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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 images in Squarespace


We've learned how to adjust the size of images in relation to other elements on the page, but so far, the images themselves have remained intact, showing the full image. However, you can actually crop or zoom images so they only show a portion of the photo on the screen without having to leave the Squarespace interface. You can also apply effects to images using the built-in Aviary Image Editor, such as rotating, enhancing color, boosting contrast, whitening teeth, removing blemishes, or hundreds of other adjustments, which means you don't need fancy image editing software to perform even fairly advanced image adjustments.

Cropping and zooming images with LayoutEngine

If you only want to crop your image, you don't need to use the Aviary Image Editor: you can crop images using LayoutEngine in the Squarespace Content Editor.

To crop an image, you perform the same steps as those to adjust the height of a Spacer Block: just click and drag the dot to change the part...

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