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Squarespace from Signup to Launch

You're reading from   Squarespace from Signup to Launch Build, customize, and launch robust and user-friendly Squarespace websites with a no-code approach

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801813082
Length 354 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Kelsey Kreiling Kelsey Kreiling
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Table of Contents (25) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Part 1: So, You Want to Build a Website on Squarespace FREE CHAPTER
3. Chapter 1: Choosing Your Platform – to Squarespace or Not to Squarespace 4. Chapter 2: Preparing to Build Your Site – Making an Outline and Gathering Your Assets 5. Part 2: Design and Build Your Site
6. Chapter 3: Setting Up Your Squarespace Site 7. Chapter 4: Getting Started – Creating and Editing Your Site Header 8. Chapter 5: Design Essentials – Color and Typography 9. Chapter 6: Building Your First Pages and Sections 10. Chapter 7: Using Content Blocks and Building Forms 11. Chapter 8: Optimizing Your Site for Mobile 12. Chapter 9: Using Custom Code to Enhance Your Website 13. Part 3: Give Your Site Superpowers
14. Chapter 10: Commerce – Selling Items, Subscriptions, and Services 15. Chapter 11: Blogging – Sharing Your Ideas 16. Chapter 12: Member Areas – Selling Your Knowledge and Protecting Your Content 17. Chapter 13: Scheduling – Selling Your Time and Sharing Your Availability 18. Part 4: Launch Your New Website
19. Chapter 14: Prepare to Launch Your Site 20. Chapter 15: Connecting Your Domain and Making It Live 21. Chapter 16: Understanding Analytics and Setting Up SEO 22. Chapter 17: Keep Growing Your Site with Marketing Tools 23. Index 24. Other Books You May Enjoy

What blocks are and how they work

I feel like we’ve really arrived at the main event (cue the trumpets). Blocks are an incredibly powerful component of Squarespace. If you don’t have a background in web development, it’s impossible to convey how much simpler it is to simply add content blocks to a Squarespace site than it is to write code to accomplish the same thing.

In the simplest terms, blocks are small pieces of content that you can use to build a page. Blocks are aptly named – they stack! They move! They do amazing things! Blocks are super cool! Thanks to Squarespace’s new editing interface, Fluid Engine, they can now layer on top of each other to create dynamic content that conveys meaning and style, which has taken Squarespace to a new level for people who don’t use code as their first line of design

If you look at any website, they’re all made up of similar ingredients: images, text, video, forms, and interactive elements...

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