Pixelhaze Academy Blog
B2R Office Wellbeing: 6:1 fasting madness
Calorie counting is not a new concept for me. For the past 15+ years I have struggled to keep my weight to a consistent level and have been weighing in at 1-2 stones heavier than my ‘optimum’. To give a little context, I was brought up on a working farm in Mid Wales, with 5 square meals a day…
The Squarespace Mobile App is now available on Android
The Squarespace app for Android beta is ending and version 1.0 will be launching the app to all users in the Google Play Store today. We have had the opportunity to work with the beta version of the app over the past few months and have been very happy with what we have seen.
Effortlessly design your brand with the Squarespace logo creator
Many small business owners who are new to Squarespace (and a fair number of existing Squarespace customers) many have missed the Squarespace logo designer.
The TextExpander giveaway competition has ended!
Thank you for all those who entered the TextExpander giveaway competition.
We hope to announce the results tomorrow (Friday, 19th July). Keep on top of future exclusive giveaway competitions from PixelHaze Academy by signing up to the mailing list (via the website footer).
#CoffeeClip003: Breaking down the key differences between bitmap and vector image formats
Are you new to graphic or web design and need to know when to use bitmap images over vectors (or vice versa)? For today's Coffee Clip, Elwyn Davies discusses the key differences between each file format.
CSS Rollover effects on Squarespace image blocks
Squarespace boasts a variety of tools to help designers construct beautiful webpages, but sometimes custom code is needed to make a webpage truly unique.
TextExpander giveaway competition is now open! 6 subscriptions to be won...
Happy Monday! To mark the beginning of July and the official launch of PixelHaze Academy, we are delighted to announce that we have partnered up with Smile Software to give away 6 copies of the fabulous productivity software, TextExpander (fully licensed for 12 months).
Google Chrome and Firefox Extensions for designers - A tool for every job
Browser extensions often prove to be considerable time savers for web designers, as they can energise your workflow and increase productivity. In this blog article, I have compiled a brief list of Google Chrome/Mozilla Firefox Extensions that have aided me in various aspects of the design process.
Fancy a free copy of TextExpander? We have 6 annual subscriptions to give away...
To coincide with the launch of PixelHaze Academy and to celebrate the beginning of our partnership with Smile Software, we are delighted to announce that we will be giving away 6 copies of TextExpander for our first giveaway competition.
Designer's block, it's okay to talk about it...
If you are reading this article after a Google search, there is a reasonable chance that you are in a tough place creative-wise at the moment.
Don’t panic! Here are some quick ideas that may help you out of that hole.
PixelHaze Academy teams up with Adobe to promote the Creative Cloud
After all these years of working with Adobe products, dating back to the early days of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator in the mid 1990’s, we can still recommend the Adobe CC as the pound-for-pound allrounder for designers and creatives.
Are you stuck in corporate stock photo hell? Emelia Clarke to the rescue..
Okay, this may not be the answer to all of your stock photo woes, however it should at least give you some light entertainment on a rainy Wednesday, especially if you are a fan of The Office.
Squarespace for SEO, your questions answered
Here are the most popular Squarespace SEO questions that clients and readers have asked us at PixelHaze Academy when looking to nudge their website higher up the Google rankings.
Squarespace Plugin Giveaway via SQSPthemes - well worth a look!
One of the top Squarespace developers and plugin creators is running a competition, ends next Monday! As a very happy, long term customer of SQSPTHEMES, we can certainly recommend that you head over and take part in their Squarespace Plugins giveaway competition.
JavaScript: automatically update the year in your footer
Forgetting to update trifling elements of a web page is something that I am guilty of, as I am sure a lot of you are as well. But worry not, as I have a very quick and easy trick to alleviate at least some of that aggravation!
Speed up your Squarespace website with this font replacer
Today we have a fantastic (and coincidentally a very quick) tip to help you to speed up your Squarespace website through the removal of unused fonts.
Free custom CSS animations and styles for Squarespace designers
If you are looking for free bespoke css to jazz up the appearance of your Squarespace website, then look no further. From button styling to loading animations and menu hover effects, CSSFX has got you covered.
Choosing a Squarespace template for your website
So you have planned for your website by creating a brief, sitemap and wireframes as part of our Squarespace online training course and are now ready to jump in and pick a template from Squarespace.com?
Is your Squarespace website loading slowly?
If you are having issues with slow loading web pages in Squarespace, there are number of steps we can help to improve the performance of your website.
Building your website with Squarespace - A 2019 Review
I have been building websites professionally for over 15 years and find Squarespace the ideal website builder to allow me to create websites for small businesses and local organisations.