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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

Summary


You've now learned how to add all of the Squarespace functions to your website, apart from e-commerce, which we'll tackle in the next chapter. You also learned about the many ways you can use blocks creatively to drive traffic to important parts of your website, to enhance your website's usability, or to add rich media. Hopefully, you have been adding these types of blocks to your pages as you moved through this chapter. If not, now is the time to do so.

If you will not be using Squarespace Commerce to sell products and services or take donations on your website, then our goal is for you to have all your pages as close to finished as possible at this point. You can then move on to Chapter 8, Tailoring Your Site's Look and Feel, where you will adjust the aesthetics of your website to match your brand and audience.

If you will be using Squarespace Commerce, you should still aim to finish building your non-transactional pages before moving on to the next chapter.

Remember, Chapter 8, Tailoring...