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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
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Squarespace Templates in a Nutshell
14
List of Online Resources Used in This Book

Adding basic content to your pages


As most web pages are of text and images, let's start by adding this kind of basic content to one of your empty pages. You should add a heading, some body text, and at least one image to the page, so you have a page full of content to use in the next step: arranging blocks to create custom page layouts.

The Content Editor window displays content exactly as it will appear on your web page, making it easy for you to see and understand how your finished page will look. This means you can control the layout of the page while you are filling it with content without needing to move outside the Content Editor.

Note

Don't forget to click on the Save button at the top of the Content Editor whenever you add content to your page.

Adding and formatting text using Text Blocks

The most commonly type of block is a Text Block. All new come with a single Text Block inserted by default. You can either type directly this space, or you can copy and paste text from other documents...