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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

Organizing your site's navigation


Organizing pages in Squarespace is really easy. Before we start playing with your site navigation, it's a good idea to create a few more pages so you see the effects of reorganizing things more clearly.

Go ahead and add at least three more pages to your site either by saving demo pages or creating blank pages. It's best if you create/save standard or Collection Pages for this exercise. Refer to your sitemap in your Website Toolkit, and choose a few real pages to create now.

You can quickly create a copy of any standard page by going to Page Settings and clicking on the Duplicate Page button. The new copy will appear in the Not Linked section of the Navigation area.

Next, let's add a Folder—and if your template uses them, an Index—to your navigation.

To create a Folder, follow these steps:

  1. In the Pages menu, click on the + button at the top of your Main Navigation or Top Navigation section. This will open the Create New Page overlay.
  2. Select Folder.

Note

If you can...