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Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7 - Second Edition

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Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7 - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Squarespace is a web-based tool that allows non-technical people to create and manage professional-looking websites quickly, without needing to write any code. It empowers business owners to take total control of their own websites, without needing to pay someone to design or maintain it. This book covers much more than just how to use Squarespace. It covers all aspects of creating a successful business website, from developing your brand identity, to writing and structuring content to match your target audience's needs, and dozens of other other valuable tips that will help your website shine. Most importantly, you'll learn the correct steps to follow in order to ensure your project is smooth and stress-free. The book starts by helping you plan your website project and gather all the raw materials you'll need. Next, you'll set up your account and become familiar with the terminology and tools that you'll be using. Once you've learned the basics of how the Squarespace interface, templates, and different page types operate, you will create the framework of your website, ready for you to insert content and functionality. Then, once all the core elements are in place, you'll apply the aesthetic fine-tuning needed to bring your website in line with your brand. After the aesthetics have been honed and all functions tested, you will launch your website and drive traffic to it, monitor it, and improve it.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
13
Squarespace Templates in a Nutshell
14
List of Online Resources Used in This Book

Chapter 10. Managing Your Squarespace Website

You've successfully launched your new website, but there's no time to sit back and rest on your laurels. If you have a blog and are allowing comments, you'll need to learn how to manage them. You're probably curious to know whether people are visiting your site, and if so, what they're doing while they are there. You may also want to give access to other members of your company, so they can help you manage your site moving forward. We'll cover all of this in this chapter, as well as introduce the Squarespace mobile apps that can help you and your colleagues manage and monitor your website on the go. Plus, you'll also learn how you can use floating bars to improve access for your mobile customers or to highlight important information.

We will cover the following topics:

  • Using Squarespace Analytics to monitor site activity
  • Managing comments on your blog
  • Adding contributors to help you manage, publish, or monitor your website
  • Highlighting messages,...