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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

What is a Member Area?

If you’ve ever walked through an airport and seen a frequent flier lounge, you’ll have seen the appeal of a Member Area: a space set aside for users with elevated status – whether it’s something they pay for or are given access to for some other reason. You might not be offering free champagne and warm towels in your website’s “lounge,” but Member Areas are a great way to monetize or protect your ideas and information in an ongoing way (outside of selling individual services or products that would need to be changed out every time you update them).

Plus, while you can add a password to protect a single page, only Member Areas will allow members to create individual logins, offering the most efficient way to limit access to multiple pages and collections.

How to access Member Areas

To add Member Areas to your site, you’ll navigate to the Settings menu from your HOME menu, and scroll down until you...