Understanding Squarespace Language and Regional Settings

Understanding Squarespace Language and Regional Settings

By Michael Turner

January 30, 2025 at 09:01 AM

Language settings determine how time, dates, measurements, and text appear on your site. These settings affect both visitors' experience and your administrative interface.

Site Language Options

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Danish (7.1 only)
  • Dutch (7.1 only)
  • Finnish (7.1 only)
  • Japanese (7.1 only)
  • Norwegian (7.1 only)
  • Swedish (7.1 only)

Language selection affects the format of:

  • Dates
  • Times
  • Currency displays
  • System text

Regional Settings

Measurement Standards:

  • Imperial
  • Metric (for product weights and dimensions)

Country Selection:

  • Determines address and phone field formats
  • U.S. users can specify state location
  • Affects form field layouts

Time Zone Configuration

  • Auto-sets based on IP address during site creation
  • Can be manually adjusted via map click or city selection
  • Affects scheduling and time-based features

Multilingual Features

  • Weglot integration available (version 7.1)
  • Enables multiple language support
  • Adds language selector to site
  • Allows content translation

All settings can be found in:

  • Version 7.1: Site Languages panel and Regional Settings panel
  • Version 7.0: Language and Region panel

These settings ensure consistent formatting across your site and improve user experience for your target audience.

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