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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 Cover Page styles


The adjustments that we've in the Style Editor panel will apply to all pages on your website aside from Cover Pages. Cover Pages are special and their elements must be set and adjusted independently. The types of controls and the methods for adjusting them are the same as those described in the earlier part of this chapter; the only difference is that the style settings for a Cover Page can be accessed in the following two different ways:

  • In the Pages menu, click on the name of the Cover Page to open the Cover Page panel. You can now adjust the style elements using the Style button at the bottom, or add a logo using the Branding & Text button.
  • Navigate to the Cover Page and then open the Style Editor panel. This will open the same set of controls that you would access through the Cover Page panel's Style button. However, you will not be able to access the logo settings for the Cover Page from here. You will need to use the previous method to add/edit a Cover...