Embedding a forum into your Squarespace website
Embedding a forum into your Squarespace website is easy with Website Toolbox.
This quick tutorial video can guide you through the process:
Alternatively, you can follow these step-by-step instructions:
- Visit Squarespace.com
- Log in to your Squarespace account.
- Select the site you want to edit.
- Click Pages.
- Click + icon under the Main Navigation tab.
- Select Blank Page.
- For Page Title, enter Forum and wait for the page to reload.
- Click Edit.
- Click Add Section button that appears on the page.
- Click Add a blank section under Add a Section.
- Click + Add Block.
- Select the Code option from the drop-down.
- Click Edit icon.
- Sign up at Website Toolbox to create your forum or log in to your existing Website Toolbox account.
- Click Integrate
- Click Embed
- If a Create A Subdomain First button appears, click it to connect your forum to your website domain so that it remains embedded when accessed from the Safari browser or click Skip to come back to this step later.
- Copy your forum embed code and paste it into the text box on Squarespace.
- If you come across the error message Script disabled, please ignore it.
- Adjust the width of the block to full screen.
- Click Save.
- Click Exit.
- Right-click on the new Forum link in your website's navigation to copy the URL/link.
- Go back to the Website Toolbox Integrate -> Embed section and paste the link you copied into the Where is the forum embedded? text box.
- Congratulations! Your forum is now seamlessly embedded into your Squarespace website!
You can also use these instructions or these instructions from Squarespace's help section.
Single Sign On
If your website is integrated with MembershipWorks, they offer built-in Single Sign-On integration with Website Toolbox. You can contact them for assistance with setting it up.
If you are using a different membership provider with Squarespace, please select Squarespace as your Website Builder in the Single Sign On settings to set up Single Sign On between your Squarespace website and your forum.
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