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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

Summary


You've now learned everything there is to know about pages, items, and navigation, so you are fully equipped to create your site's content framework, ready for us to fill with content and functions in the next chapters. Now is the time for you to create all the core pages that you included in your Website Toolkit sitemap and arrange them in the right order. If you can't find a good Starter Layout for your standard pages, go ahead and create them using the blank page layout.

Remember, you can store pages that you don't need in your Not Linked section, so it's a good idea to keep some of the demo pages that we created as part of the exercises in this chapter. You will then have something to refer to if you forget how your template handles certain Page Settings or types, such as custom header images or Indexes, even if you aren't using them on your real site right away.

Note

Create a Folder in your Not Linked section and label it as the name of your template. Store your unused demo pages...