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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

Adding and removing blocks


All types of blocks are added to pages in the same way. Remember, you can add blocks to certain types of item as well. For example, you can add images, forms, or any other type of block to a blog post or event in exactly the same way as you would add a standard page.

Note

The actions you need to perform when adding, removing, adjusting, or dragging/dropping blocks are best handled using a computer mouse, and not a laptop trackpad or tablet. If you don’t have a mouse, you will likely find that you can’t easily perform the actions needed to create your page layouts.

Adding a block

Follow these to add a block to a page:

  1. In the preview screen, hover your mouse over the body area of the page to activate Annotations, as shown here:
  1. Make sure you are hovering over the body area and not over another part of the page, such as the header or footer. Annotations appear over these areas as well—and you'll only confuse yourself if you click on the Edit button there instead of on...