Language and Region Settings Guide: Configure Your Squarespace Site's Global Options

Language and Region Settings Guide: Configure Your Squarespace Site's Global Options

By Michael Thompson

January 30, 2025 at 09:01 AM

Language settings determine how your site displays text, measurements, dates, and regional formats for visitors. Here's a comprehensive guide to configuring these settings:

Site Language Options

The site language affects embedded text and formatting. Currently supported languages include:

  • 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)

The selected language automatically sets date, time, and currency formats for your site.

Regional Configuration

Unit System:

  • Imperial
  • Metric Choose your measurement standard for product weights and dimensions.

Country Selection:

  • Select your country
  • US users can specify their state This affects address and phone field formats in forms.

Time Zone Settings:

  • Automatically set based on IP address
  • Can be manually adjusted via map or dropdown menu
  • Select the nearest city for precise timing

Multilingual Features

For multilingual audiences, use Weglot integration (version 7.1) to:

  • Add language selector
  • Translate site content
  • Maintain consistent formatting across languages

The language and region 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 your site displays information appropriately for your target audience while maintaining consistent formatting across all content.

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