Create a Squarespace Multilingual Site Manually

Create a Squarespace Multilingual Site Manually

• Manually translate content for each page to create a multilingual site on older Squarespace versions

• Design a homepage linking to each language version with a drop-down menu for navigation

• Build separate dropdowns in the main navigation for each language

• Optimise your site's SEO to make translated content searchable

• Consider hiring a Squarespace Expert to improve site SEO

Building Your Multilingual Website

Setting Up Your Pages

1. Create your homepage and place it in the "Not linked" section so you can customise it later

2. Create two dropdown menus in your main navigation - each representing a different language, like English or Spanish

3. In the first dropdown, add pages for your first language. Start with a main landing page

4. For the second language, copy the structure of your first dropdown to keep things consistent

5. Go back to your homepage in the "Not linked" section. Edit this page to add navigation buttons or links that send users to the correct language sections

6. Finish designing and laying out your homepage

Getting Around the Site

• Keep pages under the "Not linked" section and link content directly on each page for custom navigation

• Create separate Squarespace sites for different languages with unique currencies or subdomains (though each site costs separately)

FAQs

Jargon Buster

• Squarespace: A platform that lets you create and manage websites easily without extensive coding knowledge

• Multilingual site: A website available in more than one language to reach a broader audience

• SEO (Search Engine Optimisation): Improving a website's visibility in search results

• Hreflang tags: Code snippets that tell search engines which language and region a specific page targets, improving SEO