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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

Testing your store


Once you have created your products and variants, now is the time to test how to add them to a shopping cart and check out. It's a good idea to test as many product as possible to ensure that you haven't accidentally made a typo or set up a variant incorrectly. Your store should still be in Test Mode, so you can safely add things to a shopping cart and go through the entire checkout process without worrying that real charges will be made to a credit card.

To make a test purchase, follow these steps:

  1. Go into the full-screen Preview mode, or log out of the Squarespace administration if you prefer.

Note

Use a different browser if you want to keep your site open in the Site Manager in one place, but test the purchase process as a normal user in another. As your site is still password-protected, you may need to enter your password during the checkout process. This will not happen once you launch your site.

  1. Visit your Products page(s) and add item(s) to your cart. Depending on your...