Import from Squarespace
Move finished photographs from Squarespace into ISO100 without publishing them immediately. Review the photos, edit any details, then import.
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Prepare your Squarespace export
Use your local original photographs where possible. To recover images from Squarespace, download them individually from the Asset library.
A saved preview may be a web rendition, such as WebP, even when the uploaded file was a JPEG. Check the downloaded format and dimensions; keep your original files when you need the original quality.
- Open the Asset library
In Squarespace, open the Assets panel and find the photograph you need.
- Save the image
Hover over the image, open the three-dot menu, and choose File Details. When the preview loads, right-click the image and save it to your computer. Repeat for each photograph; the Asset library does not offer a bulk image download.
- Prepare the photo files
Place the saved images or your local originals in folders named for your ISO100 galleries. Check their dimensions and quality. A site-content export is not a photo ZIP to upload to ISO100.
Prepare the files for ISO100
Choose a folder containing your saved photographs. The combined files and folder archive must fit the 250 MB import limit.
ISO100 reads supported metadata and gallery folders. Web renditions may not contain the titles, captions, or order from your site, so check these during review.
- Keep the downloaded files
Keep an unchanged backup of each image you save. Squarespace’s site-content XML export is not an image archive.
- Use a folder for loose photos
If the provider gives you individual files, choose the folder containing those files. You can use one subfolder per intended gallery, or assign the photos to galleries during review.
- Check the review
Review the photos, gallery names, captions, dates, and order. If a warning says files or export parts are missing, check your downloads and start a new import with the complete set. Do not confirm both copies of the same import.
- Choose finished image files
For local originals, export RAW edits as finished JPEGs in sRGB. Check Studio’s supported file types and limits. Website XML exports, videos, and metadata files alone are not photographs.
Preview the migration
Photographs and folder structure can move. Squarespace blocks, templates, commerce records, blog layout, and site styling do not transfer.
Studio shows proposed gallery names, selected photographs, storage use, unsupported files, and plan limits before it prepares any ISO100 content.
- Rename galleries or uncheck their photos before importing.
- Deselect files that do not belong in the portfolio.
- Check image quality before importing; a small web copy cannot recover the detail of your original.
Review and import photos
- Open the importer
In Studio, open Photos, open More, then select Import portfolio. An empty library shows Import portfolio directly.
- Choose Squarespace
Choose Squarespace, then choose the folder containing your saved photo files.
- Review and import
Uncheck photos you do not want. Open a photo to edit its details, or choose Import photos without editing. Selected galleries are created with Public visibility but remain unpublished. To keep a gallery private when you later publish your portfolio, open Gallery details and set its visibility to Draft.
- Check before publishing
Review processing, crops, titles, captions, alt text, and gallery order. Publishing remains a separate action.
What remains at the source
ISO100 does not delete or modify the source account. Themes, custom pages, commerce, comments, followers, passwords, client activity, and domain settings are outside the photo migration.
Open Studio to make the change.
Still need help? Contact support and tell us what you expected and what happened.