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Squarespace from Signup to Launch

By : Kelsey Gilbert Kreiling
Book Image

Squarespace from Signup to Launch

By: Kelsey Gilbert Kreiling

Overview of this book

You've heard about Squarespace; maybe you've even started a trial site, but you haven't gotten around to actually launching it yet. It looks simple enough and feels like it should be easy, so why is it such a challenge? Author and Squarespace expert Kelsey Gilbert-Kreiling is here to help. Squarespace from Signup to Launch a comprehensive guide to customizing the most design-focused and user-friendly website builder in the no-code world. More than a technical manual, the book will help you prepare to build a website, explain the foundational knowledge behind Squarespace 7.1 and Fluid Engine, and introduce you to a professional designer's mindset. Readers will learn how to build forms, use content blocks, optimize websites for mobile, build an online store, and become comfortable with Squarespace's built-in SEO, marketing, and analytics tools. Learn from Squarespace experts Christy Price, Will Myers, David Iskander, Kristine Neil, Kathryn Joachim, Beatriz Caraballo, Justin Mabee, Shelly Price and more, with professional insights and resources in each chapter. By the end of the book, you will have gained the confidence needed to build professional Squarespace websites with the developer's technical knowledge, project organization, and design intuition. You won’t just launch your site; you’ll be proud to share it with the world.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Free Chapter
2
Part 1: So, You Want to Build a Website on Squarespace
5
Part 2: Design and Build Your Site
13
Part 3: Give Your Site Superpowers
18
Part 4: Launch Your New Website

Adding a blog to your website

In Chapter 6, Building Your First Pages and Sections, I briefly touched on the blog as a tool that’s available to you when adding pages to your not-linked section or navigation. To add a blog to your site, simply press the + button to open the Pages menu and navigate to the item called Blog. When you add the blog to your site, you’ll be able to choose a starting template or style for your blog page, much like with many other collection pages, as seen here:

Figure 11.1 – Selecting a blog page

Figure 11.1 – Selecting a blog page

Options include a side-by-side, single-column, masonry, basic grid, or alternating side-by-side blog. You can edit this format from the blog page once it’s been added, so don’t feel like you’re too locked into whatever you choose here:

Figure 11.2 – Add Blog options

Figure 11.2 – Add Blog options

Once the blog page has been added to your navigation, you’ll see the content...