- You must generate and upload image tiles yourself
- Gallery Blocks cap at 250 tiles per image
- Version support is not stated on the product page
Overview
Squarespace downscales every uploaded image to a maximum width of 2,500 pixels, which wipes out the detail in large artwork, panoramas and plans. Macroom Viewer For Squarespace from BeyondSpace gets around this with deep zoom tiling: you slice the master image into small tiles, upload them to a Gallery Block, and the viewer stitches them back together on screen, loading only the tiles needed for the area being viewed. Visitors can pinch, pan and zoom, and the demo on the product page shows Van Gogh's The Bedroom at 8,211 by 6,501 pixels.
What you get
- Deep zoom viewer for images far beyond the 2,500px Squarespace limit
- Pinch, pan and zoom controls with an overview mini map
- Tiles hosted in your own Squarespace Asset Library, no external hosting
- Unlimited high resolution images on either licence
- Choice of a $69 yearly subscription or a $99 one-time licence
Who it suits
Artists, galleries and photographers who sell on detail, architects and planners showing drawings, and anyone presenting large maps, infographics or panoramic landscapes.
Honest limits
Setup takes more effort than a normal image. You generate tiles with a deep zoom slicer (BeyondSpace offer a web version), upload them to a dedicated Asset Library folder and Gallery Block, then link an Image Block to that page. Gallery Blocks cap at 250 images and BeyondSpace recommend 70 to 120 tiles per image. The one-time licence includes 12 months of updates and support only.
How it is delivered
Two options: a $69 per year subscription with ongoing updates and priority support, or a $99 one-time perpetual licence with 12 months of updates and support. Installation instructions arrive after purchase, and BeyondSpace publish a full tutorial.
Related guide: browse more Squarespace gallery and media plugins, or the full Squarespace plugins hub.
The plugin uses tiling. You cut the original into a pyramid of small tiles with a deep zoom generator, upload them to a folder in your Asset Library, add them to a standard Gallery Block, then place an Image Block linked to that page where the viewer should appear. The viewer loads a small overview tile first and fetches only the tiles needed as visitors zoom in.
BeyondSpace demonstrate it with NASA's Webb Pillars of Creation (8,423 by 14,589 pixels) and Van Gogh's The Bedroom (8,211 by 6,501 pixels). Visitors get pinch, pan and zoom controls with a mini map.
The main limit is the Gallery Block ceiling of 250 images; BeyondSpace recommend 70 to 120 tiles per image, using 512px or 1024px tiles.
Pricing is $69 per year (ongoing updates, priority support) or $99 one-time (perpetual licence with 12 months of updates and support), both with unlimited images and views.
- Displays very high resolution images on Squarespace
- Reassembles deep zoom tiles from a Gallery Block
- Lets visitors zoom into fine detail on any device
- Avoids paying for external image hosting
Full specifications
Specifications
Reassembles deep zoom tiles from a gallery block
Lets visitors zoom into fine detail on any device
Avoids paying for external image hosting
Loads only the tiles needed for the zoomed area
Pinch, pan, zoom and mini map controls
Tiles stored in your own squarespace asset library
$69 per year or $99 one-time
Fine art and landscape photographers
Architects showing drawings and plans
Sites with large maps or infographics
Gallery blocks cap at 250 tiles per image
Version support is not stated on the product page