Transcript:

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Before we make any edits, I want to walk you through a few actions that you should be familiar with. If you just signed in, this is the screen you're probably looking at.

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Since I run several sites, I see them all listed out here, but if you're new to Squarespace, you'll just have one.

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Go ahead and click Website. Click Pages. This menu lets you navigate through all the pages on your site. If you ever need to delete a page, click on the Settings icon, and then click Delete Page.

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You can also change the order that they appear on your menu, by clicking and dragging them to a different spot on this list.

0:41

Before you make any edits to your webpages, you need to click the Edit button to open up Site Editor mode.

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If you ever make any changes that you want to undo, like this for example, you can press the Back arrow button to undo the action.

0:53

It's important to remember though that once you click Save and leave Editor mode, you can't undo any actions from a previous editing session.

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That's why another helpful feature I want to introduce you to is the Save Section button. Pages can be made up of one or several sections.

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Saving a section allows you to store a copy of it in the exact form it's in now. You can then insert that copy anywhere on your site whenever you need to.

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As we edit the site, I'll point out which sections I think you should save before we work on them. They're good to have just in case you ever want to restore your sections to the way they looked before you edited them.

1:28

So just an overview of our site, We have our homepage, a gallery page to display all of your work, an about page, and a contact page.

1:43

A little note about the gallery page. This website was designed so that you can use it on the most basic plan that Squarespace offers.

1:50

Which is the personal plan. Squarespace does have a selling feature, which you can access by upgrading to a business plan.

1:56

This will unlock the ability to perform transactions through Squarespace, set up shipping options, manage inventory, as well as a bunch of other more advanced business features.

2:04

Once you get the hang of using this platform, that upgrade might be something you want to explore. And you might want to have a shop here instead of a gallery.

2:12

In the meantime, having a gallery to display your work, along with these inquire buttons that go straight to your email inbox, are a great solution to keep things simple.