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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 an element's size, position, visibility, or other options


Once you've added your logo, set text sizes, and possibly a banner or background image, you'll be able to tell if your pages feel crowded, empty, or top/bottom-heavy. You can fix these problems by adjusting the width or height of elements, the spacing between or padding around elements, or the location of certain things on the page. You may also be able to turn on or off certain elements, depending on the template you're using.

Follow these steps to adjust the width, height, padding, or spacing of an element:

  1. With the Style Editor panel open, click on the element or the part of the page you want to adjust in the preview screen.
  2. Drag the slider, or click on the number and type the new value. The slider and value is shown in the following screenshot:

Note

You may want to consider installing the Chrome extension/Firefox add-on called MeasureIt, or similar page ruler plugin. This will allow you to measure the size of things on...