switch to new editor interface

[Flenders5432]

Hi

how do I switch from the classic Weebly editor to the new square editor?

I am looking after two websites (one using the old, one the new interface), and would like to have them all using the same interface.

Thanks a lot

best regards

Felix

[NJRFTF]

@Flenders5432 

Take a look here - https://community.weebly.com/t5/eCommerce/Merge-your-Weebly-account-with-Square-Now-Testing/m-p/2120... 

[Flenders5432]

cheers - does that mean that I'll have access to the new editor as soon as my weebly account is merged with square?

how will this affect my domain (hosted via weebly) and my existing website?

[PaulMathews]

@Flenders5432 Any sites in your account that were built using the Weebly site editor will remain editable with that editor (because they are Weebly sites not Square e-commerces sites). After you merge your Weebly account with Square, you will only be able to create Square e-commerce sites in your account. You will no longer be able to create a new Weebly (non-e-commerce site).

Just to clear up any confusion, the Square Site Editor is NOT the "new" replacement editor for the Weebly Site Editor. And the term "classic editor" to describe the Weebly Site Editor is a gross misnomer. Square websites are e-commerce websites. Weebly websites are for everything else. The two site editors are separate and distinct. One is not the successor to the other. If you intend to only build e-commerce sites going forward then merge your Weebly account with Square. If that's not what you intended then don't merge your account. See this reponse from a Square rep in the post thread mentioned by @NJRFTF:

https://community.weebly.com/t5/eCommerce/Merge-your-Weebly-account-with-Square-Now-Testing/m-p/2122...

The rep incorrectly describes Weebly sites as "classic sites." They are simply Weebly sites not Square sites. Again, one is for e-commerce, the other for everything else. The Square Site Editor is quite different and, in a number of areas, considerably less fully-featured than the Weebly Site Editor.

[Adam7]

Thanks for linking the post, @PaulMathews - I updated that one and one other one to remove the word "classic" since it's not accurate.

[NJRFTF]

@Flenders5432 

https://www.sellercommunity.com/t5/Square-Online-Discussion/bd-p/Square-Online-Store-Discussion 

[NJRFTF]

@Flenders5432 @PaulMathews 

This is perhaps the best current description - https://www.weebly.com/app/help/us/en/topics/weebly-and-square-faq 

[PaulMathews]

@NJRFTF Thanks for this. This unfortunately shows you that the Square/Weebly integration is confusing at best. This descriptive page is silent about what happens when you want to build a new website in your (merged) account. In the original discussion thread, the Square rep pretty clearly indicates that, once an account is merged, that account will only be able to build Square websites not Weebly sites (in Square sites, there's no blog, no access to all the Weebly individual page elements, no access to structural page html or site css, and no access to the app center or some similar plugins center for enhanced functionality).

This potentially looks like Square wants to go down a similar path to Squarespace when they moved from version 7.0 to 7.1. Version 7.0 had the library of themes that Squarespace became quite popular for. Version 7.1 changed site building to a lego building block approach where you construct each page using pre-built sections. That's fine so long as you still have access to all your page elements, can make custom page/site updates via css and structural html, and can enhance functionality via some form of plugins center. Weebly can do this section building block approach right now in addition to free-form addition of single page elements. Square? Hmmm.