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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

Displaying charts and graphs


If you want to display data in a bar chart, pie chart, or line graph, you can use a Chart Block to do so. Although you can create your chart in PowerPoint or software and display the chart on your website using an Image Block, there are two main benefits to using a Chart Block instead of an Image Block:

  • Chart Blocks automatically change their layout to suit the type of device on which they are displayed. This can often make them easier to read on mobile devices than images. Have a look at the following screenshots, showing the same pie chart on two different-sized screens:

Chart on desktop monitor

Chart on mobile phone

  • The labels on your chart will be text that can be read by search engines. If your chart is an image, there will be no text associated with the chart, so you won't get any SEO benefit.

When you insert a Chart Block, you will be able to set up your chart using the following settings:

  • Data: This is where you can add rows and columns of data, and select...