Written by Susan Lane

Upgrading My Squarespace Blog Page

Following on from my last blog about the trials and triumphs of building ColourMine, this piece dives deeper into the tangled web of Squarespace setup. Written during the thick of it (and now reflecting from the calmer shores of hindsight), it captures the chaos, confusion, and occasional comedy of trying to make a website behave. If you’ve ever felt like your layout was plotting against you, or your internal links were playing hide-and-seek, this one’s for you.

This webpage building was proving to be 
Lots more difficult on occasions for me 
It was meant to be easy, just slot everything in 
But that’s not actually the case 
And several times 
I came close to throwing the whole computer 
In the bin 

I first learned WordPress 
Which is a whole different way 
To build everything, it wasn’t plug and play 
But this Squarespace 
It’s so different now you see and 
It’s definitely terrifyingly difficult for me 

No-one ever spoke of the things 
You needed to find 
Like all the different pages and internal links, 
I didn’t even know there were back links 
Elements and such like 

So much to learn and 
Thank goodness 
It doesn’t have to be 
Done in one night 
And that’s good for me 
Or I’d probably take flight 

With this new way of learning 
I was hoping to soon be 
Some kind of Squarespace whizz 
Such an exciting prospect for me 
It’s always good if its computer based 
I love that, especially if it’s at your own pace

I thought it would be like a lazy game
But it’s more like fighting a tornado with a flame
Just when you think you’re nearly done
Zoom you’re on the back foot
It’s not as easy as this should be
Or so it seems, 
But maybe it is for everyone, 
But me

Squarespace and ColourMine

So, this whole ColourMine building 
Has been exasperating for me 
But it started to come together 
It was lovely to see 
And I hope you’ve found it easier than me
I would have been glad of any tips 
That you could’ve told me 
But I don’t need it now
Because I’ve moved you see

I was trying to find a way 
For you to transverse ColourMine easily 
Even if that meant accepting help and advice 
From anyone more knowledgeable than me, 
I was even thanking in advance
For any help you could’ve given me, 
Because it wasn’t very easy
When there was only me and my ingenuity

So, thank you once again from ColourMine and me
We are extremely grateful and we’ll see
You on the next blog
Tata, goodbye and next time you’ll probably see 
Yet another facepalm blog moment from me . . . 

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ColourMine poetry, and the original photographs, are completely authentic to myself, Susan Lane – no AI, no plagiarism, all checked and verified by copyleaks

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