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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
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Squarespace Templates in a Nutshell
14
List of Online Resources Used in This Book

Adding or creating a logo in Squarespace


Your website should be showing your company or brand name as text in the header, instead of a logo. You can either replace this text a graphic logo, or you can choose to keep the text and restyle it using Style Editor, just as you would any page text. There are some benefits to using styled text as your branding, instead of an image-based logo:

  • Search engines cannot see images, so they will not be able to tell that the image is your brand name. It's not a huge issue, but using text means that your pages will use your brand name in a prominent location in the code on every page, which can give your site a little boost in the rankings.
  • It can be tricky to get the sizing just right on graphics or logos in Squarespace. You might need to use image-editing software to adjust your logo to the right dimensions, or to crop out empty space around the edges.

Note

Pixlr Editor (http://apps.pixlr.com/editor/) is a fantastic free online image editing tool that...