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Squarespace is meant to make website creation easy, and after this tutorial, you will know everything you need to so you can start building your professional website today.
I have been creating websites with squarespace, Wix, Weebly, and others since I was in high school almost a decade ago. These tools make it simple to create a professional website without any need for coding or web developers. Squarespace is among the most powerful of these website builders for it’s in depth tools to help with e-commerce, blogs, portfolios, and more. Squarespace has many templates to start with and unlimited tools to optimize your website. Below is an outline of the topics covered in this video.
THE OUTLINE:
Why use squarespace?
What kind of websites can you make?
Getting started (create Squarespace account/log in)
Choosing a template
Viewing in tablet, mobile, and desktop modes
Basic tour on the website builder
Editing site title and tag line
Adding a logo
Adding a Favicon (aka browser icon)
Adding a Social logo
Creating graphics with tools like canva.com
How to edit sections on a page (index style page)
Text editing (font color, size, font, left/right alignment)
Adding in-text links (hyperlinks) to other pages on your site
Adding items (images, text, videos, etc) to your sections
Adding a button
Moving and readjusting blocks (images, text, videos, etc.)
Editing a gallery section
Search engine optimization
Custom URLs for pages
PAGE TREE
Rearranging pages
Adding a new page
Deleting pages
Adding, removing, and rearranging sections within an index style page
Shop page configuration (adding products, customizing products, pricing, additional information, custom product url)
Blog page configuration (adding, editing, rearranging articles)
Creating a new blog post (with custom url, seo, social sharability)
Enabling comments on a blog post
Publishing a blog post vs scheduling vs saving as draft
Changing the general site style (header, font theme, color scheme, etc.)
Customizing Error 404 Page not found page
Customizing checkout page
Viewing in mobile and desktop modes
Using the Squarespace assistant and helper
eCommerce overview
Adding promotional pop-ups
Miscellaneous Squarespace tools (analytics, scheduling)
Publishing your site
Upgrading your site
Adding a domain
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