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Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7: RAW

You're reading from   Building Business Websites with Squarespace 7: RAW Master the tools and techniques of using Squarespace to create professional websites

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783559961
Length 392 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up for Success – Your Website Toolkit FREE CHAPTER 2. Getting Started with Squarespace 3. Working with Squarespace Templates 4. Creating Your Site Framework: Pages, Items, Collections, and Navigation 5. Adding, Editing, and Arranging Content in Your Web Pages 6. Using Blocks to Add Functionality, Rich Media, and Special Features 7. Selling Online or Taking Donations with Squarespace Commerce 8. Tailoring Your Site's Look and Feel 9. Going Live with Your Website and Driving Traffic to It 10. Managing Your Squarespace Website 11. Moving beyond Standard Squarespace Tools A. Getting Help with Squarespace B. Squarespace Templates in a Nutshell
C. List of Online Resources Used in This Book
Index

Adjusting basic site settings

Before you get too far down the line with your project, it's a good idea to set up some of the basic things related to your website. Have your website plan from your Website Toolkit handy, and let's get started.

All of the items we'll set up are in your Settings area, so log in and navigate to that area.

Adding Basic Information

Click on the link to open the Basic Information panel. As part of the initial setup, you should have already selected Site Type, so we can skip that and move on to Site Description. You can paste your Business Overview from your website plan here. Certain Squarespace templates show you this information on the homepage or sidebar.

Adding Basic Information

Site Description as it appears on the Aviator template

Next, decide whether you are happy for your website to be shown in Squarespace's index, and check the Promotion/Indexing box accordingly.

Finally, click on the Business Information link to load this section into the side panel. You may need...

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