Do You Need a Web Developer to Create a Squarespace Site?
You do not need a web developer to create a Squarespace site. Squarespace is a web builder platform that allows even beginners to create beautiful, functional websites without the help of a developer.
What is a Web Developer?
A web developer is someone who builds and maintains the core structure of a website - the core structure being HTML, CSS, JavaScript or sometimes PHP. They deal with the code backend of web sites.
Since Squarespace is a web builder platform, it (Squarespace) has already handled building out the core structure of the website, so all you have to do is click a button to add a the pre-built blocks to your website, no coding required. For more detail about how this works, you might enjoy my article Do You Need Coding Skills for Squarespace? where I explain the 2 main ways you can build a Squarespace website with no code.
How to Know If You Need a Web Developer
If you want your site to do something that is not offered in the native platform, you might consider hiring a developer to do the job. Squarespace even has a community of developers that specialize in the Squarespace platform.
Before you go the developer route, Squarespace has a large collection of free and paid third-party plugins and extensions that might solve your problems. They range anywhere from small CSS tweaks to make your site look better to advanced code snippets with CSS and JavaScript that do a lot of different things (eCommerce filtering, mega menus, FAQ sections, advanced accordion blocks, lightboxes/popups, etc.). Plugins can allows you to customize your site without having to hire a web developer if you can find a plugin that solves your issue.
Web Developers vs. Web Designers
A web designer is different than a developer. Whereas a developer works with the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or PHP behind a website, web designers are graphic artists who design the layout, usability, and visual appearance of a website.
