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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

Adding a blog to your website

In Chapter 6, Building Your First Pages and Sections, I briefly touched on the blog as a tool that’s available to you when adding pages to your not-linked section or navigation. To add a blog to your site, simply press the + button to open the Pages menu and navigate to the item called Blog. When you add the blog to your site, you’ll be able to choose a starting template or style for your blog page, much like with many other collection pages, as seen here:

Figure 11.1 – Selecting a blog page

Figure 11.1 – Selecting a blog page

Options include a side-by-side, single-column, masonry, basic grid, or alternating side-by-side blog. You can edit this format from the blog page once it’s been added, so don’t feel like you’re too locked into whatever you choose here:

Figure 11.2 – Add Blog options

Figure 11.2 – Add Blog options

Once the blog page has been added to your navigation, you’ll see the content...

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