I've been using it for the last couple of weeks. Overall I 'm happy with it. Have come across MANY glitches that I'm hoping will be fixed soon. Thanks for the overview.
Great video. Thank you so much. I can't for the life of me figure out why Squarespace would roll out Fluid Engine to their million(s) of subscribers with so many bugs. The SEO thing, killing the intuitive mobile design that used to exist, I've also had the glitches where the software would freeze and crash....then all my new work would be lost. Ss did nothing like your great video which explains everything. There's literally no info on their site about how Ss works. No bug log....nothing. They just let all their users flop around like fish out of water. This demonstrates to me they really don't care about the end users and subscribers. It's simply a poor rollout. Do you think that they will fix the mobile issue with Fluid Engine or do you think they'll leave it as is?
What.A.Train.Wreck. I am taking your advice and holding off on making any changes to my two 7.1 sites (one was designed by you). I think the world is about to revert back to 1990-style HTML "designs" again making hodge-podge decisions on how to design their sites. I'm bummed out by SS's decision to NOT allow people to just maintain 7.1 sites with the old content editor.
I really hope they let us keep the classic editor so we can choose section by section which editor we want to use. I think that's the best of both worlds and allows so much flexibility while still having the option to use Squarespace's original layouts.
@@LocalCreative For sure, we really need BOTH. ...I really hope they reconsider moving forward as planned and force-implement FE at the end of the year. While CE has some limitations, it also renders consistent, stable, elegant, MOBILE FRIENDLY and user friendly design. FE would be a great *addition* not a prepacement.
I've tried this Fluid Engine editor. It was better than the classic editor IN MY OPINION 😉😉. But sometimes there were glitches. Hope Squarespace take note of this issues. Overall, I like it 😊😊
Yes! I see tons of potential. I personally hope we don't lose the classic editor anytime soon. I love having the option to use both section by section.
Good synopsis! Squarespace really didn’t do much to explain this major shift to their editing feature. It changed what so many of us liked about SS - the simplicity of building a site and getting back to your business. Fluid Engine does give you more flexibility, but it creates so much more work to get there. I don’t want to be a web developer or designer. I want to build my business and create beautiful websites quickly and efficiently. I’m so disappointed that they didn’t leave the classic editor as an option. And then they raised prices! I’ve loved using SS since 2010, but now I’m rethinking it…
I know a lot of people are frustrated, but thankfully you can still access Classic Editor, at least for now! When you go to add a new section to a page, scroll down to the bottom of the list of section types and you'll seen an option to add Classic Editor sections.
What are your thoughts about Fluid Engine? Share them here in the comments... Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it and don't forget to "subscribe" so you don't miss any videos I put out in the future :)
Glad to hear you've had a chance to use it and you're loving it so far! I can't wait to see what people are building with Fluid Engine now that it's live for everyone.
Re: the accessibility issue mentioned in the video regarding block order and screen readers, Squarespace uses the mobile block order as mobile gives the most logical representation of each element's order in the section. So this isn't a problem in FE!
Thanks for sharing, I'm curios if this will beat ShowIT in term of acceptability? or is Showit still better? Curious to know about the SEO Feature, if I use a ready template what would google read first!?
Hi Galen, Really love your content! I am putting together a site using fluid engine for the first time. I am noticing that within a section when I populate all of my content for the section and then make an edit, in this case remove a paragraph at the top of the section it leaves a gap. Am I missing something or do you have to bring all the content up manually? Thanks!
Great question! Yes you would have to move everything up, but you can select everything by drawing a box around it so you can move everything up at once. Hope that helps!
Mmm. A lot of web platforms seem to be trying to emulate WebFlow. I have Squarespace already but it's frustrating, limited, and I can't organize files the way I want to. I'm just going to switch to WebFlow.
Greetings! So a bit more than a year has passed. How is the bugginess these days? I'm hesitant because I have quite a bit of CSS, but it looks like Fluid Engine would make those 7.1 tweaks unnecessary.
@@LocalCreative I went ahead and did it a couple weeks back. Not much tweaking needed at all--except to make it look better, something I didn't have the freedom to do before!
its terrible, I cant seem to get any format to stay the way it looks in the editor. When I click save it throws everything off from where it was supposed to be.
I think for me Fluid is a hard "no thanks" ... I'm looking for simplicity - ie I want to upload photos and have them look good ... no overlapping panels , no slabs of text , no amazing different design elements - just a place I can curate a gallery of shots easily in minutes - I barely want to learn the 7.1 design tools and I think Squarespace will be shocked by how few of the 'Classic' user base switches to the new tools
You can definitely still add galleries just like in the old version of Squarespace. Fluid Engine is pretty simple once you get the hang of it. It's definitely not for everyone though so I totally get it.
I've been using it for the last couple of weeks. Overall I 'm happy with it. Have come across MANY glitches that I'm hoping will be fixed soon. Thanks for the overview.
Glad to hear it! I've heard mixed things but personally I'm excited about the potential once they get the bugs worked out. :)
Great video. Thank you so much. I can't for the life of me figure out why Squarespace would roll out Fluid Engine to their million(s) of subscribers with so many bugs. The SEO thing, killing the intuitive mobile design that used to exist, I've also had the glitches where the software would freeze and crash....then all my new work would be lost. Ss did nothing like your great video which explains everything. There's literally no info on their site about how Ss works. No bug log....nothing. They just let all their users flop around like fish out of water. This demonstrates to me they really don't care about the end users and subscribers. It's simply a poor rollout. Do you think that they will fix the mobile issue with Fluid Engine or do you think they'll leave it as is?
No answer?
What.A.Train.Wreck. I am taking your advice and holding off on making any changes to my two 7.1 sites (one was designed by you). I think the world is about to revert back to 1990-style HTML "designs" again making hodge-podge decisions on how to design their sites. I'm bummed out by SS's decision to NOT allow people to just maintain 7.1 sites with the old content editor.
I really hope they let us keep the classic editor so we can choose section by section which editor we want to use. I think that's the best of both worlds and allows so much flexibility while still having the option to use Squarespace's original layouts.
@@LocalCreative For sure, we really need BOTH. ...I really hope they reconsider moving forward as planned and force-implement FE at the end of the year. While CE has some limitations, it also renders consistent, stable, elegant, MOBILE FRIENDLY and user friendly design. FE would be a great *addition* not a prepacement.
I've tried this Fluid Engine editor. It was better than the classic editor IN MY OPINION 😉😉. But sometimes there were glitches.
Hope Squarespace take note of this issues. Overall, I like it 😊😊
Yes! I see tons of potential. I personally hope we don't lose the classic editor anytime soon. I love having the option to use both section by section.
Good synopsis! Squarespace really didn’t do much to explain this major shift to their editing feature. It changed what so many of us liked about SS - the simplicity of building a site and getting back to your business. Fluid Engine does give you more flexibility, but it creates so much more work to get there. I don’t want to be a web developer or designer. I want to build my business and create beautiful websites quickly and efficiently. I’m so disappointed that they didn’t leave the classic editor as an option. And then they raised prices! I’ve loved using SS since 2010, but now I’m rethinking it…
I know a lot of people are frustrated, but thankfully you can still access Classic Editor, at least for now! When you go to add a new section to a page, scroll down to the bottom of the list of section types and you'll seen an option to add Classic Editor sections.
I absolutely love the new editor. I am currently migrating my site over and I love all of the creative options we have now!
Glad to hear you're enjoying it! Fluid Engine really does add SO much flexibility.
What are your thoughts about Fluid Engine? Share them here in the comments...
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Loving the new Fluid engine, really gives me the look I love.
Glad to hear you've had a chance to use it and you're loving it so far! I can't wait to see what people are building with Fluid Engine now that it's live for everyone.
Excellent information. Thank you!!!
You're so welcome!!
Thanks, really useful tips, especially about the SEO page order stuff, wasn’t aware of that!
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Very helpful video! Sadly, my experience with Fluid Engine has been so much less than I hoped for.
It definitely takes some getting used to! I hope they keep the classic editor around indefinitely.
Re: the accessibility issue mentioned in the video regarding block order and screen readers, Squarespace uses the mobile block order as mobile gives the most logical representation of each element's order in the section. So this isn't a problem in FE!
Oh good to know! I will have to test this out. I know a lot is changing so I'll plan to make another fluid engine video soon.
Thanks for sharing, I'm curios if this will beat ShowIT in term of acceptability? or is Showit still better? Curious to know about the SEO Feature, if I use a ready template what would google read first!?
I will continue testing as the platform grows! I think it will still come down to personal preference in the end as they are both great platforms.
Hi Galen,
Really love your content! I am putting together a site using fluid engine for the first time. I am noticing that within a section when I populate all of my content for the section and then make an edit, in this case remove a paragraph at the top of the section it leaves a gap. Am I missing something or do you have to bring all the content up manually?
Thanks!
Great question! Yes you would have to move everything up, but you can select everything by drawing a box around it so you can move everything up at once. Hope that helps!
@@LocalCreative Excellent! i should have thought of that.
Mmm. A lot of web platforms seem to be trying to emulate WebFlow. I have Squarespace already but it's frustrating, limited, and I can't organize files the way I want to. I'm just going to switch to WebFlow.
Nice! It's important to find the platform that works best for you.
Greetings! So a bit more than a year has passed. How is the bugginess these days?
I'm hesitant because I have quite a bit of CSS, but it looks like Fluid Engine would make those 7.1 tweaks unnecessary.
Much less buggy! I am enjoying Fluid Engine a lot. I still use custom css as needed but don't need it quite as often.
@@LocalCreative I went ahead and did it a couple weeks back. Not much tweaking needed at all--except to make it look better, something I didn't have the freedom to do before!
@@nc5337 fantastic! Glad to hear it.
its terrible, I cant seem to get any format to stay the way it looks in the editor. When I click save it throws everything off from where it was supposed to be.
It's still a little buggy but I'm hoping there are more updates coming soon!
I think for me Fluid is a hard "no thanks" ... I'm looking for simplicity - ie I want to upload photos and have them look good ... no overlapping panels , no slabs of text , no amazing different design elements - just a place I can curate a gallery of shots easily in minutes - I barely want to learn the 7.1 design tools and I think Squarespace will be shocked by how few of the 'Classic' user base switches to the new tools
You can definitely still add galleries just like in the old version of Squarespace. Fluid Engine is pretty simple once you get the hang of it. It's definitely not for everyone though so I totally get it.
Super helpful! Thanks!
You're so welcome!!