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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

Handling transactions without Squarespace Commerce


If, for any reason, you can't or don't to use Squarespace Commerce to manage transactions on your website, you can use third-party systems such as Ecwid or JustGiving on your site instead. Perhaps you already have an account with JustGiving for your donations, or you need to use a payment gateway other than Stripe or PayPal, so you're using a different e-commerce platform such as Ecwid. In this case, you will need to use an Embed Block to paste the code for your Ecwid shop or your JustGiving donation button into any page that accepts blocks. You can use this method to insert code from any third-party service that offers embed codes to customers.

Note

Some third-party sites allow you to style the buttons and other elements to match your site's branding when generating the embed code.

This approach is a workaround, and it means the experience will not be as seamless for your customers, as they will usually need to visit the third-party site...