Invite a contributor to your Squarespace site
At some point you may want to give someone access to your Squarespace site. For example, if you’re working with me, I’ll most likely ask you to add me as an Administrator. Inviting a contributor is better than giving out your personal login details for a number of reasons, the main ones being no need to give out your password, and when you’ve finished working together you can remove them quickly and easily.
Permissions
You can set different permissions for contributors:
- Owner
- Administrator
- Billing
- Website editor
- Analytics
- Comment moderators
- Store manager
- Email Campaigns editor
- Viewer
- Scheduling administrator
- Scheduling view & edit
- Scheduling view only
More info here: Squarespace permissions explained
Inviting a Contributor
To invite a contributor, you must be an Owner or Administrator of the site. Once logged in to your Squarespace site:
- Click on the Settings cog icon in the bottom right corner of the sidebar
- Click on Permissions & Ownership
- Click on Permissions & Ownership
- Click the INVITE CONTRIBUTOR button
- Enter the name and email of your Contributor
- Select the appropriate permissions
- Click the INVITE button
Let your contributor know they will receive the following Contributor Invitation from Squarespace (make sure they check their Junk mailbox too!):
Edit Contributor Settings
Once the invitation has been sent, you will see their details on the Permissions page:
At any time (even before they have accepted the invitation) you can click on their name in the Contributors list and:
- Update their permissions by turning toggles on/off
- Copy the invitation link and send it to them manually (this is useful if your contributor didn’t receive their invitation):
- Cancel their invitation by clicking the three dots next to their name (before they’ve accepted the invitation):
- Remove permissions, and/or remove them altogether by clicking the three dots next to their name (after they’ve accepted the invitation):
