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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 6. Using Blocks to Add Functionality, Rich Media, and Special Features

In the previous chapter, you learned about Squarespace Blocks and inserted some basic blocks into your web pages. In this chapter, you will learn how to use more advanced blocks to add interactivity to your website, pull in content dynamically from other places, and add helpful tools to your pages, making your website really come alive. We'll cover these in order, starting with the ones most commonly used on business websites.

Although the things that these blocks do are more advanced than basic blocks, using them is just as easy as using basic blocks, and you can adjust their size and move them around in exactly the same way. All blocks in this chapter are added the same way as the blocks in the previous chapter, by clicking on the Insert Point icon when in the Content Editor.

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Inserting multimedia elements, such as audio, video, and photo slideshows
  • Capturing customer data with Form...