Kerry’s Blog

When I create websites for my clients, we work in a collaborative way so they’re learning about what websites are, how they work, and how to update them. These blog posts answer many of the questions my clients have as we work together. I hope you find this information helpful too.

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Wait. Do you REALLY need a website?

Everyone tells you that you must have a website, but do you? Learn some of the ways you can promote your business without a website, either temporarily or permanently.

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Four tricks for getting the most out of Squarespace Chat Support

I've found Squarespace Support very helpful over the years. I contact them for both technical questions and advice. I learned early on that it is much faster to get their focused expertise to get over a hurdle or to avoid prolonged research. Being prepared to get the most out of your Live Chat helps you get the answers you need quickly.

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The one trick to starting a Squarespace website

When you get started with Squarespace, you are faced with a design decision before you even provide a domain name or a credit card number. As I browsed through many templates in doing work for clients, I started to realize that there was one design decision about the banner image that narrows down template choices right away.

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Use Squarespace 7.0 gallery pages to organize image collections

When I started my website design business, there was lots of room on the Portfolio page. When I took a look at that page some months later, I knew it was time to do a major redesign of the page because its overcrowded design no longer worked with the number of samples I had added throughout the last year. In that version of my website, I used a Squarespace 7.0 gallery pages to create a multi-page Portfolio that allowed for expansion.

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