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Why use Opening Scene?
Set the tone instantly
Opening Scene gives you the first word. Before visitors scroll, click, or skim, you control the moment they arrive. Use it to introduce your brand story, launch a campaign, highlight a key message, or frame the experience that follows. It ensures your site starts with clarity, not noise.
Designed to feel intentional
This isn’t a disruptive popup. Opening Scene is carefully framed to feel deliberate and considered. Muted autoplay respects the visitor, clean spacing keeps focus on the content, and a clear, visible exit maintains trust. The result is a polished, editorial experience that feels premium rather than intrusive.
Make video the hero, not the background
Most websites treat video as decoration. Opening Scene treats it as the message. When what you need to say matters a launch, an announcement, a manifesto, a seasonal moment this plugin ensures the video leads the narrative instead of competing with the page.
Create focus in a distracted world
Visitors are used to scanning. Opening Scene pauses that behaviour. By momentarily removing navigation and content overload, you give your message a quiet, focused space to land — increasing understanding, emotional impact, and recall.
To properly install this plugin you will need a Core Plan or higher (not Basic plans).
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All plugins are sold with a single-use license. This means each license allows the plugin to be used on one website or project only. Sharing, redistributing, or reselling the plugin code is strictly prohibited.
This plugin cannot be used as part of a template for sale.
FAQs
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This plugin is compatible with Squarespace 7.1. However, you will need to have a Squarespace Core Plan or higher.
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Absolutely, Opening Scene is fully responsive and display cleanly on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
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Simply copy and drop the code. A step-by-step installation guide on how to install this plugin is also included with the download files.
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Yes, this plugin is customisable in terms of font colour, font size, spacing background colour etc.
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No, it is set up to be copied and pasted. Simply follow the step-by-step installation guide that is included with the download files.
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Yes, we provide plugin installation service for an additional cost at checkout.
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No, this plugin can only be used on single site.
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Once purchased you'll get a welcome document with instructions on how to install it. Also, an instructional video will also help walk you through how to install the plugin.
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The plugin is cloud-hosted, so minor updates are applied automatically. If Squarespace introduces a major breaking change, a new version of the plugin will be released and access will be provided. An email notification will be sent with instructions on how to update the plugin script to use the latest version.
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No. This plugin is a digital product and as such it cannot be returned.
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Unfortunately we cannot guarantee compatibility with third party code based on potential conflicts within the ways they are written or the functionalities they provide.
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Our plugin should not have a noticeable impact on your site’s performance. Squarespace itself loads and processes thousands of lines of code to render a page, so the additional code introduced by the plugin is relatively minimal. It is also best practice to stay within Squarespace’s recommended limits for the number of sections and blocks on a page to ensure optimal performance.