2 Ways To Add Staff Members To Your Squarespace Website (7.0 & 7.1)

Whether you’re a therapist or a coach, the time may come to expand your business by adding more clinicians to your team. While this type of growth is exciting and worth celebrating, there are a lot of logistics to work out in order to shift your business from “solo” to “group.”

One of these logistical elements is your website. If you’ve built and grown your business as a solo practitioner, you may be wondering, “How do I turn my solo website into a group website?”

Some of my Squarespace template customers have asked, “I have a small group practice. Will one of your website templates work for me?”

In this article, I’ll be answering both of those questions by showing you two ways to add staff members to your Squarespace website, whether you’re using Squarespace 7.0 or 7.1.

The first way to go about adding clinicians to your website is by adding team members to your existing About page.

To do this, you’ll need to first collect staff bios and headshots from your team members. Keep the bios as succinct and client-focused as possible (remember, a website bio is not a cover letter).

Adding staff members to an existing About page (Squarespace 7.0)

If your website is built on Squarespace 7.0, the Brine family of templates allows you to stack pages on top of each other using “index pages.” Each of my 7.0 templates is created using the Brine family, and most if not all of the custom websites I’ve designed for therapists over the years use a template within the Brine family. So, if you have a 7.0 website designed by me, you’re set to proceed with the following steps:

1. Navigate to your Pages panel

2. Locate your About page

3. If your About page is an Index Page, add a section to the index

4. Rename the section to your team member’s name

5. Edit the page to add your staff member’s photo, bio, and to tweak the layout of the page. Click Save.

6. Drag & drop the finished page section to your desired location within the About page index, and you’re done!

7. Repeat as many times as needed.

Adding staff members to an existing About page (Squarespace 7.1)

If your website is built on Squarespace 7.1 (my Bridge template and Ignite template are both 7.1 websites), the process of adding a page section is slightly easier, because you can add sections right on the page editor. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to your About page

2. Click Edit

3. Decide where you’d like to add a new section, then click Add Section to insert a new section.

4. Add your staff member’s photo, bio, and tweak the layout of the page if needed.

5. Click Save.

Adding staff members to a new page (Squarespace 7.0)

Sometimes, it makes more sense to create an entirely new page for new staff members. For instance, if your coaching or therapy practice is named after you and/or your About page is already very *you* focused, then it might be best to create a distinct page for additional members of your team.

1. Navigate to your Pages panel

2. Scroll down to Not Linked

3. Add a new page

4. Title it whatever you want - I’ve used “Meet The Team” many times

5. Add your content and set the page layout

6. Click Save

7. Drag your new page to your Header Navigation OR add a link to the page in your Header and Footer navigation areas

Adding staff members to a new page (Squarespace 7.1)

If your website is a Squarespace 7.1 site, the process is basically the same:

1. Navigate to your Pages panel

2. Scroll down to Not Linked

3. Add a new page

4. Title it whatever you want - I’ve used “Meet The Team” many times

5. Add your content and set the page layout

6. Click Save

7. Drag your new page to your Main Navigation OR add a link to the page in your Header and Footer navigation areas

Watch this video for more specific instructions:

Adding new staff members to your Squarespace website is easy!

As long as your site has a solid foundation (my Squarespace templates for therapists and coaches can help with this) the process of adding team members to your site doesn’t require much extra work at all.

Before I wrap up, here are a couple of things to consider when making additions or changes like this to your website:

• Any time you add a new page or page sections, make sure they match the rest of your site (use similar layouts, font styles, and color schemes). Doing something different each time a new page is added will translate to a choppy and confusing website in the long run, which creates a poor user experience.

• Speaking of user experience, consider which option from this article will make the most sense for visitors. Make sure your website visitors’ experience is as smooth and streamlined as possible.

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