Squarespace training videos
Learn to build a Squarespace website from scratch (version 7.1)
Learn to build your Squarespace website from the ground up by following these clear and detailed training videos. Created by Squarespace specialist Allie Astell, founder of Manage My Website, who has 14 years' experience on this fantastic platform.
Squarespace is one of the simplest platforms you can use to create a beautiful website. Whether you’re a blogger, entrepreneur, photographer or small business owner, these clear tutorials will teach you how to build your own website or blog from scratch.
You'll learn how to set up and manage a website, and make it search-engine friendly. You’ll also receive guidance on making your site look stylish and professional, as well as expert advice how to continue developing it.
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Choosing a template and getting started
A look at the admin panel
How to upload a logo and add pages
Using blocks to add page content
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Adding an e-commerce area to your website
A look at commerce settings and how to take payments
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Adding a blog area and an events area
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Styling your website and adding a favicon
Pop ups, announcement bar and GDPR
Optimising images for the web
Search engine optimisation (SEO)
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Launching your site - overview
Course content
An overview of setting up and managing a new website, portfolio or blog on Squarespace
Adding pages to your website and editing text
How to style your website with logos, colours and fonts
Creating a shop on your website and taking online payments
Preparing images and creating picture galleries
Integrating widgets for social media and creating a contact form
The basics of SEO: expert advice on how to make your site search engine-friendly
Launching your website online
Option to join a two-hour Q&A webinar with Allie, when you've completed the course. These are run every 2 weeks on a first come, first served basis.
Preview the course
What about follow-up support?
Allie runs two-hour recorded webinars for her course students - there is a maximum of 12 people per session.
She also offers one-to-one tuition for anyone who requires it. Please contact her for further details and pricing.
Your instructor
Allie Astell, Founder & Senior Trainer
- Manage My Website
Allie Astell is an Authorised Squarespace Trainer and Approved Specialist. She runs regular Squarespace webinars for the Royal Photographic Society and has lectured for Guardian Masterclasses. With 13 years’ experience training people in website design and online marketing, she'll teach you how to build your Squarespace website with clear guidance to walk you through the process. This is a course not to be missed.
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How difficult is it to make your own website?
You have the start-up idea, now it is time to turn it into a reality. The first step to getting yourself out there is to get a website up and running. This can initially seem like a daunting task with a huge barrier to entry. This is where Squarespace comes in; as the invaluable, website building solution. You can find YouTube Squarespace training videos that can help get you started but it can be challenging to find the right video that helps you, specifically. Squarespace training videos from Manage My Website are concise and clear step-by-step videos that take you through the entire journey. There are Squarespace training videos from the basic layout, to adding a safe and secure shop, to advanced styling and SEO tools.
What should you do before creating a new website?
Such as how it will look, how it will fit in with your overall design, what first impressions it will give your customer, how easy to use it is, navigation
Web design is much easier to understand if you put down what you want the website to have before you start building it. The website is an extension of your business, but you aren’t really building it for yourself. The website needs to be designed for the visitors.
Customer Journey
The most important part of building your website is the effect it has on your customer’s journey. If the website is too busy, or hard to find the information they want, then they will leave. Our Squarespace training will give you the tools to get this perfect, but just think of your experiences on other websites. Our Squarespace training videos will help with the rest!
Layout
The layout of your website is important for two main reasons. Starting with the customer side, if the website is laid out poorly then your visitors won’t convert to customers. You get roughly 10 seconds before a customer will leave if the site doesn’t offer what they are looking for. The other side to a poor layout is you can make your Squarespace maintenance more complicated. You want to know exactly where everything is and how changing one thing can affect another.
Why are Squarespace training videos better than text guides?
Some people like a step-by-step guide in text, the only issue is it can be harder to visualise. Squarespace training videos can be paused, you can rewind them, and you can see exactly what you are looking for. YouTube Squarespace tutorial searches have increased in recent years, and this is because they are easier to digest. You’ve heard the old adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words”, so a video is in the millions! You don’t need to mess with coding in specific elements to the site if you have Squarespace, and our Squarespace training videos are second to none.
How can Manage My Website help?
From the full creation and design, to the maintenance and training, Manage My Website has a solution for you. If you feel you might need our web design services, or a guide to getting the most out of Squarespace, then check out our Squarespace training resources. Contact us today to see how we can get the most out of your website!
Gareth