Design the initial wireframe in Squarespace and not in other design apps

I always design my websites in Squarespace from the beginning. This means that everything can work within the system and saves time and money. I’ve had clients who have wireframed websites in other design apps which ultimately don’t work and involve alot of extra costs for the client. It’s easy to wireframe directly in the system quickly with lorem ipsum and image placeholders. At the end of the day I have been working with Squarespace for over 13 years and I have found this is the most efficient and cost effective way to send a client a draft that they can navigate and we both know will work. Then we can discuss and build and design from that starting point.

I will usually sketch out a rough layout of the website on paper. This will help me get a sense of where different elements should go and how they should be organized. But then I will just go straight into the CMS and start designing and building to then have a discussion.

I ultimately think this is the best way to design and build a website as we then don’t need to jump any hurdles.

Squarespace is a design tool like anything else.