Internal · Quick Guide

How to Update Your Portal Pages

Simple steps for keeping everything current.

Use this guide to update any internal page in The Reservoir — Board Packet, Grants, Communications, Programs, Meetings, or Policies. The process is the same every time.

Step 1 · Open the Correct Page
  1. Log into Squarespace and go to Pages.
  2. Scroll to your Internal / Not Linked section.
  3. Click on the page you want to update (for example: Grants & Funding Center).
  4. Click the EDIT button at the top of the screen.
Step 2 · Open the Code Block
  1. On the page, hover your mouse until you see the Code Block area (grey box).
  2. Click the pencil icon or Edit on that block.
  3. A window will open showing the HTML code we added earlier.
Step 3 · Update Text (Titles, Paragraphs, Lists)

Only change the words between the tags, not the tags themselves.

  • Example title:
    <h1 class="int-title">Grants & Funding Center</h1>
    You can change it to:
    <h1 class="int-title">Funding Portal</h1>
  • Example bullet:
    <li>Attend 4 meetings per year</li>
    You can change the sentence but keep <li> and </li>.
Step 4 · Update Links to Files (PDFs, Excel, etc.)

Anywhere you see href="#", you’ll replace the # with your real file link.

  1. Inside the Code Block, click Manage Custom Files on the right.
  2. Click Upload File and choose your PDF, Excel sheet, or image.
  3. Once it uploads, click the file name — Squarespace will insert a full URL.
  4. Copy that URL and paste it inside the href=" " for the link you want to update.

Example:
Before:
<a class="int-link" href="#">Download Board Packet</a>

After:
<a class="int-link" href="https://static1.squarespace.com/....pdf">Download Board Packet</a>

Step 5 · Update Cards (Right Hand Boxes)

Cards look like this:

<div class="int-card-title">Next Board Meeting</div>
<p class="int-card-text">Date: <strong>[Add date]</strong></p>

You can change the inner text (title, date, time) but keep the structure and class names the same.

Step 6 · Save Your Changes
  1. In the Code Block window, click Apply.
  2. At the top-left of Squarespace, click SAVE.
  3. Refresh the page in your browser to confirm everything looks right.
Tip
If something looks broken, don’t panic. Before saving, you can use Undo (Ctrl+Z / ⌘Z) inside the Code Block. If it still feels off, close the editor without saving and reopen the page to restore the last saved version.
Adding New Items
To add a new file or line (for example, a new month of minutes), copy an entire <li>...</li> row, paste it on the next line, and update the text and link.
Keep this guide in your portal so you always have a simple way back into the structure.