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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

Professional insight – understanding the impact of navigation on SEO – an interview with David Iskander of Launch Happy

My agency includes search engine optimization services with each of our custom website design engagements, and we work with David and his team at Launch Happy to do it. I asked David to share some of his best advice on setting up a site’s navigation as it relates to how people find your website through search and other organic channels:

“Website navigation is just as important as the design, copy, or animations on a website. Search engines prioritize helping people find what they are looking for quickly and easily. Therefore, a site is only as clear as its navigation.

Imagine walking into a restaurant, and the host stand, which is usually the first place you go, was in the back of the restaurant. And you couldn’t see it. You would walk in and be confused about what to do first. Do I just stand here? Do I order at a register...