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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

Adjusting your website's color scheme


Color can play a critical role in conveying your brand image to your target audience. In your Website Toolkit, you may already have one or more brand colors that you can use on your website. However, you may need to source additional colors or create a new color scheme from scratch. With an infinite number of colors to choose from, and an infinite number of color combinations, you could spend trying to find the right ones to use. Fortunately, there are plenty of tools to help.

Before you dive into the wonderful world of color, here are some tips to help you focus and use color wisely on your website:

  • A good place to start is one dominant color, which will form the background of pages, a primary accent color, for things such as page headings, navbar, or lines, and a secondary accent color for link text or buttons.
  • Because your dominant color will occupy the most space on the screen, it's usually best to avoid vibrant colors here, as they can be jarring...