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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

Testing your store


Once you have created your products and variants, now is the time to test how to add them to a shopping cart and check out. It's a good idea to test as many product variants as possible to ensure that you haven't accidentally made a typo or set up a variant incorrectly. Your store should still be in test mode, so you can safely add things to a shopping cart and go through the entire checkout process without worrying that real charges will be made to a credit card.

To make a test purchase, follow these steps:

  1. Go into the fullscreen Preview mode or log out of the Squarespace administration if you prefer.

    Tip

    Use a different browser if you want to keep your site open in the Site Manager in one place but test the purchase process as a normal user in another.

    As your site is still password-protected, you may need to enter your password during the checkout process. This will not happen once we launch your site.

  2. Visit your Products page(s) and add item(s) to your cart. A floating Shopping...

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