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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

Making your website live to the public


You're finally ready to flip the switch to make website live to the public. The process for doing this depends on whether you have an existing website that you need to turn off, or whether your Squarespace site is your first/only website for your company. We'll cover both of these now.

Note

We're assuming you have already set up billing on your account. If you have not yet done so, and are still on a trial account, refer back to the Setting up your subscription plan and billing section in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Squarespace.

Removing site-wide password protection

The first step to going is the same, regardless of situation: you need to remove the password protection that we set up in Chapter 2, Getting Started with Squarespace, to make your site visible on its Squarespace URL. To do this, go to Settings | Security and simply delete the password (shown by a series of dots), then click on Save.

Note

You may want to log out and/or try visiting the...