The Definitive Guide to Squarespace: Learn to Deliver Custom, Professional Web Experiences for Yourself and Your Clients - Softcover

Martin, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484229363 ISBN 13: 9781484229361

Publisher: Apress, 2017

Synopsis

Utilize the power of Squarespace to create custom professional websites. Learn the principles and tools used by Squarespace’s most successful web professionals to take your skills to the next level.

Beginning with an overview of the Squarespace interface and template selection guidelines, this book shows you how the key web languages work together within Squarespace. You'll also see how to use the Custom CSS Editor, Code Injections, and Code Blocks to customize Squarespace templates and how the Style Editor selections affect the template's structure.

Learn the accommodations that must be made in JavaScript for the customizations to work correctly in AJAX-based templates. Finally, discover what Developer Mode is, how to use it, and when to use it. The Definitive Guide to Squarespace is the only book you need to get up and running with Squarespace web development.

What You'll Learn

Choose the right selectors for your CSS or JavaScript customization.

Understand what AJAX is and how it impacts the templates that use it.

Explore the structure of Squarespace templates

Who This Book Is For

Web designers, developers, digital marketers, and advanced personal-use users

About this title

About the Author

Sarah Martin is a creative entrepreneur with over a decade of digital marketing experience. After working at an in-house creative agency for a Washington, D.C. area non-profit, she launched her own company, River Stone Digital.   Sarah integrates marketing strategy, tech requirements, and compelling design into highly effective websites. Squarespace quickly became one of Sarah’s favorite web platforms for its flexibility, user-friendly interface, and cost effectiveness. Sarah holds the titles of Community Expert and Community Leader in the Squarespace Circle Forum, an online community for Squarespace’s professionals.In her free time she enjoys reading and running. Sarah recently completed her first half-marathon and is training for another.

From the Back Cover

Utilize the power of Squarespace to create custom professional websites. Learn the principles and tools used by Squarespace’s most successful web professionals to take your skills to the next level.

Beginning with an overview of the Squarespace interface and template selection guidelines, this book shows you how the key web languages work together within Squarespace. You'll also see how to use the Custom CSS Editor, Code Injections, and Code Blocks to customize Squarespace templates and how the Style Editor selections affect the template's structure.

Learn the accommodations that must be made in JavaScript for the customizations to work correctly in AJAX-based templates. Finally, discover what Developer Mode is, how to use it, and when to use it. The Definitive Guide to Squarespace is the only book you need to get up and running with Squarespace web development.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484229363
• ISBN 13: 9781484229361
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 289