How to link hidden pages to your Squarespace website
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This is how to duplicate a project page and then link it to each project.
So if we go to our pages here, these are all the navigation the main navigations here, and they show, right? If you go down the not linked ones, they all work and they're live links, but they're hidden pages. So anything like the privacy policy, for instance, we've linked it, but we don't want it anymore on the website. We just want people to click the privacy policy when they need it.
Title your pages
First thing is first, do not title your projects numerically (e.g. Project 1). Give them a title that incorporates strong keywords and so improve the overall SEO of your website.
Change the URL Slug
Click the ‘cog’ icon next to your project page in the main navigation menu. It will open up a page with several edit options. Edit the URL slug to match or be similar to the navigation title.
Add the hidden link to the project image
Now we go back to the project page and we want the image to be clickable. So double click the image to bring up the edit pane and change it from ‘Link > None’ to ‘Link > On Image’.
Then select the gear icon to open up the link editor. Here you navigate to ‘Page’ and simply click in the ‘Page’ search bar to choose which hidden page you want to link to the image!
It’s worth noting that you should ensure ‘Open in new window’ is turned off as internal pages should show up within your website for a better user experience.
Amy Ilic
Squarespace Designer & Brand Conjuror
