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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

Embedding video into your pages


With Video Blocks, Squarespace allows to easily embed videos that are hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, or Animoto. You don't even need to use special embed code from the video website; all you need is the web address of the video. However, on many video sites, you can customize the colors of the player to make it match your website more closely when using their embed code. This can add polish to your website. To get the embed code and access the customization tools, look for a Share or Embed button on the video page on the external video website.

Note

You can't host videos on Squarespace, but it's free or very inexpensive to host videos on large video hosting websites. Businesses are advised to avoid YouTube and choose Vimeo or Wistia instead if they prefer not to have obtrusive advertisements in their videos. One of my clients found a competitor's advertisements showing on their YouTube videos, so beware.

To add a Video Block, follow these steps:

  1. In the Content...