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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


We've just covered all the skills you need to build and promote a beautiful online shop to showcase your products or services. Furthermore, working through this chapter means that you've now mastered all of Squarespace's primary building and content tools.

Once you have finished setting up your shop or donations, it's a good time to log out of the Squarespace administration mode and use the site password to see your website exactly as a normal visitor would. Take some time to move around the site, and see how the flow is working: or not. You may find it helpful to refer to your Website Toolkit and check whether your customers will be able to perform their primary objective(s) easily. You may also want to take this opportunity to ask a colleague to do the same. People are often distracted by design details, so doing it now, when you have not yet applied colors or other stylistic elements, can help them focus on the task rather than the appearance of the pages. Just be sure to set their...