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  • "Hey Sam, great piece.I use Squarespace to host my personal portfolio and have done for just over a year now, but I'm getting really tired of it as a platform. It's hideously restrictive and if you want to inject any code or embedded features it's phenomenally difficult to do without turning on Developer Mode and changing the template's code (which for someone like me who doesn't know code defeats the object of a WYSIWYG editor!)Like you say, the excess of websites online that are obviously built with Squarespace (they all have full width images, white space and are probably using Proxima Nova as a font!) has made it really hard to create a standout site with Squarespace.So I agree with you. Partly. I don't think the next step is for everyone to take time off work and do crash courses in coding, as there are some truly great WYSIWYG editors now available that teach people the basic structure of how websites are made up, without forcing them up the steep coding learning curve. Editors like Macaw Scarlet and Webflow allow us to add enticing interactions, smooth animation and reactive elements that make a site really come alive. You actually get a blank canvas to start with and drag-and-drop divs, containers etc where you want them, styling them as you go. Granted, these editors don't hold the limitless opportunities that can be unlocked by writing code yourself, but I love 'em.I am dead set on eventually building my own personal portfolio and ditching my Squarespace one. It just might not be built from the ground up with code!Ta,J"
    on: Is It Time To Ditch Drag-And-Drop And Finally Learn To Code?
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