Circle Day Review, the Square Design Summit, Change Background on Scroll

Hey friend,

Squarespace’s Circle Day was two weeks ago now, and I’ve got a few thoughts. Quick note up top, I love em-dashes and refuse to allow chatty-g to tarnish their good name. So I won’t quit them, even if you think this was written by AI.

Circle Day 2025

Historically, Circle Day has felt like a Squarespace-infomercial. I enjoyed going, since it’s been beneficial to meet other designers and hang out with my friends in-person, but the content of the event felt much more geared towards selling Squarespace than what I needed — insight into where Squarespace is headed, and facilitated personal conversations with professional Squarespace users, not the DIY crowd.

This year was different. Squarespace spoke to pro users in a way that made me excited about the future. Guillermo and Peter’s excitement about the Finish Layer tools was infectious, the crowds cheers were audible. Jeff presenting about Extensibility & Expanded API’s felt like the kind of conversation that a serious company has with it’s power users.

Furthermore, the in-person small group discussions allowed for structured mingling — a very important piece of any conference. Online session were also full of great presentations, from Marya talking about her very relatable relationship with finances to Henry talking about how to optimize your site for AI. I was the morning emcee and the chat was overwhelmingly positive.

Any complaints I had are around the edges:

The food was a bit frou-frou-y (crunchy tuna tostada’s are hard to eat while having a conversation)
9am - 5pm is a long day for a conference, would love 2 shorter days
The Circle Team doesn’t get paid enough
NYC is crazy expensive time of year (Also stop putting Circle Day on Ren’s birthday please, it’s too much planning for this simple man)

But the core of what this day is about — who they were talking to (professional designers) and the content they shared — was 10/10. This makes me really excited about the future of the platform.

Keep building,
Will

Square Design Summit

The Square Design Summit is a free 3-day event (October 15–17) designed specifically for Squarespace designers. I’ll be presenting on Building a Plugin Business, and I can’t wait to share the stories of my business with you. But there are so many amazing speakers. Here’s the quick breakdown:

The Summit runs October 15–17th
Each day focuses on one area of your business: design skills, business (systems, scaling, etc.), and marketing
You’ll hear from 30 amazing speakers (including me 👋)
There’s a pop-up Facebook group where you can connect, ask questions, and share takeaways
It’s completely free to attend!

If you want to go deeper, you’ll also have the option to upgrade to the All-Access Pass, which includes lifetime access to all presentations plus $1,000+ in bonus courses, templates, and tools from the speakers. Lots of cool stuff in there.

Change Background on Scroll Plugin

Fade between the different backgrounds of your page as you scroll. Works with background colors, videos, or images. Choose to transition the entire page or just a few sections.

This is a plugin update, so it’s free for all current owners. But it’s a big under-the-hood update that allows for better performance and better integration with other code snippets, like my Footer Reveal code from the membership.

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A Slack Community for you to engage with other Squarespace Designers
Priority Support on plugins and tutorials

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