How to Password Protect a Single Page in Squarespace
Did you know you can not only password protect your entire Squarespace website, but individual pages too?
Password protecting your entire site is great if you’re starting your site or doing a big overhaul, but most of the time we want people to be able to access our websites. So, if we just have one page that needs the password, it’s a good idea to limit it only to that page.
Why Password Protect a Single Page?
When you work on a blog page in Squarespace you can put your post into draft mode, meaning that they aren’t published to your website. Unfortunately, there’s no draft mode for regular pages.
So, I generally password protect a page when I’m working on a new page for an existing website. That way I don’t have to worry that anyone is going to land on a messy, unfinished page and Google won’t index the page until it’s done.
Other ways to use a password protected page include:
Resources for your clients (like tutorials or project calendars)
A freebie page for your subscribers
Intake forms or other special forms
Proofs or other content that needs to be looked at by others
How to Password Protect One Page in Squarespace
The process to password protect a single page in Squarespace is the same in 7.0 and 7.1
From the Home Menu click Website (click Pages in Squarespace 7.0)
Hover over the page that you want to password protect and click on the cog icon
In the Page Settings > General Tab - add your password
Save
And you’re password protected. You’ll see a tiny little lock icon next to your page name in the menu.
*Important notes about passwords:
Passwords are case sensitive
Passwords cannot be over 30 characters
You cannot create more than one password for the same page (try membership pages for this)
Passwords appear as a series of dots ●●●●●●●● and this series may appear larger than your password
You can have both a site password and page passwords
Style your Lock Screen
Now you’ll want to style the Lock Screen Page. This is the page where people enter the password in order to access your protected page.
From the Home Menu click Website (click Pages in Squarespace 7.0)
Scroll down past the pages of your website and click on System Pages
Click Lock Screen
You will now see your current lock screen on the right of the page, with a menu on the left. The lock screen will change as you choose different options from the menu for your screen.
CHANGE LAYOUT
Click on the Change Layout image to choose a different layout for your lock screen.
BRANDING & TEXT
In Branding & Text you can add your logo, headline and body text to your lock screen. You can also decide whether or not you want to have the lock icon showing.
MEDIA
In Media, you can add a background image or video to your lock screen. You can also add multiple images to create a slideshow background.
STYLES
Click on Styles to customize the font styles and colours, lock icon styles, as well as the background colour and image overlay. You can also change the style of your password box.
Remove the Password Protection from Your Page
When you’re ready to lift the password protection simply go back to the Page Settings and delete the password. Click Save.
The lock icon next to the page name will disappear!
