internet products.