Hey friend,
As the summer comes to a close and the school year picks up, you may have noticed an uptick in work. Which can create an uptick in your stress levels. At least, that’s the annual cycle that my business goes through.
What usually happens to me is that work picks up => then I start to get stressed because I’m not getting everything done => so I prioritize just knocking off my business to-dos before anything else => which means I’m eating unhealthy, not working out, and become more stressed.
So this is just your (and my) daily reminder to take a breath - a nice big one, in all the way, and out all the way. Drink some water. And remind yourself that you’re in charge of your day. Not your inbox, not your clients, not that silly little inner voice in your head telling you that you’re already behind before you’ve even opened your computer for the day. You and you alone are in charge of setting your goals and prioritizing your time to meet them.
Also, I’m excited to finally launch a new plugin, my Squarespace Popup Plugin. More on that below.
But first, a glass of water.
Keep Building,
Will
New Plugin: Popups
I’m excited about this plugin because I’ve been building and tweaking on this one for over a year now. I’m currently using it on my website and a few client sites and it’s finally in a form that can be added to any Squarespace website.
The plugin pulls in any other page on your website and puts it into a popup that can be triggered by any link. Here are couple things you can do with it:
Add a popup form from a link in your header
Autoplay a video as the popup opens
Pull in entire page sections (including list sections)
Add a popup anywhere!
Click on the link below to see some examples
Curious Coder Membership
We’ve been busy creating new customizations over here in the Curious Coder land. My favorite from the bunch below is the Summary Block Hover Up, it’s great for project portfolios or blog posts.
$15 / mo.
Unlimited use on client projects.
Cancel anytime.
Featured New Releases
Accordion Block Icons
Spice up your accordions with some icons. Mix and match with other code snippets to add this to your product details area.
Summary Block Hover Up
Reveal the excerpt of a summary block when a visiter hovers over the item. Works with any length of text.
Summary Block Reveal
Help visitors navigate your work more easily by keeping the focus on your title & description rather than images.
A Somewhat Useful Podcast
Christy and I released a new episode of Somewhat Useful, our somewhat useful podcast about digital entrepreneurship and web design.
Our newest episode, Networking as a Digital Entrepreneur & Circle Day, was recorded before Circle Day 2023, BUT we talk about our experience at Circle Day the year before and share our advice on how to network as a digital entrepreneur when you don't have co-workers.
Listen on Apple
Listen on Spotify
Listen online
Take a listen and I hope you enjoy :)
Plugin Updates
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