Let's be honest: building and managing a website can feel incredibly frustrating. You just want a clean layout to showcase your work, book your clients or share your passion. Instead, you get stuck staring at broken code blocks, complex scheduling menus and dry corporate forums.
That is why I built the DIY | Library.
Think of this as your digital workshop. For £4.99 a month, you get unlimited access to a growing collection of bite-sized, step-by-step guides, relaxed video walk-throughs, and copy-and-paste CSS hacks designed specifically for musicians, teachers, and independent creatives. No tech-agency fluff. Just clear, friendly help to get your site looking handcrafted and running smoothly so you can get back to what you actually love doing.
Grab your coffee and let's work on your site.
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Basics
The simple, non-scary essentials to keep your site running smoothly. Absolutely zero custom code required.
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Calendars & Booking
Setting up your booking and calendar systems to run like clockwork so you can finally stop playing endless email tennis.
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CSS & Custom Styling
Tiny, copy-and-paste styling tweaks to break free of stiff templates and coax some handcrafted character into your pages.
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SEO & Getting Found
Straightforward local digital signposting to ensure the right clients and students in your neighbourhood can easily discover your work.
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Email & Socials
Warm, direct lines of communication to grow your audience on your own terms without the content creation burnout.
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DIY | Library
CATEGORIES
TAGS
SELECT A TAG
- 1-way Calendar Sync
- Acuity
- Branding
- Calendar
- Contributor
- Copywriting
- Google Calendar
- Local Business
- Marketing
- Musicians Mini Site
- Outlook Exchange
- Outlook Office 365
- Outlook.com
- Permissions
- SEO
- Setting
- Setting up your Acuity Scheduling
- Setting up your Template
- Site Styles
- Step 1
- Step 2
- Step 3
- Sync
- Template
- Template Support
- Transfer Ownership
- accordion block
- appointment types
- background
- blog
- border
- button
- caption
- compress
- contacts
- corners
- demeter
- dividers
- edit
- email campaigns
- font
- gallery block
- hide
- hover
- iCloud
- image size
- justify
- lightbox
- lowercase
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How to Shrink Images for Your Website (Without Losing Quality)
Slow-loading pages are almost always caused by raw phone or camera photos sitting on your site. For the web, your images should ideally sit under 100KB and never cross 250KB.
In this quick tutorial and 60-second screen recording, I walk through how to scale dimensions, switch formats, and compress your files using free online tools.
The Musician's Mini-Site: Quick Start Launch Guide
Your step-by-step guide to going from a fresh template to a fully functioning, automated teaching website.
How to Optimise your Content for Local Search (SEO)
Get found on Google. A simple guide to "Digital Signposting" so local students can find your studio easily.
How to Customise your Site Styles, Colours and Fonts
Make the template your own. Learn how to change the global fonts and colours across your entire site in just a few clicks.
How To Accept a Site Transfer and Set Permissions
Just bought a template? This is step one. Learn how to accept your invitation, log in, and move your new website into your own Squarespace dashboard.
Setting Up ‘Sync With Other Calendars’
This tutorial walks you through connecting Acuity with your other calendars — like Google, Apple, or Outlook — so your availability stays up to date automatically.
How to Edit Existing Text
Need to make a quick change to your website text? This tutorial walks you through editing existing content directly in Squarespace — no tech skills needed.
How to Change the Order of Menu Items
This quick tutorial shows you how to drag and drop menu items in Squarespace to change the order of your site navigation — no code needed.
How To Remove a Page from Menu & Make It Unavailable
Need to take a page offline or remove it from your main menu? This tutorial shows you how to hide a page from navigation and make it private or inaccessible.
How To Add a Mailing List to your Squarespace Contacts
This tutorial shows you how to add a mailing list to your Squarespace site and make sure new signups are added to your contacts automatically.
Basic Scheduling Page Settings in Acuity
This tutorial walks you through the basic settings for your Acuity scheduling page — including how to set your page title, instructions, colours, and time zone.
Taking a Look at your Scheduling Page in Acuity
This tutorial helps you preview your Acuity scheduling page, check that it looks on-brand, and make sure your appointment types appear as they should.
Rescheduling an Appointment in Acuity
This tutorial shows you how to reschedule an appointment in Acuity. Useful for when clients request a different time or you need to shift things around.
Manually Cancelling an Appointment in Acuity
This tutorial walks you through manually cancelling an appointment in Acuity. You’ll also learn how to add a reason, notify the client, and free up your availability.
Manually Booking an Appointment
This tutorial shows you how to manually add appointments to your Acuity calendar. Great for when someone books via email or you need to squeeze in a last-minute session.
Blocking Off Time on your Calendar in Acuity
Need time for admin, holidays, or a breather between clients? This tutorial shows you how to block off time in your Acuity calendar — without changing your main availability.
Setting Up Calendar Availability: Set Hours for Specific Days in Acuity
This guide shows you how to set availability for specific days in Acuity. Perfect if your schedule changes week to week or you want to open extra booking slots.
Setting Up Calendar Availability: Regular Hours in Acuity
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to set up your regular weekly availability in Acuity. Choose the exact hours you want to offer appointments — and block out the rest.
Setting Scheduling Limits for a Specific Calendar in Acuity
This guide walks you through setting scheduling limits for a specific calendar in Acuity — perfect if you offer different services or work across locations.
Setting Up Global Scheduling Limits in Acuity
Take control of your calendar by setting global scheduling limits in Acuity. This tutorial shows you how to prevent overbooking and keep your week manageable.
