- The widget is designed for PDF input.
- Free-plan widgets carry Elfsight branding and monthly view limits.
- The flipbook stops showing if the Elfsight account lapses.
Overview
Flipbook from Elfsight turns a PDF into an interactive, book-like reader that you can place on a Squarespace page. It is an embeddable widget hosted on Elfsight's platform, not native Squarespace code. You build and customise it in Elfsight's online editor, where you can choose a template, upload a PDF, adjust layout and navigation settings, and change background and theme colours. Visitors can use page-flipping animation and, depending on the toolbar options you set, features such as search, zoom, single-page or full-screen views, sharing, download and print. It can suit materials such as a menu, catalogue, booklet, travel guide or photo album.
Who it suits
This widget may suit a business that wants to show a PDF menu, catalogue, lookbook, newsletter, guide or other publication in a page-turning format. It is also worth considering if readers need document tools such as search, zoom or different view modes. A free plan is available to start with.
One honest caveat
The widget is designed for PDF input, so it is not a general-purpose gallery for unrelated file types. Readers see the document through Elfsight's hosted widget, and the available tools depend on the options you configure. On the free plan, widgets carry Elfsight branding and monthly view limits apply; paid plans remove those. The widget stops showing if your Elfsight account lapses.
Installation
Choose a template in Elfsight's online editor, upload your PDF, and adjust the layout, navigation and display settings. Copy the embed code supplied by the editor, then paste it into a Code Block on the Squarespace page where you want the flipbook to appear. Later editor changes update automatically.
Related guide: browse more Squarespace gallery and media plugins, or the full Squarespace plugins hub.
The PDF is the source document. The widget adds page-flipping animation and provides toolbar options for viewing and navigating it. These include zoom, search, a table of contents, single-page and full-screen modes, and ways to share, download or print the document. Some controls may be optional, so choose the ones that suit the document and its readers.
You can adjust background and theme colours to fit your site's look. The vendor also describes the widget as optimised for different devices and offers localisation for 76 countries. Those settings make it possible to present the same PDF in a more considered format than a static document link, while keeping the content itself in PDF form.
This is an Elfsight hosted widget rather than a feature built into Squarespace. Build and configure it in Elfsight's online editor, then add its embed code to a Squarespace Code Block. Changes made later in the editor update automatically. Check the free plan's branding and monthly view limits before using it on a live page, and remember that the widget stops showing if the Elfsight account lapses.
- Turn PDF files into interactive flipbooks
- Page-flipping animation and multiple view modes
- Toolbar options for search, zoom and navigation
- Customise background and theme colours
- Free plan with Elfsight branding and view limits
Full specifications
Specifications
Page-flipping animation and multiple view modes
Toolbar options for search, zoom and navigation
Customise background and theme colours
Free plan with elfsight branding and view limits
Businesses sharing product catalogues or brochures
Publishers presenting newspapers or newsletters
Creators displaying lookbooks, guides or photo albums
Free-plan widgets carry elfsight branding and monthly view limits.
The flipbook stops showing if the elfsight account lapses.